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Hi,
I´m going to start treatment with Matia and I´d love to hear about your improvements during the 1st-2nd year. I´m a bit concerned about the healing process because it sounds quite harsh...I´m tracking all the die-off symptoms from the forum and is very scary... I got IC this year on February after an UTI and I´ve been in pain since then. I´m positive though because this month I´ve improved quite a lot... every day I see that I´m getting better and better and some days I´m even blessed with no pain at all and no vaginal issues, those days are more frequent since I´m doing diet list 1. I´m seeing Matia because I want to heal for real and not to treat the symptoms with pills... These last 2 years my health has been very compromised because I was on the birth control pill, because of that I have food intolerances and extreme adrenal fatigue ....then IC... great! Thanks Yasmine!.. Anyway, I´d love to hear from your experience while on the treatment. It sounds sometimes people complains about the herbs and probiotics and looks like they don´t get anywhere. I´m totally confident that Matia will help me but still, I´m a bit concerned.
How long it took you to get 50% better?...I´m not talking about getting your life back in 6 months, I know that will take a while.... but I wonder if the treatment will be like hell for me....I would hate to go backwards and have the awful frequency and burning again..but I think that might be a possiblity after reading some threads...Why that has to happen??.. now I only have pain left but is bearable...not always though.. I suppose everyone is different but I´d love to hear from your sisters! :)
love
Sonia
I got IC the last week of
I got IC the last week of Feb. I have been in treatment since the end of April. Since starting the herbs I have only gotten better. The only die off I experienced was a rash on my arms for about 10 days. As of right now I feel 90% better. I just got back from a week long vacation visitng family. I felt fine about 95% of the time. When I am not fine it never goes above a 2 - 3 in discomfort. Most days now I am symptom free. I am on list 3. I think if you catch this early and do not have other health problems you can really get this behind you in under a year. Everyone is different but I would not fear feeling worse once you start treatment, I really don't think many people do.
Hi! Don't be afraid. I truly
Hi! Don't be afraid. I truly believe this treatment is the best way to truly heal from IC. My IC started briefly in November and then came on full force in Janusary so it has been 6 full months. I started treatment with Matia on May 25- so 2 months (That's it!) Before this, I was an extremely healthy active person. Mine has its roots in antibiotic and pill use in my early 20's. (I am 37) I will be honest- I have had some ups and downs and it has been scary. Of course, I can't be certain but when I read other people's posts- I think I could characterize myself as "Mild" I improved a lot by changing my diet and then i was taking a few supplements on my own that I think were helping the symptoms in some respects. So when I got off them and started on the herbs etc, there was some adjusting. I haven't moved up the food list yet and that has been disappointing but I KNOW it will happen soon. I haven't had much die- off. I had vertigo for a week and I have been having ongoing muscle stuff. It was only bad for about a week but it is still lurking there in the shadows- back pain. It is hard for me because I am a dancer and I haven't been able to do much moving lately but again- TEMPORARY!!!
My bladder has definitely been getting slowly better. I really think I had gotten so much better just on diet, that the improvement now is going to be much more gradual if you know what I mean. I have had a few random bad periods (like last night for no apparent reason) but in general, I am feeling pretty good.
I also have 3 little kids to chase including a 16 month old so I haven't been able to rest and take care of myself all that nmuch. Everyone tells me I look fantastick- even people who don't know I am ill.
This is hard no matter which way you look at it but what a payoff!! HEALTH!
I wish you the best!!!!
ps- if the posts are freaking you out- stop reading them!!! I've gotten myself into a lot of trouble emotionally reading negative things. it starts to get in your head and that's no use! Focus on your own healing. You're on your way!
Thanks sisters!
I think my case is mild too and I´m very lucky considering other less fortunate ICers, but still I need to work hard with Matia because my problem is totally related too from the overuse of antibiotics. I was taking antibiotics on my teens for acne and then on my late 20s for Rosacea... So my problem is totally candida/yeast related... the more I think about it the more sense it makes.
All my digestive problems, food intolerances and vaginal issues are because of those little bastards fungus, and excuse my language, that are partying on my guts, vagina and now the bladder. Every time the PH down there changes the natural flora does too and I notice and increased frequency/urgency and a bubbly feeling on the bladder. I´ve been treating myself with vaginal pessaries with probiotics and guess what, the urgency improves 80%.... but after 2 days of heaven the bubbly bladder and irritated vagina strikes back because is not enough...so Matia is essential to achieve a complete recovery, there´s no way I can do this on my own...Not a single doctor has made any connection with the lactobacillus-natural flora problem and the urgency...They just offer me 6 months of antibiotics or installations... amazing ... I´ve tried already with the alkaline and the candida diet but is not enough. The roots are more deeper than I thought and the imbalance is bigger and needs to be addressed asap with Chinese medicine I guess. So yes, I totally buy Matia´s theory...So clever..!.. THANKS GOD WE HAVE HER!.. I´ll stick to Matia´s treatment because she looks the only one that knows what is doing. I´ve been researching non-stop in the internet and after talking to these horrendous doctors I know that has to be the solution. At least for me and I just know. I don´t care anymore about the die-off symptoms, I just want those micro invasors out of my system and my body back on track again. THE PARTY IS OVER FUNGUS! .... My only concern is to be able to tell the difference between a die-off or an allergic reaction... Anyway, I´ll see how it goes...I will relax and believe that I´ve been taking care because Im n good hands.
Thank you Christine! your message really encourage me!.. and I really admire you Deir, you are a super brave woman indeed! I don´t have kids yet but I´d love to, the project will have to wait till I´m healthy again....
Emily, YASMINE-YAZ are the worst birth control pills on the market...I´ve read a lot of people getting IC after taking them....Never, never in my life I´m going to medicate without a life threating reason... so silly I totally trust the doctors... that´s the past though, I will focus now into the PRESENT and a brilliant FUTURE. The sun is shining again for us.
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