So, have you cured yourself yet? Be warned - this is a rant...
I was only diagnosed a month ago and I have already heard 4 times "Oh, I know someone with Crohn's! They cured themselves with some special diet. You should do that!"
It's so frustrating. Everyone seems to know someone who cured themselves with some crazy diet. One story I heard was about identical twins who both have Crohn's. I was told one was cured with his special diet while his brother is still sick because he has no self-discipline. (So I guess when I haven't cured myself it's my own fault) I was told a vegan diet if the cure. I was told no-carb diets are the cure.
There is no cure! And everyone suffers differently and have different food tolerances. At least that is what I understand. But every Joe Blow seems to want to tell me that I can cure myself. They give me that smile as if to say "Hey, thanks to me and my story about my niece's husband's brother's gardener's restrictive, miserable diet, I'm your salvation. I just cured you! Now stop your belly-aching."
Also, everyone seems to want to analyze what I eat and tell me I probably shouldn't eat it. Really? I had no idea there were so many Crohn's experts out there.
Sorry for the rant. It's just that I have only known about this for a month and I already feel overwhelmed with other people's opinions and judgements. I tried not to tell many people, but the few who know seemed to have shared it with everyone else. I need to figure out how to stop the spread of my personal life to virtual strangers, and I need to find a comeback for the "Hey, you can cure yourself" stories that will simply shut the person down.
Okay, I feel a little better getting that off my chest.
I was only diagnosed a month ago and I have already heard 4 times "Oh, I know someone with Crohn's! They cured themselves with some special diet. You should do that!"
It's so frustrating. Everyone seems to know someone who cured themselves with some crazy diet. One story I heard was about identical twins who both have Crohn's. I was told one was cured with his special diet while his brother is still sick because he has no self-discipline. (So I guess when I haven't cured myself it's my own fault) I was told a vegan diet if the cure. I was told no-carb diets are the cure.
There is no cure! And everyone suffers differently and have different food tolerances. At least that is what I understand. But every Joe Blow seems to want to tell me that I can cure myself. They give me that smile as if to say "Hey, thanks to me and my story about my niece's husband's brother's gardener's restrictive, miserable diet, I'm your salvation. I just cured you! Now stop your belly-aching."
Also, everyone seems to want to analyze what I eat and tell me I probably shouldn't eat it. Really? I had no idea there were so many Crohn's experts out there.
Sorry for the rant. It's just that I have only known about this for a month and I already feel overwhelmed with other people's opinions and judgements. I tried not to tell many people, but the few who know seemed to have shared it with everyone else. I need to figure out how to stop the spread of my personal life to virtual strangers, and I need to find a comeback for the "Hey, you can cure yourself" stories that will simply shut the person down.
Okay, I feel a little better getting that off my chest.