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Hi all
I start treatment next week (Thank god) right now I can only eat lettuce cucumber and salmon without pain on urination. The difficulty I have is working out whether I should eat other things that cause me pain or just stick to those food ( which isn't much to eat really). Everything else on the lists, including list one, causes me pain. I haven't seen anyone else on the forum with this problem
, though I did speak to another patient ho told.me she w stuck on eggs and broccoli for a while. Any ideas anyone?
Not sure what the Dr. will
Not sure what the Dr. will advise on this. I do know they recommend you re-try a food after 4 weeks I think. This is because the body is ever-changing. Are you sure it is the foods? Possibly skin products, candles, cleaners, water you bathe in? These are all things that can also create symptoms. I was pretty much right on target - if I flared from food it was almost right at 30 min after I ate it. However once I used a hair spray and I flared 15 minutes after using it and the flare lasted four hours which I was blessed because it could have been worse. It helps to keep a log too. Good luck. Hope things go really well for you.
Hey patty. Thanks for
Hey patty. Thanks for replying. I know it's food as I react super quickly (about twenty mins). I can keep my pain a lot lower if I only eat those 3 foods but if I eat ANYTHING else the pain shoots up straight away. Just not sure if I eat other stuff it'll cause more inflammation Due to the reaction.
When you start treatment this
When you start treatment this is something that they will advise you on, the herbs they start you on may help. You will gradually start to tolerate more foods, some have had a hard time with food but a lot have not. The only foods on list 1 that bothered me was celery then nothing else until list 4 which was strawberries, now I can eat both without any problems. Before treatment the dayI was diagnosed with IC I went and had strawberries dipped in chocolate becasue I knew I would not be able to again and I flared so bad it lasted 3 weeks, the last time I flared from strawberries when I got to list 4 only lasted about a day or 2. SO things will get better with food. Glad you are starting treatment next week, keep us posted on how it goes.
Thanks Cathy!
Thanks Cathy!
Food is the worst for me. I can only eat four foods right now full stop. Everything else gives me a lot of pain. I did speak to another patient who told me the only thing she could eat on list 1 was eggs. I'm not really sure how they'll get me off four foods But I hope they can!