I can eat sugar!

In 6th grade I was diagnosed with Crohn's. In 7th grade my mom and I realized that sugar was the main thing that set it off. Both cane sugar and nutrasweet type things. 

Before this I would eat and unnatural amount of sugar, I would have the normal amount of desserts, but everytime my mom had her back turned I would steal a handful and hide it. I would also go to my neighbors house, until they had a child, and get candy. 

When I realized that it was sugar I was devastated. Sugar is like cigarettes to a smoker, alcohol to an alcoholic. Once I start eating it again, and I start to get really sick, it takes all my will power to stop again to make myself healthy.

I love baking. For the few years after my surgery in 8th grade I was able to eat normal amounts of dessert again. And I was a great baker, but then when I started to get sick again in college, I had to stop again. Everytime I had a little, I won't go into details. But if I got hooked for as little as a week I would end up in pain. After a few months of constant sugar intake I ended up in the hospital.

Then I began seeing recipes for something called truvia. It is natural and not processed. I decided to do research... and it is safe for IBS! IBS being something similar to Crohn's, but not nearly as serious. Many things that cause IBS symptoms can also cause Crohn's. 

I may be able to bake again! 

I'm so happy I'm almost crying :-D