Crohns Disease Changed My Body. Heres How I Made Peace With My Diagnosis.

I tried an elimination diet--which you should do under the supervision of adoctor or a dietitian--when I was first diagnosed with Crohn's to see ifthere was a specific food that was triggering symptoms. Taking a flexible approach to my diet and lifestyle After my diagnosis, I tried many diet changes to see if modifications couldhelp improve my symptoms. It took the use of a newer technology, a capsule endoscopy--a tinycamera sitting in a vitamin-size capsule that you swallow so your doctor canbetter examine your small intestine--to find the damage the Crohn's hadcaused in my body. [Extracted from the article]