Hi,
I was sick for several years (since grade 10) and finally diagnosed in 92 ( when I got intestinal pain) with Crohns (barium/ xrays). My X rays looked identical to ones in Medical books I looked at in Winnipeg, MB in between operations.
Maybe had Cancer also due to blood count. Had a bad ulcer in stomach too.
Emergency surgery a few months later while waiting to see a specialist in Winnipeg.
A Radiologist from the city (I'm in the North) tried to use a barium enema to clear a blockage in my large Intestine and I reacted to the barium with extreme pain.
I wanted them to put me out of my pain and I was injected with lots of Demerol and was unconscious where I don't remember anything after for over 24 hrs. They were
talking about flying me out to WPG and when they woke me to sign a forum for surgery
I thought it was that evening as they said it was 11PM. I found out the next morning where I felt great it was a whole day later! Soon as I started eating a few days later it was back to being very sick.
My Surgeon whom saved me said the blockage had turned gangrenous so no biopsy possible. Luckily I was sent out anyway. Lost 1/2 my large int.
Had a bag for 6 months where I was supposed to get strong for the second operation in which an internal infection from leaking staples almost did me in. Lucky the antibiotics worked! Got rid of my stomach ulcer too! They really didn't know Helicobacter was the cause then. I really hurt after the second operation as they were looking at my organs carefully for cancer, which luckily they never found in evidence! Great and lucky to be rid of the bag!
Next 2-3 years had me at the hospital to get my stomach pumped (about 3 times) as everything would go in knots when I ate the really wrong thing. I could see where it happened through the stoma when I had the bag in that the intestine there would tighten up in a knot.
I was offered Prednisone in the beginning which I refused in spite of a very angry DR.!
I saw what it did to a cousin whom was on it for years and a Nurse friend agreed with me from what she had seen. I tried a sulfaside or similar , but made me sick!
I had realized what I was eating in HS affected me and first went off chicken/turkey and milk. Later pork and beef. Later discovered organic meat fine, but I would never eat beef as I don't trust anyone (Mad Cow Disease etc.) Pork will have too many Lectins and I can't afford organic chicken and it's not available in the North.
I had an Aunt whom was a retired nurse who got me a book called "Food & The Gut Reaction" It all didn't work for me and I realized I would have to start with basics like a diet a DR. had used to keep his cancer in check for 25 years.
The diet was called the
Macrobiotic Diet and was basically non farmed fish, rice, and broccoli , asparagus, & carrots. Article was in Sept 82 Life magazine article about a DR healing him self. He was diagnosed in about 74 with cancer throughout his body. I phoned the Methodist Hospital in Philly in 99 after an uncle was found to be full of Cancer to find out how the DR. was doing. The 2nd person I talked to said he had died almost 1.5 years before from a bad car accident , but he had done great when he stuck to the diet.
I had lump under the skin in my arm that had been growing bigger for several years and starting to hurt from the pressure. They wanted to deal with it another time , but it disappeared with my new diet in 4-5 months.
I have tried beans, tomatoes & brown rice and things weren't right (not good energy and some gas pain etc.) I found out recently Lectins are the issue.
I can eat only organic fruit like apples,blueberries,strawberries,raspberries,avocados oranges, grapes, pairs bananas and pealing doesn't help (non-organic) as the chems. soak in!
Use organic garlic and onions and olive oil. Grape seed oil good too!
Don't use multiple vitamins as they made me sick and others (non sick people) say the same!
Instead only B12 and D once in a while as needed!
I can eat the Walmart brand raisins & prunes!
No deep frying etc either!
So no sugar, dairy, wheat, corn or other grains. I eat a little white rice. Lectins are also in tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, soybeans, dried beans, lentils,cashews, peanuts, diet sugars, canola , & corn oils.
Dark chocolate is okay once in a while with sweet fruits for me.
Canned foods as the plastic liner! Made me sick like I had prostate cancer! Very occasionally US canned salmon is my only cheating on that now!
I would start very simple first like that Dr. and I found it worked for me right off the bat. Adding beans and tomatoes, peppers so I realized didn't help me over the years.
Anyway maybe diet only may help you! You have to be Anal about it so I found out over the years as being cramped up sure hurts! Watch for processed rice as I have been really cramped up from it. The big bags of white Asian or US rice are good and Walmart 2 kg bags good so far.
And no Booze (maybe the best Vodka on the rocks later to celebrate!) or smoking etc.
Please feel free to ask questions! Almost 25 years drug free for me! I don't get the flue, colds etc either! I now believe the saying you are what you eat ingest!
