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I think I've just found out another trigger food, have been doing ok for the last few months and couldnt figure out where this latest flare is coming from. I think it's nuts- no, not like crazy nuts, real nuts, I've been eating cashews and almonds every day lately at work. Does anyone else have a problem with nuts?? Wish it wasn't do darn confusing to figure out what sets me off! Not on protocol yet- a long four months to go before my appointment, it can't come soon enough!
Nuts are list 3 and there is
Nuts are list 3 and there is a lot of food real estate in between starting out and list 3. I feel for you completely in having to wait 4 months for an appt. In the meantime you could try list 1 and 2, clean up your house in terms of cleaning chemicals, switch to spring water exclusively, use only bomasense skin products, gentle products list for make up alternatives, eat 50 percent list 1 and 2 veggies at every meal and consider whether everything else that you are putting into your body must go in there. I was taking a zillion digestive enzymes for constipation, for example. This cleared up within one day of starting the diet and so I was also able to stop magnesium. Of course, I was under Matia's care so it isn't really fair to perhaps even suggest this.
other stuff I didn't figure out til later on- Healing from IC actually means restoring gut health. the bladder is just one casualty in a bigger systemic problem of gut permeability and microbial translocation.having a sugary dessert once a week will mess up gut health. Take your spring water everywhere with you and don't drink tap water. Wash dishes and clean house in gloves. Sex only with condoms (partner may be source of infection and you want to weed out that variable) on gentle products list. Wash thoroughly with warm water and bomasense soap immediately after intercourse and drink a lot of water before and after sex to flush bacteria out; chlorinated pools and jacuzzis are not ok. Nor is hotel hand lotion. It is worth it in terms of results to try to do everything organic. Not everyone can drink coffee or tea on list 2.
how long it takes to heal is individual and depends on many factors. The longer it took the IC to brew and the longer one has had it are factors but so are what else you did. For instance, my adult use of alcohol and sugar plus lots of surgeries and western drugs especially steroids was a complicating factor.
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This is as crucial as the diet. Do what you need to do. For me that has been therapy, acupuncture from Boaz, PT, Rolfing, Craniosacral massage and a lot of time on the list and writing and talking to people.
the people on this site are amazing. Where would I be without them?
go back and read old timer's posts. You will see that they got well and disappeared. I'm not gone yet and don't really intend to be because I want to do something larger in the area of health but although I am surfing a big joint issue at the moment my bladder is 90 percent better. I am amazed at what I am eating.
dissertation is something to read and return to.
I am also reading whatever I can find on how to support one's healing- especially attitudinally. This is the area in which I need to be most vigilant.
we are here for you. best of luck.
Wow Bonnie,
Wow Bonnie,
Great reply for a newbie. I think you covered everything.
Sue
thanks so much bonnie. wasnt
thanks so much bonnie. wasnt sure whether to begin list 1-2 yet, i will start it asap now. if i start to 'clean house' before i start the protocol, surely i will have a better chance at healing? i dont know. i was following a detox my naturopath put me on and it worked a year ago, i was symptom free on it but this time it seems so much harder and i seem to be more sensitive to things i wasnt before, like nuts. strange how my triggers seem to change. just cant wait to get to LA ( i live in australia) and start healing. what a journey! i have been reading your posts about your knee issues and im sending you healing vibes from here. thaks you again for your post and support xxxx
Hi Ellafin
Hi Ellafin
Bonnie's post was so helpful I don't have much to add. But, I think it will be easier for you to understand what is going on if you think of this as an imbalace of bacteria in your gut, leading to too much of certain kinds of bacteria in the gut, which can create tiny holes in your gut (leaky gut). Think of your small (especially) and large intestines right now as very, very fragile. Certain foods can be too cleansing in the gut when the mucosal lining is damaged. Certain foods can cause an immune (over) reaction early in treatment, leading to more inflammation. That is why certain foods must be avoided at first, and why working with well-meaing naturopaths that don't understand the intricacies of this imbalance can be counter-productive. Certain detox protocols can eliminate symptoms, but maybe move too quickly, too strongly, and may not correct the underlying imbalance. I just mention this to help explain your symptom relief (but not complete healing) last year, and to underscore how wonderful it is that you are now with Dr. B. Her protocol, by necessity is very slow and gentle, to match the pace and manor of the way the disease/imbalance came about in the first place.
Hope that helps.
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