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Hi All. I just got back from LA a few days ago. My visit with Matia went well. She really feels I have a mild case and I caught this early, although she did say it could take a year but that was the worst case senario. Since I wasn't able to take the Probiotics on the plane with me (she worried I'd be stopped with the ice pack since I wasn't checking my bag) I had to order them when I got home. Anyway I will be taking them along with goldenseal, Ultra Omegas and Oil of Oregano, 5 drops 3x a day. My question is did this cause anyone's bladder to burn? It just seems like a lot of Oreganol and it seems so strong. What about the Goldenseal does that bother anyone? Just wondering since I should be starting all these on Wed. My bladder pain has been pretty minimal for the past few weeks and I am just worried it will really start hurting again. Thanks!
Hi Christine- I don't have
Hi Christine- I don't have any answers about the oregano but I was wonderingif youcould tell me more about your symptoms. I am going out to LA On MAy 25 and i am hoping to hear some relatively good news about treatment too. Right now, it is all about waiting and wondring.
Hi
Well alittle over 2 months ago I got what I thought was my 1st uti, I am 43. I tried to treat it with cranberry juice and lots of water, that didn't work. I bought a uti test kit and it said I was pos. for lukolytes (wht. blood cells) but neg. for nitrate (bacteria). I had some Cipro left over from my husband so I decided to take them as they are often used for uti's. After 5 days my head got all stuffed up and I could hardly hear and my rt. ear was ringing so I stopped that! Lucklily that went away but I was still having strong uti pain and frequency, my bladder burned non stop. Went to the ER because I couldn't sleep, they tested my urine and said I was fine. Gave me prescription AZO and something to sleep. Still felt terrible. Made an apt. with a gyno. He didn't think I could have IC since I didn't need to pee every 10 min. But I felt it wasn't anything else. He did a vaginal ultra sound to rule out cancer. I cancelled 2 appt's I had with urologists after reading about how many people felt worse after all the testing for IC. I think I've seen you post over on the IC Network, is your name Dier with something else at the end? Anyway, after reading about all the sick people there and how they all seem to get worse I knew I had to find a better way. I found this website and never looked back. I started list one of the diet after about 5 weeks and started to feel much better. My pain went from 5-7 to 1-3 now. Matia felt that was a really good sign that I had that much releif from the diet alone. I start the herbs tomorrow when my probiotic is delivered.
Oil of Oregano
Hi Christine,
I took oil of oregano on my own - before coming to Matia - she's never perscribed it for me. Anyway, I loved the stuff - I'm probaby weird. I don't remember it making me burn more. I was also on Goldenseal for quite awhile - both on my own and after I went to see Matia. It didn't seem to make things worse with urgency and burning. What it did was push all this vaginal crap out of me, make me a bit feverish, sweaty, and tired. I could literailly feel myself detoxing.
Anyway - Welcome!
Thanks!
She didn't mention burning as a side effect, she said I would feel cold like symptoms most likely, but I was still worried about it bothering my bladder since that's were all my discomfort is right now. Glad to hear both of those things didn't bother you, I have to take both with 2 other things!
Thanks christine. yes that is
Thanks christine. yes that is most likely me on the ICN as deirdre. Those people are faschists! LOL You can't even post that you are thinking about going to see Dr Brizman. How weird. Thanks a lot. I hope I caight this early too, My symptoms are relatively mild and I have improved immensely just with diet.
Good luck!!
"Those people are faschists!"
HA! That made me LOL! I know, I feel bad for new people that go there and mention trying to get well naturally, everyone seems to jump all over them to just get to a urologist and find out for sure if they have IC, and don't listen to the quacks who say they can help you with herbs, it's just sad. Going on that site always depresses me.
Your right it is depressing!
Your right it is depressing! We'll show them!
seriously
Agreed. I feel really bad for them honestly. Can you imagine having to live the rest of your life with IC symptoms?! No thanks.
But it really is so bizarre
But it really is so bizarre how they have such a bias against alternative medicine. it really does feel like China or something where ideas are being censored. thank God i found this site. I finally have real hope!
When I visited that site for
When I visited that site for the first time, I was somewhat shocked about the amount medications people take. It doesn't make sense to me to be on sooo many medications. Medications are my last resort, and even then, there should be a limit.