Isaac’s SCD Journey
My family reside in north central Indiana. In 2009 our son Isaac was diagnosed at the age of 10 with juvenile arthritis after suffering knee, ankle, and wrist pain for a few months. Right before Christmas in 2011, he was…
Gut Harmony
Teen Crohn's, SCD and Beyond
Gut Harmony
Teen Crohn's, SCD and Beyond
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Milestones in our timeline
2010-2012 Despite our doubts and despite the doctor’s cautions, we decided to try a strange diet to manage our son’s Crohns. Concerns about giving our son harsh medications from a young age had led us to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. In…
SCD Family Stories
We started as a single family, isolated, struggling to find a solution for pediatric Crohn’s. As we began mentoring other families that had ill kids and were interested in the SCD as a therapeutic diet, our personal story expanded to…
How do you measure success?
I was raised in a “science town”, near the green lawns of The Weitzman Institute of Science. The motto in my home was “if it doesn’t have a scientific proof, it doesn’t exist”. In my adult life, I am surrounded…