Optimistic about controling Crohn's without conventional medicine!!

So i just met with a new Homeopathic/Chiropractor who works with his wife who is a Nutritionist. They help patients with many different types of conditions, but specialize in digestive problems. Because she herself had UC and has learned to control it with no conventional medicine, only diet and supplements.

She gave me great confidence when i heard her story. In a nutshell she tried conventional medicine for years. Ended up getting surgery to remove her large intestine, part of her small intestine, and her whole rectum, and now has an ileostomy bag. But after all of this she still had the disease running its course in her body. Because the in-balances that cause this disease were still there. She was in an extremely bad flare when they decided to go cold turkey onto the natural route and give up conventional medicine, and within 6 months she had her UC under control, and also had no symptoms of her RA that she also had for years. They and i believe that conventional medicine doesn't treat the specific in-balances in the body, it just covers up the symptoms while the disease is still doing damage to the body even if only on a microscopic level it's still there. Which i believe is why it never really stops, it just keeps coming back.

I'm well aware that this is a lifetime disease that there is no 'cure' for, and it won't ever 'stop'. And i am also very aware that everyones' body is different and the disease attacks us all individually. But i am more confident in what they are telling me about treating it with the natural route than what any conventional doctor has ever said or done for me. It makes a lot more sense to me to fix digestive diseases like these with natural routes, as apposed to putting something foreign and extremely potent into your body. For those who don't know i am currently in a similar position. I'm in a extremely bad flare and am sick of conventional medicine because it's never done well for me. I am starting their regiment and diet next week, the diet for the time being is food combining as well as no wheat or dairy.

So i don't know if this is the end all be all for me yet but i am very optimistic about it and feel more comfortable with this route than any other i have done in the past. And i'm wondering if any of you have experience that could relate in any way to this situation

I don't know anything about your new venture but I support you in your decision to do what you think is best for you. It is easy to follow conventional treatments when they work, or at least partially work, for you. It is also easy to question those who choose to try something different when your meds are working for you. But I commend you for becoming pro-active in your quest for good health when all else has failed.

My daughter also had to look elsewhere when the regular Crohn's drugs weren't working. We also wonder if the conventional drugs cover up or suppress the immune system which is trying to rid the body of something. Just a guess and we won't know until we try. It can be debated on and on but there's no arguing results. So she has started the anti-map treatment. We're communicating with others who've been through this because it gets worse before it gets better, or at least it does some times. She didn't get in this condition overnight and apparently, if this works, she's not going to feel better over night either. If you are committed to your new treatment, expect that you will have to be patient and give it time to work.

i just started working with a witch doctor in New Delhi, India. ok, he's an ayurvedic doctor but same difference. i've been doing fine just with diet for 2 years but i'm always looking for ways to strengthen my body, intestines, and immune system so when/if it comes back, i wont be up the proverbial festering creek without any means of motility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1tH93G9U a video explaining homeopathy ... stay clear... it will just clear your wallet... its quackery

Wikipedia said...
Homeopathy is unsupported by modern scientific research. The extreme dilutions used in homeopathic preparations usually leave none of the original material in the final product. The modern mechanism proposed by homeopaths, water memory, is considered implausible in that short-range order in water only persists for about 1 picosecond. Pharmacological effect without active ingredients is inconsistent with the observed dose-response relationships of conventional drugs, leaving only non-specific placebo effects or various novel explanations. The proposed rationale for these extreme dilutions – that the water contains the "memory" or "vibration" from the diluted ingredient – is counter to the laws of chemistry and physics, such as the law of mass action. The lack of convincing scientific evidence supporting its efficacy and its use of remedies without active ingredients have led to characterizations as pseudoscience and quackery, or, in the words of a 1998 medical review, "placebo therapy at best and quackery at worst." Use of homeopathy may delay or replace effective medical treatment, worsening outcomes or exposing the patients to increased risk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy#Provings

Well first off as Roni said if she had surgery and her colon removed her UC would have been cured. So obviously she does not have UC but has Crohns. I wish you good luck with your no meds route, but I highly suspect we will be hearing about your emergency resection or something like that at the end of this because your disease was not properly treated. I learned that the hard way. Good luck!

Like everything else, buyer beware. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. I was just plain lucky to find a physician, in regular practice, to clarify exactly what was going on in my guts. I wish you the best in finding the answers you need.

Does it work? The thing is I guess it is worth a try (isn't anything) as it highly unlikely that you will overdose/do any harm  on the products.

My mother in law is 80, in excellent health, own hair, teeth, beautiful skin etc, she hasn't been to a Dr in over 40 years and she treats herself homeopathically, prior to this (by all account) she was a physical/mental mess (I didn't know her then though, so can only go  by what I was told) A few years ago they were visiting us and my father in law wasn't himself and was constantly shaking, we suspected parkinson's and suggested that when they returned home he go and see a DR. The diagnosis, Parkinsons. When we next saw them(approx 1 year later) he had completely stopped all the shaking and looked well. The following year he died, because his death was sudden he needed a post mortem-which again confirmed he did  have Parkinson's Disease. Mother in law claimed she had cured him of the disease(which obviously we know is not true because of the post mortem-incidently cause of death was not parkinsons) however what she obviously was able to do was to alleviate the symptoms.

So I guess that although crohn's disease is incurable if all obvious symptoms could be alleviated that would be a good a cure as any.

Yesterday she told me what to give my son to 'cure' him-who knows??

Thanks Crohnic-Style!  I look forward to hearing your progress.  I too am treating my Crohn's naturally at the start of this diagnosis.  I am thankful that I have a Naturopath as my doctor who has active Crohn's and has never treated it with drugs.  He is also one of the top rated Naturopath's in the Seattle area, so that gives me confidence as well.  Even so, use your own "gut" and judgement for what they want to give you.  I feel some Naturopaths can cross the line and that some of the supplements are not good for you.  BUT, if you have a doctor you trust, go with it.  No one thing works for everyone, and we should all be allowed to try what we feel will be best. 

Nana Monster, just fyi Crohns is a chronic and "incurable" bowel disease. So this person you talked about was maybe just put in remission as there is no cure.

Nana Monster,

I am so sorry that your son has Parkinson's. I do not know exactly what she gave him, no doubt it was a mixture of vitamins and tissue salts. I will certainly ask her exactly what she gave him-although you do realise that I am risking my sanity here-lol(once on the subject can't shut her up about it) Like I said she didn't cure him of it and I am still in two minds about how it actually manages to work but he was definitely free of all the shaking. Give me a day or two and I will get back to you.