Comments on: In Memory of the Late, Great Elaine Gloria Gottschall

By: communicatrix » Blog Archive » French fries at the O.K. Corral: or, Telling Monkey-brain to go f*ck itself

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:51:38 +0000

[...] *Note to any SCD-prospectives out there: this does not mean I’m on SCD. I’m not yet ready to give up my beloved Americano, a rather liberal interpretation of weak coffee which Elaine Gottschall would likely have taken issue with, and I’m not, for the time being, going to worry about rogue illegals—the 2% floaters that creep into virtually every food served in American restaurants, even the so-called “legal” foods. If you are just starting, do not follow my example—do SCD full-out, 100%, like it says in the book. No f*cking around, kids, especially if you’re doing any of that lovely bleeding out of your rectum or spending time around doctors anxious to sketch out the new one they’re going to build you. I’m well, I’m almost fat, I’m on meds and I’ve been stable for a long time. [...]

By: communicatrix » Blog Archive » Illness from the other side of the bed

communicatrix » Blog Archive » Illness from the other side of the bed — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:56:35 +0000

[...] How to have a great colonoscopy The inside poop on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet A brief history of my onset, and a tribute to Elaine Gottschall [...]

By: communicatrix » Blog Archive » Cheering the Hell Up, Day 1: Strawberry-Chicken-Walnut Salad!

Fri, 19 May 2006 19:54:30 +0000

[...] As the late, great Elaine Gottschall, standard-bearer and patron saint of the SCD, used to say when someone on the listserv would grouse about all the things we couldn’t eat, “Stop complaining and think of all the wonderful foods we can enjoy!” And Elaine didn’t even have to be on the SCD; she put herself on it in solidarity with her ulcerative colitis-afflicted daughter (who fully recovered from UC after two years on strict SCD). [...]

By: communicatrix » Blog Archive » Not-fat girl*

communicatrix » Blog Archive » Not-fat girl* — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:57:06 +0000

[...] There is no cheating on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, because as Elaine Gottschall, its major evangalist, always said, in order for the diet to work at all, it must be observed with fanatical adherence. Any trace of sugar or starch translates into food for colonies of bad gut bacteria to thrive. Only after a full year symptom-free, we are supposed to try—if we are the gambling types—reintroducing small amounts of illegals to see how we do. [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:00:11 +0000

What a beautiful tribute. And thanks for helping me learn more about Crohn’s disease, which I really didn’t know much about. (I googled it). I’m surprised that it doesn’t get as much “attention” as some of the other other medical conditions out there.