Dr. Dahlman's method, just want to share...

Just to remind members, the only cure for UC at this time is surgery. Don't let yourself be fooled by people claiming to have "cures." At the end of their rainbows is often an empty pot waiting for you to put your gold in it.

In this case, the salesman in question claims his system will cure diabetes and heart disease - a dangerous and potentially fatal claim.

I don't believe he claims to "cure" anything. He offers a variety of treatment options and, from what I've seen, alot of it is common sense and is supported by a number of other doctors. Gluten and dairy are two of the major offenders for folks with gastro problems. Eliminating them can certainly bring relief.

I don't think it's a good idea to eliminate gluten or diary from your diet if they don't bother you. Both have nutritious value. Besides there are already too many things we have to eliminate.

You can still eat a balanced and healthy diet without gluten and dairy. Not saying everyone should do it, but large numbers of people have issues with one or the other or both. Why wouldn't it be worth eliminating them for a few weeks and see if symptoms improve? Dr. Mercola is now recommending a gluten-free diet for everyone, not just IBDers as more research comes to light.

You're never going to know what works and what doesn't until you experiment and keep a journal of what you're eating, your meds, your exercise, etc.

Princesa- I was wondering if you feel your natural supplements either helped you reach remission, and/or are helping you stay there. I changed my diet and got well again, but I believe the probiotics and particularly the natural anti-fungals I added (as I see you take) were paramount in helping me achieve my wellness again.

spluxa- Just speaking for me, bread and cheese are not "healthy" choices. For me, my UC symptoms were fungus driven. Some cheeses are mold, and bread made from wheat contains yeast (a fungus) and mycotoxins. Not that the little bit in each amounts to much, in and of itself, but over time the continual usage causes me problems, particularly foods with yeast. Fungus loves grains, so I find I have to limit them since I seem to have that issue. I also believe gluten could be an issue for some people, and they just don't realize it. There are plenty of good food choices. I eat LOTS of different veggies (raw and cooked), berries, apples, meats/fish/poultry/eggs, yogurt, flaxseed/millet yeast-free bread and don't feel I'm sacrificing myself. From time to time I treat myself. The key is moderation.

kim123 said...
Princesa- I was wondering if you feel your natural supplements either helped you reach remission, and/or are helping you stay there. I changed my diet and got well again, but I believe the probiotics and particularly the natural anti-fungals I added (as I see you take) were paramount in helping me achieve my wellness again.

Yes, I feel natural supplements - in combination with limited medications, dietary changes and lifestyle changes - have helped me reach remission and maintain it for several years. Any one thing that you do in isolation will probably not be successful, but the combination of approaches to address different issues - gut dysbiosis, food reactions, inflammation - is what's worked for me.

Bobbit, the only demonstrated successful cure for UC at this time is surgery.

You must understand the difference between anecdotal evidence and controlled testing with years of experience. One person, or one hundred persons, reporting improvement with a treatment, doesn't prove a cure. To prove the effectiveness of any treatment, it has to be tested on thousands of people.

People who don't want surgery rarely have to have it. Most people can achieve improvement with non-surgical treatments. But the IBD isn't cured, and they may still have flares in the future, even with whatever treatment they use. If the treatment can be completed and then stopped and the people who got it never have UC symptoms again, it's a cure. Otherwise, it's a treatment. Treatments are good, but they aren't the same as cures.

Fairness and hurt feelings have nothing to do with any of this. It's simply a matter of what the facts are. I'm glad you're doing well. If you never have another problem with UC for the rest of your life, that will mean you were cured by something. If everyone else got the same results from what you used, it might be a cure. Otherwise, it's a treatment.

Judy, I was chronic for 5 years and bled almost every day, i walked out of the hospital in tears before i had my last treatment and vowed i would not go back, the next step for me was surgery and i was so frightend, this is the piece of your post that hurts the most because if i had read this before i was well then who knows what my thinking would be.
I saw "production line" specialists making money from my suffering and it made me angry,I told doctors what worked for me but hey they know better, well you would think so, just one comment i would make is, suppose i did have the cure, would you listern to me? would anyone ?
there is an answer to come.
ROB

We don't all have Colitis for the same reasons. What may work for me may work for only some people who have Colitis, perhaps those who have Colitis for the same reasons as me. A treatment or treatments may be extremely effective for some people yet fail when tested on thousands.

Surgery is the "cure" (baring complications from surgery) that works for everyone, because a colon can not become inflamed if a person does not have a colon. In fact, everyone, even those whose colons have never been inflamed before can get Colitis at a future date. Colitis is simply inflammation of the colon. If you have a colon, it can become inflamed. So, therefore, it is not possible to "cure" Colitis (unless you get it cut out). However, it is possible to reduce the severity, duration, and occurrences of Colitis flareups to the bare minimum. This is what I seek.

The body is reacting to something, the stomach has a reaction if it is not suited, you vomit, i think, in UC, its all relevant, in all the time i was ill i was never polled as to my lifestyle and what i ate, I had UC, an inflamation of the lower bowel and anti inflammitories were pescribed, if you take the word anti inflammitories then they are just that, something to subdue, or is that something to subdue until regular service is restored.
ROB

Hi.  As a former member of this forum, I have to put my 2 cents in on this issue too.  Now I have an ostomy, but I still feel bad for everyone of you who are suffering with this horrible disease, and all that goes with it.  It truly changes your life more than an ostomy does   I recommend that you have your doctor test you for Celiac disease . They normally don't do this, or they didn't do it for me anyway, until I requested it.  Mine came back negative, but I went gluten free anyway as an experiment, and within days my bleeding stopped and I had no symptoms for 5 months after that.  I had been flaring for 2 years.  After those wonderful 5 months I flared again, and since I was burned out on the treatments given to me for years, I had the surgery with a permanent ileostomy.   My point is, that many folks are celiacs and don't even know it.  And some people are just sensitive to gluten and it is very inflammatory to the bowel, so if you have UC it sure dosent' help the healing to irritate it with gluten.  It is just a blood test. Most grocery stores have gluten free food now too.

Hopeso    

Qvist , exactly the answer is to come, this is it......
Judy has just confirmed my point, she did not answer, no offence judy, the answer i was looking for was a promt yes. I could have elaborated on what the cure was, but in general my first question was the most important one.
(I have not got a guarenteed cure by the way, if i did have i would sure share it without a doubt)
ROB