There's only one Naturopath worth seeing IMO

I started watching the video and had to stop. He looks like a motivational speaker/salesman to me. I'm sorry but I don't trust any of these guys. They all seem like slick salesman to me. Invest with me, I'll make you a millionaire, buy my real estate program and it will make you rich, yadda yadda yadda. It seems to me if this guy was really so successful at what he does he wouldn't have to make a video or have a conference to sell himself, he would be too busy with people knocking on his door to even do this stuff. I'm glad you and your family have had success with him but in my opinion if a doctor has to sell himself then he really isn't as good of doctor as his slick salestalk.

What does largely in remission mean? you're still having symptoms, obviously.

What meds have you tried and what are you on now?

Hope you get the answers you need when you see him.

q

He's right though. I'm only in my twenties and I know that hospitals are a necessity, but they are doing things they shouldn't. Like doing MRI's of kids complaining of leg pains (when they are merely growing pains). Then charging the patient $2000.

Good luck to you greenuc. He doesn't seem like a typical naturopathic doctor, but it sounds like he is very invested in getting to the root of the cause which is what naturopath's are about. :)

I tried watching 10 minutes, its very overwhelming to take everything in.

Here's the update:

It's been over a week since my appointment with Dr. Tent. After asking me a series of questions about current symptoms, he said that he believes I have a gallbladder issue that is either causing or exasperating my UC symptoms. He simultaneously decided to treat me for "no germ in the gut" due to my history of antibiotic use.

He put me on several different standard process supplements and I've been taking them religiously three times per day.

While its too early to celebrate, the improvements have been remarkable thus far. While I felt I was largely in remission going into the appointment, I now see in hindsight that I was nowhere near "normal." Plus my symptoms had been steadily deteriorating in the days before the appointment and I had to double my Lialda dose to manage it plus go from taking slippery elm once per day to 2-3 times per day. I felt like on that trajectory, I was going to be on prednisone in a matter of weeks if not less.

Going into the appointment, here is what I was dealing with (again, I had been getting progressively worse in the week heading into the appointment...so these are the symptoms in the last few days before the appointment):
- Constant girgling in intestines
- Extreme gas
- Shooting rectal pain
- Mild cramping
- Blood in stools (just had blood one day a couple days before appt.)
- Very Loose stools, 2-3 BM's per day
- Medication: 4 Lialda per day, Slippery Elm Bark 2-3 times per day, plus cannabis every other day


Here is where I am at now:
- Occasional Modest girgling (most of the day none)
- Mild gas
- Occasional mild rectal pain
- No cramping
- No blood
- Perfectly formed stools, 1 BM's per day
- Medication: 2 Lialda per day, No Slippery Elm bark, no cannabis


Despite significant reductions in my anti-inflammatories (lialda, slippery elm etc.), my symptoms have shown drastic improvement. The most shocking part is that EVERY time in the past 12 months that I've stopped taking slippery elm for a day or two, my deterioration was extremely fast and obvious. This time, no ill effects from stopping it.

I'm still sort of in disbelief that any of this worked since I was skeptical that it could be my gallbladder, but I can't argue with the early results thus far. He wanted me on this supplement regimen for 30 days and then I'm supposed to call his office to update them on how I've progressed.

I'm just so happy right now that spending the money to fly out there appears to be paying off. I'm certainly not wealthy, but I save every dollar I can and I've been working diligently to get myself better and eventually completely remove myself from all medication. Who knows if I'll be able to stop the last two Lialda at some point, but at least I am back in near full remission after only one week since seeing him!

I am as skeptical as you and still to this day doubt that it really could be a gallbladder problem...but hey, this is the best I've felt since my pre-UC days and the 7 day turnaround has been beyond dramatic. Can't argue with the results, the guy is a miracle worker and for that I am grateful.

In fairness to the doc, he did spend a bunch of time with me during the appointment explaining how the gallbladder impacts the large intestine.

Yeah. I was wondering that too. It would be helpful if you could share your success by telling us what you are taking. Even if he is completely wrong about the gall bladder connection maybe what you are taking is helping you anyway.

Oh and sorry for the second post, but here's what he told me each of them was for (i'm doing this from memory but it should be largely correct)


SP Okra Pepsin E3: aids digestion, bowel cleansing, intestinal healing
SP Gastrex: bowel cleansing, intestinal healing
B Beta TCP: heals gallbladder
SP A-F Betafood: heals gallbladder, supports bile production in liver
SP Prosynbiotic: supports gut flora
SP Collinsonia Root: heals vascular tissue (i think he gave this to me for hemorrhoids given the severe rectal pain and the blood that I had experienced)

Post Edited (greenuc) : 12/20/2012 11:52:36 AM (GMT-7)

ucdad1 said...
Thanks GreenUC, Please keep us posted on your results...

I wish you the Best of Luck, Happy 12/21/12 and New year :)))

Same to you, thanks for the kind words!

beachlife said...
Thanks for posting this greenuc, I recently saw a naturopathic Dr here in SoCal and couldn't be happier. Did he say anything regarding your diet? recommendations?

I'm glad you found someone you liked out here! I am in SoCal as well and after years of searching, was never satisfied with the naturopath's I tried out here. This is why I ended up spending so much on airfare to fly back to Michigan to see a guy who I hadn't seen in 15 years because he's given so many truly miraculous health results to me and my family. If I might ask, which doctor did you see and where is he/she located?

Part of what appealed to me about Dr. Tent is that he doesn't really stress diet as he knows how terribly difficult it can be for people to follow a truly "perfect" diet since that would consist of purely organic, home made foods which is not only costly but extremely time consuming to follow. Most of the standard process supplements that he recommends to his patients are nothing but compressed food nutrients or naturally occurring herbs etc. (no artificial man made vitamins) and as such the body is able to heal itself of whatever ails it by supplying it with the appropriate nutrients straight from food.

I personally have been following a low carb, sugar free and dairy light diet for some time that I felt benefited me somewhat, but if this supplement regimen from Dr. Tent continues to work, I hope that I can eventually go back to a more "normal" diet.

Post Edited (greenuc) : 12/20/2012 1:58:47 PM (GMT-7)

Is he an MD? It's strange for an MD to ignore the possibility of an overactive immune system being a cause of UC. While I agree that many cases of colitis are probably caused by the 5 things he listed, I do think some people diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis have an AI condition - probably the majority of us. I used to think I have a bug or yeast, anything but an AI condition but since nothing helped, not diet, not antibiotics, not stress relief... I also have other symptoms that point to AI, like exhaustion. It just seems unlikely that I am suffering from one of his 5 causes.

I think those 5 causes can often be the cause for colitis. colitis and UC are not the same. If you have colitis from a GI bug and you're cured, and you were diagnosed as having UC, you were misdiagnosed.

He's a chiropractor. i don't read anywhere that he states himself as a naturopath.

ucdad...you probably should check out the difference of colitis and Ulcerative Colitis...especially since you suggest to watch the vids with an open mind.

Easy to understand the difference.

q

Ucdad1. I have a teenage son in Ontario with UC. I have read with interest your other blogs about your sons liver and connection to his meds. We are experiencing liver problems as well. High liver enzymes. Can you tell me how your son is now and what went on with his liver. Thank you.