Cyndy,
I was really moved reading your post because I can relate to all of it so deeply. It is incredibly frustrating and confusing when there's so much disagreement out there about what is and isn't good for us. And when we're talking about something as fundamental as our health and well-being, it can be truly discouraging.
It's so hard to know who to trust and who to believe about all of this. In the past my own intuition has been my guide. But after six years of following "my gut" (sorry, just came out this way!) and not getting anywhere, I'm not so sure anymore.
I'm lucky in that I've had extremely caring doctors (except the most recent Cedars clinic), many of whom have been through some kind of chronic illness. But even then, they're only human and they do the best they can based on their experience and knowledge.
Ultimately I guess it just comes down to the fact that we know very little about the gut and why it gets sick and what to do about it. It seems like the more we learn, the more we have to learn. It is, after all, a second brain and therefore has all of the complexity and mystery that comes along with that.
The other issue seems to be that what works for one person doesn't work for another. That is abundantly clear to me anytime I visit a message board like this one. This creates a lot of confusion as well.
I wish the medical community had more accurate and sophisticated methods of diagnosing "IBS". I really believe that IBS is actually several different conditions that haven't been named or discovered yet, and that is why there is no single treatment that works for everyone. In the meantime, people like you and me suffer a lot because we just have to stumble around and try everything. We're the guinea pigs in a really painful experiment.
I really hope you are able to find something that works for you Cyndy. I'll continue to share my experiences in the hopes that anything I learn may be of value to you, and others here.
Chris
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Re: I just really symphathize with you Chris
