Can you recover from Ulcerative Colitis, Arthritis, Acne, and many other medical conditions?

Can you recover from Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Arthritis, Acne, and many other medical conditions, and ... without Medication, is that possible?

Part 1 - The Insurance

I am not a medical doctor, I am not a beauty salon beautician, I am not a pharmacist.

Once upon a time, I was just a desperate homemaker, frustrated of seeing my dining table full of many types of medicines, the medicine becomes part of the daily food, 2 to 3 times a day, for my spouse.

Concern start to set in when the relapse become more frequent as a patient age, and the insurance limit is heading to zero. It did not help when the insurer rejected application of upgrade of old existing insurance plan to unlimited annual and lifetime limit. Back then when we first bought insurance 2 decades ago, unlimited medical plan was non-existence.

And to rub salt into the wound, stronger & more expensive medication or treatment are recommended, whenever there was a relapse. "There is a new treatment, but still on trial version, RM75000 for an injection, but you have to enquire at government hospital." That was the last straw that breaks the camel's back. That was the beginning of my long journey to find an alternative solution, and eventually lead to what this blog post is about, so that for those who have similar experience, frustration, despair, whatever it is, wherever you are, hopefully my sharing will bring you some hope.

Ok, side track, quick, go get a basic medical plan when you are still young & healthy, or if not young but at least still healthy. "Healthy" here is defined as have not "checked in" to a hospital before, a.k.a. have not been hospitalised due to an illness. And if you have an existing medical plan, do upgrade accordingly when you still can. You can never beat the rising medical cost, which is an unknown figure, versus to a known insurance premium you are committed to, year after year. And, make sure your medical insurance plan do NOT exclude infectious disease. Many, unfortunately, were caught off guard during Covid 19 pandemic, their costly hospitalisation bills due to Covid were not claimable due to this exclusion. Some were lucky as there was temporary Covid 19 hospitalisation Fund, but it was limited claim. What about future infectious disease?

If you have blood in stool, that is a red flag. Be warned, the red flag, very likely will be brushed off by a doctor as hemorrhoids, in the beginning.  That was what happened to my spouse more than a decade ago. The doctor then (GP) said, "You are having piles." "Take this medicine if you have constipation, and take the other one if you have diarrhea."

"It is just a hemorrhoid/piles". Sounds familiar? I hear and read about this happening to many very often nowadays. I believe many medical conditions such as IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which include Crohn & UC), Colon Cancer, etc went undetected in the early stages due to misdiagnosis.

Eventually, we visited a specialist at a hospital. After a costly colonoscopy but fortunately covered by Medical Insurance but unfortunately with limit, the diagnosis, it is UC.

Stay Tuned for Part 2 - The Change of Diet