I’ve had IC/vulvodynia for about 10 years. During these years sometimes the pain was manageable and sometimes I was bedridden, like I was right before I found Matia. I had been to about 35 doctors of every kind and on MOUNTAINS of antibiotics (even IVs) and other meds before I found Matia. She saved my life. I have been working with Matia for about 3 years now. I want everyone out there who is in pain and suffering to know that you CAN get better!! And you CAN have great sex again!!! Don’t give up. Do the best you can to do exactly what Matia suggests. I felt better right away but it has taken a long time for me to have consistent “good days” and to function (almost) totally normally. You have to stick with the plan and just keep on keepin’ on even when you think that nothing is changing. Our bodies took a long time to wreck… it will take a long time to heal them.

On to the sex part! I have a wonderful husband who is my angel. We have been together for 15 years (we met first year in college). We had an amazing sex life in every way right from the start. But when IC/Vulvodynia took over my life (our lives) the sex pretty much stopped. I was MAYBE able to do it once every 2 weeks and I would be in desperate pain afterwards for (yes – you guessed it) 2 weeks! It was so horrible. Sometimes the guilt of not being a “good” wife was worse than the actual pain. I was SURE he’d leave me. But as I started Matia’s plan and STUCK WITH IT, slowly things got better. I was able to have sex without as much pain. Then I was able to have it more frequently. Then I actually WANTED it b/c it didn’t hurt nearly as much! (I am NOT saying you should have sex when you are in terrible pain and don’t want to – when I was in too much pain we DID NOT have sex and my husband just had to deal with it. Period.) Then I was able to do it without any lube (although I still like jojoba anyway). Now, I have great sex again with my husband. Sometimes several days in a row, sometimes I need a few days to “heal” (especially if I have been cheating on the diet – DIRECT RELATIONSHIP!). Matia and I are still working on some aspects of the IC that are painful at times but compared to how I felt before, these are small things that I know will eventually go away. So don’t give up! Keep fighting, keep eating right and taking the herbs/supps on schedule, and try to appreciate any progress you make, no matter how small it is. It will continue and you will feel better and better!!