I am writing to give everyone out there hope and encourage perseverance with SCD.

My daughter was diagnosed w UC 4 days before Christmas this past year. As with everyone out there, we were devastated with the news and felt completely lost as parents. As per doctors orders, we put her on prednisone immediately following the colonoscopy and endoscopy. And then discovered SCD through a very close friend whose son was diagnosed w Crohns - who she healed strictly through the diet, never touching any medicine.

We went through the emotional, physical and mental turmoils of beginning SCD and finding those perfect equations. Although dissipating, our daughter continued to bleed for months. We wanted to break and give her medicine in addition to SCD (the Canasa is still unopened in our cabinet) - but we stayed the course. We learned of some great supplements - L-glutamine, collagen and butyrate and started to incorporate them daily.

We just had her 6 month check up on Monday - solid on SCD for 5 months. Her bloodwork is impeccable, her c reactive protein is below normal ...and most incredibly, her calprotectin went from 867 at diagnosis to normal!