Carola,
I have been intreatment a yr and 2 months now and although I have seen improvements I still have ways to go. I still  have a lot of urethra pain and I have talked to others who don't seem to get better in a  yr. It seems to depend on how you got here in the first place. For me I was on antibotics at 2 yrs old and took it my whole life. I was on it for 12 yrs allmost stright and then also did the depo when i wasnt on the antibotics. I do not expect for some thing that was here a life time to be gone in a sinlge moment. I know a yr doesnt sound like a single moment but when you compare it to the life time of damage it is. I find that what helps is to hold on to the things that have gotten better so that you know theres proof you ARE getting better. I am glad you decided to share your journey with us all here its always nicer to have more people to relate to. Honestly I do not expect to begin to feel better for another yr to a yr and a half. I have a feeling after 2 1/2 that is when it starts to move quicker. It just seems like the people who are more like me have that pattern. Hang in there though that doesn't mean it will not get better a long the way and with out knowing your symptoms and story Its hard to say what your going through. I always tell people not to compare themselves though because we have all had different journeys that got us here. Our paths will be different. It's natural to have depression at times with this disease and i imagine that its the end of the yr for you and that is bothering you. I can relate all to well with that being that i am a yr and two months and my birthday is 4 days after christmas. try to get yourself some special grade of protien  you don't normally have sometimes i will have lobster or the best cut of organic steak I can find I try to put love into it more then normal and make it as special as possible. Right now I am thankfull for all of my IC friends who understand how hard this is and I am trying to tell my self by this time next yr I should be much further along and just say I will not be in this place. I also have to tell my self that last yr I was shaking sweating and pooping on  a bucket in my room alone in the dark for months during the christmas time. try to find your light. YOu will come out of this. <3

I love what Nicole had to say.  I am very new in treatment, but I want to wish you a big huge welcome to this blog site.  It is amazing we have a dr. who cares enough to put this together and keep it running.

Matia said that you don't have to have the veggies in the moning it's the only one we aren't required to do. It depends on my energy level if I cook the eggs with veggies or not. As of late I have been doing leftover potatoes making hasbrowns in my pan with some olive oil 2 sunny side up eggs and a veggie juice no more then what I would eat or i will do a scrambled egg with zuccni and spinage. i carmalize the veggies so its nice and sweet. with the juice it is a half a carrot a spinage the amount that would fill a salad a half a cucumber deceeded and peeled thats it and it gives me about 6 oz I love it. I used to have the green tea too but not sure how i do so i am waiting to try again. I don't tollerate any grains so no toast or I would do french toast and eggs .

Hi Carola..You will always have good times and bad times, but the good times will overtake the bad ones, trust me.  I've been with Matia for 7+ years and I don't even think of my bladder any longer..   I have slight bumps here and there, still but I pretty much eat normal. (Normal to me, is healthy foods. no sugars, no fast foods, no garbage, because that is NOT "normal".  Your body learns to crave good foods and you won't want to go back)     To give you some insight, I was on this list for my first 9 months with Matia:chicken, beefeggs butterno yeast toastasparaguslettuceprovolone cheese (hardly ever)pasta noodles (organic)celerybroccolicauliflowerno sauces, no nothing else.   oh salt and dill to flavorand olive oil.I couldn't even tolerate potoates or rice.  After the first 9 months, then added in potatoes and was on that for 2years.  then I added in tomatoes.I never cheated, ever, not once and I was a sugar aholic pre Matia.  i ate sugar for every meal day and night.  So, I went cold turkey with this program.    Is it boring..yes, but you are healing your body.   As I said in my earlier post, how long does a cheat food stay in your mouth..seconds.  that's it..but can cause DAYS of symptoms.  simply not worth it... You will have a normal life..   I did and I was  in bad shape when I met Matia.  I had had IC for 2o+ years.   You have control over this disease, with Matia's help.  You are a lucky one.  You found her.  There are thousands out there, that do not have a clue what to do, no help, have no idea what food trigger and so suffer and don't even know why.   So hang onto that...that YOU are one of the lucky ones.   Happy Thanksgiving.

I eat fish and red potatoes for breakfast.  Hope this helps.  Hang in there.

I use  a juicer I myself have a champion brand its great because you can do all kinds of things with it. I will be able to make nut butters when i get to that stage all kinds of things it even has a mill attachement you can buy to mill your own flour. http://www.championjuicer.com/
it was worth the money but i do see them on http://amsterdam.craigslist.org/fuo/1460241897.html just click on your area. Any juicer will work but I love the champion personally it lasts a long time the motors don't fail and they juice everything some juicers can't handle things like baby spinage it just spits it out . It looks like amsterdam is the closest craigslist listing to you there may be listings in holland under the amsterdam listing .I am personally finding new ways to make the same foods tast different as much as possible. I think its hard when your still in constant pain to figure out the foods. Hang in there there will be better days ahead.