A little ancient wisdom
04/23/10 09:28 AM
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Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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At least ancient in IBS Board terms.
Once upon a time there was a huge - I mean HUGE - thread on the Boards about whether Heather's approach worked for IBS-C. There were more than 100 posts in that thread but when the dust settled, Stephie and AmandaPanda had said all that needed to be said.
Anyone who is angry at Heather; anyone who has been on the Boards for 5 years (or 4 or 3 or 2) and is complaining that they're not getting relief; and anyone who believes that IBS-D is so much easier to live with than IBS-C - or vice versa - should read Stephie's post in its entirety; it's too long to quote the whole thing here.
I am going to quote the meat of AmandaPanda's very short post:
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Well I was D, and now I'm A. And let me just say, asking if D or C is better is like asking if you'd rather be burned alive or eaten by sharks. It's a silly debate. We all suffer, and nobody gets extra points for having a worse situation.
Newbies: This board is about Heather's recommendations. Try them for a few months -- I'd say 6 months minimum -- and then if they don't work, go elsewhere. That's all.
Got that? Six months. Heather has never claimed her approach works for everyone and if it's not working for you - for anyone - after six months (or 5 years), it's not going to suddenly start working tomorrow. There are lots and lots and lots of other people out there who claim to be able to fix your IBS. If what Heather suggests doesn't do it for you, try one of them.
Or as Stephie says:
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If this diet hasn't helped you, I am so very sorry. I am sorry that you are suffering and furthermore I am sorry that because this diet is the thing that helped ME that I don't have any other ideas for you. I wish that the diet was a perfect fix for everyone, but clearly it isn't. The same as anything else.
If you need to go elsewhere to try other diets and things, we aren't telling you not to. If the diet doesn't work for you, there is no reason for any of us to demand that you carry on with it... we don't get anything out of that! If you find something else that works, and hang around here for the support and some of the other ideas (exercise, herbal teas, stuff like that) then great! But please, don't get aggressive with the people who are only trying to help.
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