It was 11 years ago and I am sitting in a doctor’s office as he gives the news. “You have Ulcerative Colitis, you have two options, you can have surgery to remove most of your colon and have a colostomy bag permanently placed outside your stomach or you can try dietary changes like stop eating meat.” I zoned out after that part as I didn’t know where to go from here. Both seemed like very heavy options at the time as I was a solid “carnivore” but weighing my options one seemed better than the other.