I definitely understand the frustration with doctors, and how they seem to all have their constricted viewpoints on what needs to be done and if that doesn't happen to fix you, they lose interest. Or worse, start to assume that some or all of the problem is in your head. On and on. That's what drove me to this elimination diet thing to begin with.

I also understand the vacillation between hope and despair. I've been doing that for more than a decade in regards to my cervical spine problems. (finally, *mostly* fixed, but only partially due to things that doctors did for me. the rest was hit-and-miss experimentation on my own part)