Happy One Year SCD Anniversary to Me!
So here I am, at one year at last (January 2021). I started writing this back in November because I was terrified that I would miss important details if I did not give myself time to work through the year. I have been meaning to write about my battle with Ulcerative Colitis through diet for sometime but I honestly have only started to find this kind of motivation recently. On January 19th 2020 I had yet another day on the toilet coupled with an angry episode. One of the aspects of UC which is difficult to talk about is how hard it is mentally. Put it this way, for sure my wonderful family were suffering with me. For most of my adult life, I would usually weigh at least 64kg (141 lb). Sometimes I would even get to 70kg (154 lb). During this 2nd flare of UC (since I was diagnosed in 2017) my weight had plummeted to below 61 kg (134.5 lb). I am 5 ft 10 in and a bit so I look too thin. I had been thinking about starting SCD for a few weeks at this point. I had started noticin...