Sorry it has been a week since I posted. I know that approximately two of my readers, one of whom is my husband, were getting antsy for a new post. Thanks guys! I will say AJ and I were outside a lot this week and it was absolutely gorgeous. Such a relief to be outside without a coat.
So I have spent a lot of free time daydreaming/obsessing/researching how to overcome IBS. It is not a matter of whether I will. It is just the HOW and the WHEN that I haven't worked out. I keep apologizing to myself for having a Type A personality (self-induced stress is a big source of IBS problems) but I don't think I should. Because bring me a medical challenge that no one fully understands and I can promise I will eventually, before I'm dead, find an answer!
Many of you have heard me talk about "the book." It's called "The Natural Physician's Healing Therapies: Proven Remedies that Medical Doctors Don't Know." The author, Mark Stengler, N.D., is a naturopathic doctor (as is his wife). I am totally in a love/hate relationship with this book. I have been acting kind of goofy about it. People will say to me, "You know, my periodontal disease is really bothering me lately." And I will respond with something like, "Let's look it up in the book!! You need coenzyme Q10! And you should be taking tea tree oil! How about adding some extra Vitamin C to your diet?"
It is getting ridiculous. I keep telling people - friends, family members, mostly husband - about these various remedies. I tout the idea that they are wonderful remedies that are natural, relatively affordable, easy to find and completely safe. There are "meds" for kids falling down the stairs, morning sickness, puncture wounds, PMS, migraines and everything else under the sun. The problem: I have yet to find a single remedy that actually works.
I have been taking ignatia for TMJ pain and today I made APY take it for fibromyalgia. I was taking a lot of acidopholous and ginger root for IBS. APY has added a daily dose of Vitamin C for joint pain. And I'm now freshly brewing chamomille tea leaves twice a day. (In addition to a crazy expensive probiotic that doesn't seem to do much).
Now I'm considering going to an herbalist. I'm going to call tomorrow. This is crazy, right? I'm just so desperate to find something that will help my bloating that I'm going all out. But if it helped one stranger on an IBS message board, maybe it could help me too.
So if you have a mosquito bite, split ends, hyperactivity or kidney disease, give me a call. I will tell you exactly what you need to be taking. And maybe...it might even work.
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4 comments:
I don't think it's crazy. If you don't try it, you'll never know. You could be the new poster child for herbalist remedies. And just because it's not the "norm," doesn't mean it's wrong. (Did I mention that I used to work at a vet's office that had acupuncture, chiro, and Chinese herbs for animals?)
Just be careful that it's safe!
Okay...you should totally try the accupuncture! They told me I had IBS too and the pain (maybe you don't have that) went away immediately after seeing him. Didn't APY go to him? Also, please pass along the remedy for ill behaved, hitting 2 1/2 yr. olds:) Dave was so embarassed!
anne
Uh, hello, pretty much everyone has seen my kid in time-out. And he barely hit. It was more like a pat.
I am NOT going to accupuncture. I have heard from very few people on my message board for whom it was successful. APY stopped going because A) it didn't help and B) the guy hit a nerve on his foot and he has (additional) numbness all the time. Also I HATE NEEDLES.
Quigs - the chinese herbs were for animals? We'll have to talk about this. These were expensive animals, no?
FYI, the herbalist is out of town until Friday so we'll have to wait on that...
Nope, not just expensive animals...some of them were mutts. :)
It's fascinating stuff, really. My vet custom-blended herbal formulas based on the symptoms, then the herbs could either be sprinkled on food or put in a capsule and swallowed. I was really skeptical when I first started there, but I saw some amazing results on some patients.
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