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Hi hi!
I know, it hurts, it's somewhat ridiculous and unbelievable what we're going through and we all have our own personal complications. Unemployment, young children, rocky/wonderful relationships that we either want to run from or focus more on... I'm finding that as much positivity as I cultivate, I am very sensitive to the pain of others and this week I had a hard time keeping a cool head in the midst of the suffering around me. I started doubting this course and my body's ability to get better at all... but I don't want to give up. I don't feel that I have a choice anyway. My choice to stay positive, have faith and accept the simple blessings of every day life, or be miserable and fight what fate has dealt me. I think it would be wonderful for us all to check in regularly to report on even the slightest positive changes. This way, when any of us are feeling down, we have documented proof of what is working (it can be easy to forget the little changes when we are having bad days).
I recommend that we don't have just one long thread, because then it gets lost and we actually have to search for it. Instead I think it would be great if, as we feel those positive shifts, be it mental or physical, we take the time to share that positive change and anyone and everyone can add on until someone else has a wonderful breakthrough/shift that they would like to change.
So I will start:
My acid reflux seems to be much better. On a daily basis, I experience significantly less abdominal and stomach pain than I used to and my fear of eating has gone entirely to be replace by a healthy obsession for healthy food! I LOVE to eat, savor every bite and feel that my body is starting to figure out what to do with the nutrients I'm putting into it.
I have noticed that keeping busy and cultivating positivity has allowed me to lead a next to normal life that I trust will become more and more fabulous as I continue to shift into a positive and open outlook in life.
I feel a shift in my entire being as the negative habits begin to die away and all that is left is the person that I have always dreamed of being. I am cultivating trust and faith that this process will ultimately lead to the most liberating happiness for myself and for all of us.
Now what fabulous things are going on for your people?!
Oh I don't think I was clear,
Oh I don't think I was clear, before I started this diet I would become seriously ill after EVERY meal. My symtpoms went from my head pounding and getting so dizzy I wanted to faint, to throwing up and or extreme mood swings. Hooray that that is no longer the case!
I forgot to mention as well that I think my blood pressure in general is stabilizing. I get light headed much less frequently and can actually stand up and sit down at a normal pace as opposed to having to stand up as though I were 80 years old and needed a cane. Before this would cause all of my blood to rush to my head and I'd risk falling down.
YAY YAY YAY!
Great idea!
Great idea!
I have really enjoyed this weekend. A friend asked how my health is at the moment. I replied: 'It feels like i'm getting my life back' I am able to enjoy things again. Forget about my bladder for hours at a time :-)
Two and a half years ago, when i first got IC, i was so sick. I cried most days. I was desperate. My bladder felt like it was going to burst every minute of the day. After six months i adjusted my diet, started taking probiotics. So i have been sugar free for about two years now. I started with Dr. B last OCT, almost six months ago. My bladder feels calm alot of the time now. I still get moments (like last night) where i feel nauseas and my bladder feels irritated and i feel pressure and vaginal itching. Usually all these symptoms at once. This morning still there, but not as much. I know it will fade. And i know this will happen less often as time goes on. I am SO SO thankful. I know i have alot of work to do still. My feet are still very sore. But there have been so many positive changes.
I always hoped, but could never imagine, that i would be able to write a postive, 'success story'. But here i am, almost there.
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WOW. Sugar-free for 2 years!! Great news. Keep up the good work!!
I feel like I am making some mental, emotional, and physical shifts. It is as if my body and mind want to heal, and I am seeking an entrance back into my life. I am noticing that the less I focus on my "illness" or my "imbalance" or my bladder, the better I feel, moment to moment. This is not the same as trying to ignore it. If I am feeling my bladder, I am trying to accept that, to welcome it, so I don't struggle with it as much and can let it go a bit. (Y'all may have noticed I am DEEP into the Sedona Method lately-they have a great two hour overview of the method for $47 on the front page of their site--best $$ I have spent since starting to work with Dr. B!)
5 months in, and I think I am having more hours of bladder calm lately. At best, I don't notice my bladder, at worst, I have frequency after coffee, and at random times, or urge when I walk, and intermittent rectum pressure (Dr. B says a cleansing symptom).
Greatful to Dr. B and to all of you!!!
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
Hi Mimi,
Hi Mimi,
Thanks for the encouragement :-)
I read an old blog post from Dr. B about returning sugar cravings as you start to become more balanced. I am experiencing that at the moment! When you start feeling better it's like 'oh this won't hurt me, it's only a little bit and i'm doing well', but i have to be strong!!!
C
Hey everyone, haven't been on
Hey everyone, haven't been on in a while but saw this and thought I'd post! Closing in on two years in treatment I'm feeling so SO much better. Asymptomatic a good chunk of the time. Still get occasional VV soreness (feeling a little sore today which is why I thought to come on!) but MUCH of the time I am FINE. Still quite wussy about moving up the lists (am on 3/4) but doesn't really bother me now - I'll get to it at some point! Still a bit spotty on torso and have had some weird head stuff over last couple of months - very odd feelings of dreaminess/deja vu - but this is all manageable too. When I'm lying awake at night stressing about new job I remember to be thankful that I'm not stressing about how painful/uncomfortable I'm feeling. To everyone at the beginning of treatment: hang in there :)
Hi! Glad to hear! I am still
Hi! Glad to hear! I am still up and down but just this week i actually starting worrying about losing about 5 lbs. My jjeans are a little tight. So I think that is a good sign in a weird way. if I have to worry about a little chunkiness, my mind is off my bladder for a minute!
Also- I had a RoUGH few months but I have been feeling really good overall for almost 2 weeks which may be a record for me. Argh- I hope I didn't just jinx myself.