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I have a question for you! The past two and a half weeks have been amazing! My energy has been good, heart rate stable and my bladder was doing very well. I am at the end of my fourth month in treatment then ... BAM! It feels as though I have hit a pocket of something or transitioned into another phase of cleansing. Does that make sense? I am experiencing more frequent elimination ( will I ever get used to discussing that topic...lol) bladder pain back and some heart rate spikes. I emailed Matia and we are working through it... so.... here is the question....
Can you please share any information you have regarding the "progression" of treatment? Is it possible cleansing has changed levels or organs? What were your experiences in terms of these changes.... length of adjustment?
In other words.... what the heck in happening?
Thanks,
Katie
as the months roll on...
Hi Katie,
I'm in about my 8th month of treatment and I think my course sounds very similar to yours in the sense of my symptoms cycling. There will be a rough period, then a sort of levelling out, and then some sort of breakthrough seems to happen where my bladder symptoms abate and my energy goes up, and I feel like I am returning to the human race! And then the cycle starts again and I end up getting discouraged. It does get easier though because it feels expected at this point. Sometimes I try and make sense of it, but really it seems to work best if I just do what Matia says and have patience (easier said than done when your bladder is on fire, I know). The rough patches, while still there, seems to be lasting for shorter periods of time.
I try to track it in terms of my menstrual cycle, but it seems to sometimes correlate and sometimes not. Like last month I had a rough spell right after my period ended, which I thought was supposed to be the "good" time of the month! I definitely have a long way to go but have noticed very big changes when I think back to where I was a year ago or 8 months ago.
I don't know if I am being specific enough for you, but I just wanted to let you know that it sounds like what you're going through is the common experience of two steps forward one step back. I hope your heart rate and bladder even out soon.
Best Wishes,
Claire
getting ahead ...or not
Hi Claire, Hi Katie,
Yep Claire, I think you're right - two steps forward and one back. I've spent the last two weeks pretty discouraged - on and off hot and dry down there, with painful sex, after being wonderful for six months. I even had one two day incident of tremendous frequency - hasn't been that bad in a year. I've put off contacting Matia, as I think it's a good thing. At the end of each incident I've had some really yucky discharge, and have felt much better down there after it happens. At the same time tremendous itching, deep down, and it feels like my sinuses, way down, are doing strange things. So, I'm going to ride it out for another week before I contact her.
So, best wishes back at you