Hey love!
Don't worry, you will find a way. As for the probiotics, they generally ship them on ice, so if you are getting them sent by someone who ships on ice they should be fine. They should also survive the duration of the plane ride without anything... but when I flew to and from France I would take my probiotics as my carry on. I used a bag with insulation in it and put some ice packs in there. That will be plenty to keep them alive.
As for bringing herbs into the country I have brought loose herbs in and out of France and the US and had no problem although I was a little scared each time. France is a breeze. God they don't check for ANYTHING! BUT I know that Germany is an ENTIRELY different story, so I won't be able to tell you whether or not you'll be able to bring herbs into Germany :/ Can you call a Customs officer to ask? Perhaps if you have a special Doctors note? I would call someone because even if there are restrictions there are perhaps ways to work with the system and get an exception made for you.
You know what you might be able to do? If you order your herbs online you can have them delivered to a destination in Poland and pick them up and then drive over the border? In France there are certain shops that will get packages delivered to them and then you can just go and pick them up. You just have to pay a little extra for this. I would check to see if you can have this done in Poland. I mean sometimes they will send packages to an optician's shop, it could really be anywhere you just have to check to see if you have that option. Otherwise you could even ask a local shopkeeper if you could have your packages delivered at the address regularly... hopefully that won't seem too much like a terrorist lol.
As for taking 3 months of herbs back with you... this may be complicated because the herbal protocol changes regularly so it will most likely be impossible to know what herbs you will be on from three months from now... (can the patients who have been in treatment verify this?? This is my experience but I am new so it may be different as we get further in treatment). The only way to have the herbs you need three months in advance would be to buy EVERYTHING just in case haha.
If it doesn't work though Annika, I actually remember reading an article about a German girl who had IC... either a German girl or a girl living in the Alsace region of France who saw a totally quirky Naturopath who cured her IC with a very strange method. Practitioners who can and have healed IC exist in Europe and in the United States... they are just difficult to find, but if you have to you will find someone. So don't panic. This is not the only person in the world only way in the world etc. I'll try to find that article for you, although I have to admit this guy's methods were beyond my comprehension.. very bizarre.
That being said could you go to Thailand or India and work as a massage therapist there? I feel like your life there was so conducive to healing... Ugh I wish I had more answers. All I can say is DON'T panic. You will find a way. Everything is possible. Damn German customs, I was terrified of them too since I was there after my tourist visa in Europe had expired and was worried they would deport me HA!
 
I wonder if you could get a special visa to be in the US for your health? That has to exist I feel like. This is an added stress but it can be overcome. I say... make friends with a local shopkeeper in Poland and get someone to ship the herbs to him/her.
Keep us posted on what you find out!
 
LOVE
Hannah

 
Dear all, 
just an explanation. The situation in countries like Germany, Czech Rep., Poland etc. is quite different than in US or Australia.  We have a lot of brands which are not common in US and vice versa. The brands of supplements which Matia requires to use are not commonly accessible in our countries, in shops and pharmacies. I have to order all the supplements via Amazon UK or US e-shops. The delivery from UK to Czech Rep. lasts 5-7 days and no ice or no cooling bags will keep the temperature on needed level for all the time (my experience). So for example it´s better to fly to London for 1 day, to pick the package there and to transfer it to Czech Rep. by myself (the journey lasts just several hours, not several days).
In addition, Annika´s situation is more complicated because of german delivery policy (we don´t have so strict rules in Czech Rep. for now - thanks God for it).
 

I called Natren once to determine if a vitamin company had ruined my probiotics by sending them over a 7 day period in which the ice packs had melted. I was surprised to find out that if you left the probiotics at room temperature for up to 2-3 weeks they would still maintain their integrity. That is probablynot something you would want to advertise as people are kind of lazy or something but that is what they told me. You would want to keepsomething at a cool temperature like that and protect its vitality of course but that is something to keep in mind. Heat on the other hand can wreck them in a shorter period of time. 
In winter it's not a big a deal- I imagine on the shipping plane its pretty cold no matter what. Every penny I have spent on Matia'stx  is/was an investment in my health and totally worth every penny compared with the 1,000s of dollars I spent on doctors, antibiotics and naturapaths who knew NADA on getting me healthy. I would have paid twice as much to be where I am now. It is priceless to be out of pain. 
 

Honeybee, thanks a lot for this information. This is very useful and it means to plan our orders of Natren products rather to colder times of the year, not to summer. The combination of cooling bags or ice and lower temperatures can work. That´s great.