That's funny! I became a Certified breastfeeding counselor so I could actually help people who wanted it too! Even then sometimes people would call and not really want to hear the truth!!

I hesitated to throw my hat in the ring here because I didn't want to take away from the frustrations of dealing with others about this disease which are very real, or from the power of alternative medicine and the many problems with the Western approach or any paradigm that excludes other viable options, but I have to say..... When previous posters write that they "know what the answer is" and things of that nature, I've learned that that's dangerous, because they are making the assumption that this is the RIGHT way, which is just as dogmatic as those we're deriding for not taking our path seriously.  Now trust me, in the beginning of treatment, I thought and said the same things!!  I was convinced I'd found the answer and wanted others to hear, and at times would be up on my 'proud,' all-knowing perch, whether in my head or in speaking to others or both...
Beyond seeing over time, as others posted here, to keep my mouth shut (if for no other reason than because others usually don't want your unsolicited views pushed on them any more than I want theirs pushed on me), I got seriously humbled when after Matia healed my bladder (bless her!), I got struck with another major problem through no fault of my own (no cheating or anything at all), and she has not had as much success (yet) in helping, and I've suffered horribly, and it's made me wonder if drugs or another method might be more for me in my case.  After experiencing this ++ seeing how some others were not helped by Dr B (although she does claim most people get well) or how some who she even healed their bladders but then they had a bad infection that just did not respond to her methods ++ seeing how many others out there eat and drink and do bad stuff or live very healthfully but were on antibiotics for years and they have no/minor problems >> I really saw what the hell do I know?  And who am I to be telling others?   It's one thing if even Dr. B is telling others, but little uneducated me, no more schooled in Chinese/alternative ways than Western ways, I'm hardly one to declare that this is the answer or to know the cause or innerworkings of someone else's condition, to speak beyond what this approach did for me personally.  Plus, there is still so much unknown, much of health research changes or evolves constantly; perhaps Dr. B is partially right but there are further pieces that come into play, or any other number of permutations.
As much as Dr. B's approach may have worked for me and others, I was making the assumption that this treatment as well as the way of living Dr. B preaches is right for ALL, and taking it to the extreme level of i.e. sugar or personal products ingredients being "toxic" and "poisonous" for ALL.....  Now listen, please don't misunderstand, I am NOT saying that i.e. downing tons of sugar is great for others or anything along those lines, and it may even very well be at the level of poisonous... and I am NOT saying that Dr. B may not be the most brilliant and 'right on' practitioner in the game.  But perhaps this treatment/living approach is only right/necessary for some of us.   Maybe it's just us, the IC population, that her approach most applies to... or at a different degree at least.  Maybe others' bodies don't respond the same and it's not as devastating or dangerous.  Maybe drugs aren't always deleterious?, I really don't know. Maybe so many things....again, I don't know.
I know everyone on here has seriously good intentions, and I know when you've known suffering and then finally find something you believe works, and then you see others suffering, all you want is to help spare them what you've gone through, so I am not attacking anyone at all.  It just made me sad when I saw people writing here as I used to feel/talk, and after the "lessons" I've learned about it all, I wanted to share my evolving perspective if it's helpful.
with love