Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
I don't care if that woman is a registered nurse, the shmuck down the street, or god incarnate - IBS and colitis are NOT the same thing, and in my mind, she just blew ANY credibility she could have possibly had with such a stupid statement. Ugh!
Of course she's telling you that you have to get worse before you get better - she wants you to keep buying the product she's pushing. Rejoice in the pain? What kind of new-age flake IS she? Sheesh.
You are not wrong. Trust your gut instinct. If it felt wrong, don't go back to it.
My not-so-humble opinion is that you're much better off managing IBS with diet and soluble fiber/herbal supplements as detailed here on this site. Even my doctor says that's pretty much the only things that will help. Is it a cure? No. Will you ever be "all better" again? No. (And you wouldn't have been even on the Reliv, either - same as everything else, you'd have to keep taking it, but if you ever quit it, I'm sure you'd go right back to where you were, right?) But you can MANAGE the disorder very well this way, with the diet and good, simple, healthy living.
Sorry this is so long and ranty... it just REALLY irks me when something is marketed as a "cure" for IBS, because there is no cure, period. I'd love it if there was, but in the meantime, I just remind myself that I'd rather have IBS than cancer, AIDS, lupus, or a thousand other diseases I could have and don't!
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Heck with that!
