A Regimen for Remission
This log tracks my regimen of attitude, exercise, stress management, and SCD foods. Since I started this regimen in 1997, I've been able to keep my Crohn's in a drug-free remission.

Monkey-see,
monkey-don't
Even though I may have experimented beyond the SCD from time to time, one must remember that everyone is different. Follow the intro diet for 3-5 days, and stick with the SCD until you are completely symptom free for at least one year before experimenting.

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Dinner: tossed salad and a magnificent spiced turkey meatloat that Laura made! Lunch: tossed salad, tuna.
mhs@20:03

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt, nutbread.

Dinner, yesterday: leftover steamed artichokes, beets with beet greens, and grilled trout with basil and lemongrass. Afterwards (and well into the night) I had to deal with a lot of gas pains, which I believe were caused by the leftover artichokes.

Lunch: avocado cheeseburger.
mhs@05:45

Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt, nutbread.

Dinner, yesterday: steamed artichokes, salad of roasted beets on a bed of lettuce (with sliced red onion and goat-milk Gouda), grilled swordfish.

Lunch: leftover cauliflower "mashed potatoes" with paprika, sauteed peacock kale with mushrooms, onions, garlic, and curry, grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto.
mhs@05:59

Monday, July 29, 2002

Breakfast: mango, homemade yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: cauliflower "mashed potatoes" with paprika, sauteed peacock kale with mushrooms, onions, garlic, and curry, grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto.
mhs@05:53

Sunday, July 28, 2002

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover turkey burgers with salsa.

Breakfast: fruit, nut crackers, dried figs, cheese.
mhs@13:14

Saturday, July 27, 2002

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mhs@14:20

Monsoon is here! Glorious, dark storm clouds build through the day, dump rain, and recede - making way for glorious sunsets! We returned from our evening walk on Thursday to find two geckos entwined in a mating knot. Later that evening (2AM the following morning) we were awoken by what sounded like a wounded duck...but which was really a horny frog or toad, belching out its call to a mate.

The Arizona Daily Star has a great article this morning about desert toads mating in short-lived monsoonal ponds.
mhs@07:59

Thursday, July 25, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt and applesauce.

Dinner, yesterday: chicken, leftover curried kale and tomatoes.

Lunch: tossed salad, sliced ham, fruit.
mhs@05:48

Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, applesauce.

Dinner, yesterday: chicken, carrot, red pepper, and onion stir-fry.

Lunch: a meager italian sausage with a mini-salad and some fruit. Snack: a bag of roasted cashews.
mhs@06:13

Tuesday, July 23, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt and applesauce.

Dinner, yesterday: caesar salad, shrimp.

I visited my Chinese herbalist and Chi Nei Tsang practitioner yesterday, and was pleased to confirm that I am doing well. I haven't done as much self-administered CNT as I should be doing but it is helping nonetheless. We rang a Tibetan bell and moved it around my body to find areas of imbalance; my left side needs a bit more work.

Lunch: tossed salad, tuna.
mhs@06:12

Monday, July 22, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt and applesauce.

Dinner, yesterday: tossed salad, turkey burgers with salsa.
mhs@05:45

Sunday, July 21, 2002

Laura fixed her ibslog. :-)
mhs@17:49

Lunch: turkey burgers made with salsa, steamed squash.
mhs@17:48

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt, fried eggs with salsa, macaroons.

Dinner party, yesterday: lots of salads and wonderful foods from friends, co-workers, and neighbors!
mhs@08:44

Saturday, July 20, 2002

Lunch: tossed salad, Laura's macaroons.

Breakfast: fruit, yogurt, nuts, dried figs.
mhs@12:59

Thursday, July 18, 2002

Dinner: Laura made an awesome curry with kale and tomatoes. That, and some grilled eggplant and some leftover chicken.

Lunch: leftover chicken, carrots, and scallions, spinach. Dessert: plums.
mhs@21:00

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt, Lois Lang's bread.

Dinner, yesterday: a stir-fry of carrots, scallions, chicken, sesame oil, and garlic.

Lunch: leftover cauliflower "mashed potatoes", sauteed stringbeans, and salmon.
mhs@05:25

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt, Lois Lang's luscious bread.

Dinner, yesterday: gazpacho, sauteed green beans with garlic, grilled salmon.

Lunch: tossed salad with turkey and beets.
mhs@05:25

Monday, July 15, 2002

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: gazpacho, grilled eggplant, grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto.
mhs@05:50

Saturday, July 13, 2002

Thinking about taking Fosamax? Check this explanation of a New England Journal of Medicine article regarding liver damage and the definition "ideal bones" (density isn't everything!).
mhs@07:47

Dinner, yesterday: tossed salad with arugula, cauliflower "mashed potatoes", and grilled swordfish. Dessert: a mango-peach-yogurt smoothie.

Lunch: leftover turkey burger and spinach.

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt.
mhs@07:02

Friday, July 12, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt and applesauce.

Dinner, yesterday: steamed spinach, grilled turkey burgers.

Lunch: leftover kale, stir-fried Chinese veggies and chicken.
mhs@05:58

Tuesday, July 09, 2002

About 20 years ago I felt the first symptoms of heavy pain, night sweats, and lots of diarrhea. I was in my teens. After many tests for lesser conditions, the docs finally arrived at Crohn's disease. Azulfidine, Keflex, Cipro, 6-MP, Asacol, and Prednisone were the drugs of choice. I took Prednisone, on and off, for 3 years or more.

Those Prednisone years were supposed to have been my bone-building years. I was supposed to be consuming and absorbing lots of calcium. That said, my diet as a teen and until about 6 years ago was very low in calcium. Even though I went to the gym to work out, my bones were fighting a losing battle.

5 1/2 ago I started the SCD. This food log tracks 2 1/2 years of the foods that, after years of drugs, have kept me in a controlled remission. 4 years ago I had a DEXA exam and my bone density was decidedly lower than the norm. I was supposed to increase my calcium (yes) and go to the gym 3 times a week, do some jogging, and other load-bearing exercises (not done consistently). I was also supposed to reduce stress so as to lower the adrenaline and its effect on calcium resorption (yoga practice helps).

I am staring a new chapter in this quest for health. My intestinal health is quite fine, thank you...but according to last month's DEXA update the bones need work more than ever before. My doc wants to put me on Fosamax for a few years but I protest because instead of helping build bone density and flexibility, the caustic drink actually shows more results in simply "halting" the entire process of bone break-down and rebuilding by the osteoclasts and osteoblasts.

So I'm seeing a Chinese herbalist. She informs me that I have cold areas in my body (cold in the Chinese herbal sense), and I'm taking some herbs, learning chi nei tsang, and taking some super-calcium drink called Osteoprocare. I'm hoping to get a thryoid check and see an endocrinologist to learn ways to optimize my calcium (and magnesium and manganese, etc.) absorption and increase my bone density. Stay tuned for more adventures in bone building!
mhs@21:00

Dinner: leftover chicken, sauteed kale with garlic, ginger, tomato and curry.

Lunch: leftover beef randang with zucchini and bok choy.

Breakfast: an apple, homemade yogurt.
mhs@20:55

Sunday, July 07, 2002

A birthday party dinner for Loretta's 89th @ Seri Melaka: rojak salad, curried scallops and veggies, and beef randang.
mhs@20:25

Lunch: tossed salad with arugula, chicken, Lois Lang's bread.
mhs@12:41

Breakfast: fruit, yogurt, almonds, and then off to the gym.

Dinner, yesterday: beef chimichanga -enchilada style- and without the wrapper, tossed salad, guacamole.
mhs@07:42

Thursday, July 04, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt.

New Dutch research finds Rectal characteristics differ in Irritable Bowel Syndrome subtypes. Either people get diarrhea or they get constipated, and there are rectal tones and sensitivities that go with each type of IBS.
mhs@08:07

Tuesday, July 02, 2002

Dinner: tossed salad, leftover fish and chicken.

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover chicken. Snacks: pecans and raisins, bananas.
mhs@20:34

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt.
mhs@06:06

Monday, July 01, 2002

Dinner: sauteed green beans with carmelized garlic, scallions and radishes, and leftover tuna with olives and garlic.

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover chicken.
mhs@19:24

Breakfast: homemade applesauce and yogurt.
mhs@06:06

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