Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
No one is suggesting that Ida go without treatment, "letting it heal on its own." We're actively treating Ida, and expecting to cure her.
"Standards of care" are for those locked into the conventional medical paradigm. Dangerous practice. That's why a 17 year old girl is in the news right now who's being forced to take chemotherapy, against her wishes and her mother's. When you start admonishing people for exploring health care options, you reveal your narrow mindedness and ignorance of viable alternatives.
The bottom line for anyone who's been in this as long as I have, or even half the amount of time I have is this: drugs do not and cannot cure chronic disease.
This isn't about killing an organism and all being well, and that's the only acceptable way. Nor is it "tricking your brain" -- do you think animal's brains work that way? That animals "think" they should get well, and therefore do? That's called a placebo effect and it's non-existent in animals.
As to whether Ida's treatment is "working," you'd not be able to judge that, not being close to the case.
Please reserve your judgments and try to maintain an open mind. There's much more to the world of medicine and healing than what you accept at this point.
You're welcome to keep the blinders on for your own health care, and even, sadly, for those in your care, but don't judge others who see the world as something other than flat.