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I was wondering if I am not currently on any medication nor have I been ( not even on Tylenol ) and I am doing well on the stage one diet, if my chances of healing are better. By well I mean i have gone from sleeping 2-4 hours of broken sleep to 5-6 (once or twice even 7!) hours of straight sleep. And the constant spasms have been greatly reduced . There have been moments I've actually felt normal and symptom free but those moments were short lived. I have been able to go out for several dinners with my husband and actually enjoy myself. And I have gone shopping several times with not too many bothersome symptoms. The distractions must help.
Some strikes against me are that I had antibiotics for strep throat as a child and into my college years. But I've treated my self homeopathically since that time, have eaten an organic diet with lots of salads and veggies. Also, I had major prolapse surgery on Oct 22, 2012. Up to this time I was in perfect health with no health issues at all. Hadn't even had a case of strep throat since I was in my thirties and that was treated homeopathically. Are my chances of recovering any better if I am not on any drugs? My symptoms are frequency (7-12 xs a day), extreme anxiety and moderate pain in my vaginal area and bladder and uretha plus some twinges and aches in stomach and lower back.
I have been having extreme anxiety worrying about not being able to be one of Dr Brizmsn's patients who are able to heal. I have gotten 3 wonderful replies from Ally, Mimi and Willow offering me support. I just feel I am going to have this frequency forever. I think everyone on this forum will be so happy once I've had my appointment with Dr. Brizman in hopes my postings will settle down.
I was at the health store recently and the owner seriously took me aside and told me wine is medicine and that I really needed to go home and just pour myself a glass of red wine and relax. I didn't have the heart to tell him I couldn't. But that seemed like such a great idea. Treat your anxiety with wine! Heaven knows I need something to relax me.
Thanks,
Sue
Hi Sue!
Hi Sue!
I empathize SO MUCH! I am another one waiting to see Dr. B, and in the meantime anxious that I will be the anomaly that she can't cure.
I have two doctors right now, one is a beginning herbalist and the other is an MD/Acupuncturist. Both of them have now told me that one of my two conditions (not the IC, don't worry!) is incurable. In my heart, I feel so strongly that this isn't true... that they just don't understand what's going on with my body and so they can't help me and I just need to find someone or something that can.
It's so hard to trust that instinct in me though, and I suffer constant and really debilitating anxiety as a result. HOWEVER, I am reading a wonderful book about mindfulness and there is a passage that I think of whenever I feel totally anxious or discouraged. Basically, in the passage, the monk who is advising a man with a terminal illness, tells him not to give up on his body yet.
He tells him that this form of existence, in the human body, is the most sacred and precious form of existence, and that the sick man must not give up on it until he's tried everything possible to heal, and has been unsuccessful.
Anyway, I didn't express that very articulately, but what I'm trying to give to you, is the sense that our bodies, and this life are the two most precious things we have. Nothing else holds a candle to them. So whatever anxiety we have, we will bear it for our bodies, because our bodies are worth it.
And we will heal, because we want to, but we have to do everything we can. Do you meditate? I find that meditation and a very gentle Qi Gong practice always helps alleviate my symtpoms when I'm in physical crisis. It also helps with the anxiety!
I've had serious anxiety all of my life, so you can imagine how this illness has exacerbated it! I don'tknow if this is helpful at all since I don't have any reassuring accounts to share about how Dr. B has cured me and given me my life back.. but maybe it will help just knowing you're not alone.
You will be well!
Love, and healing energy,
Hannah
Thank you for your reply and
Thank you for your reply and suggestions Hannah.
Sue