There is never "no hope". I went to Mayo Clinic back in March -- people had been urging me for months and months to go there, but I resisted because I'd been struggling for so long that Mayo seemed a sort of last-gasp thing -- and if Mayo didn't work, what then? then there'd be nothing left.
Well, I went to Mayo Clinic, and guess what, so far I haven't been helped at all (as far as my endometriosis problems go). In fact, thanks to their RE, I feel way worse than I did before. But contrary to what I expected, I don't feel like I've lost all hope. Okay, so maybe I am not exactly Little Miss Sunshine all the time, but as long as I'm breathing, there's a chance I'll figure out how to make myself feel better, and THAT is enough to keep me going.
But. Be honest with yourself. Have you REALLY tried everything? I mean, really honestly given it a more-than-fair trial? Maybe some of the options can be scary, or maybe you resist the idea that it can be helpful. I know you've been on Heather's diet a long time, but there are a lot of other contributing factors. I used to have horrible D all the time, and I remember how quickly I gave up on new ideas when it didn't seem to be helping. I have no idea what you've tried and haven't tried, and you don't have to tell me -- but think it over and consider what you can really truly rule out as being helpful. So maybe X didn't seem to be helping, but maybe you were taking Y and Z that negated the effects of X? I would be trying a new probiotic and a new fiber supplement and more protein and a calcium supplement all at once, and I would continue to feel like garbage -- or feel like an entire dumpster full of garbage -- and so I would give up on all of it.
Don't forget, too, that people ARE coming out with new treatments all the time. There will always be the hope that progress will be made.
You need to try the hypno. Maybe it's scary, but if you spend your whole life trying to be "safe", odds are you won't be happy. Do not look at it as your "last hope". It isn't, and even if it was, the fact that it IS hope should be enough to try it.
Please, please try the hypno. You owe it to yourself to do your best to get better.
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"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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