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So I had my first appointment, and I am just a little frightened because everyone seems to be having these terrible reactions to herbs, or taking a long time to heal etc. I am worried because since starting the diet many of my symptoms have improved greatly, and I am horrified that within the next few months this treatment is just going to make my body miserable...
Is there such thing as this process being SOMEWHAT easy? Or am I looking at a future full of pain?
It depends on the person. I
It depends on the person. I was never in worse pain taking the herbs. Things did go up and down a lot the first 6-9 months but I never had very bad die off or reactions to any of the herbs.
Congrats on your first apt!!
Congrats on your first apt!! You are on your way to healing! I never had any pain with the herbs that Matia gave me for IC. Once i started on the diet and protical, if i became over confident and "cheated" on food i was not to have yet, my bladder would speak up, But the herbal protical was not a problem. I started seeing good results in a few months. It took a couple of years to be totally symptom free. Now i barely know that i have a bladder!!!
I am now continuing on with Matia for some other health issues. Trust her, she will get you through this, The journey is so different with each person.
HI Hannah-
HI Hannah-
I am one of the unlucky ones who did get worse. I will tell you I never worried about this when I started. I thought I would be fast and it would be easy. I say this not to scare you but only to remind you that you have no idea how it will go for you and worrying is an absolutely pointless energy wasting endeavor. I have never once cheated on the diet nor have I neglected the protocol in any way. I looked from the outside like someone who would be a fast healer but I am not. This process has taught me to try to be present and not worry about the future. I still feel confidant that this is the way to go and that eventually my body will start doing the right things!. I wish I had known more people who did react from the begining because I would have felt less alone. My levels of pain etc I think are not so severe and I have no other health issues really so even though I am nowhere near where I expected, I still live a relatively decent life so don't be too scared about me. I do think taking care of my 3 kids is constant stress and that isn't helping but this isn't a job I can quit or even take a leave of absence!! LOL
Assume you will not get worse because that is just as valid an assumption! Expect tsome ups and downs but focus on the big picture over many months. One of my favorite quotes is:
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its strength"
Hannah, Deir is ABSOLUTELY
Hannah, Deir is ABSOLUTELY right! You sound EXACTLY like I did at the beginning of treatment. This is the kind of thinking that has marred my entire life. When I think about the countless hours and days I have spent worrying about things that had not happened (and usually NEVER ended up happening) I am so sad. Keep returning to that positive part of yourself that I have read so many times on this board in recent months. You have the strength and support to deal with whatever comes.
There is a trend in thinking here (for me and I am sure this happens for many people, in many different aspects of life) and it goes like this: In the past I have ask for opinions and I read other people's accounts. I have focused on the negative ones and given them alot of energy, and I have discounted the positive ones. At times I had decided I am the one that can't heal my body, I am the one that will have a really hard healing crisis, or whatever the worry. These are just thoughts. They have nothing to do with the reality that is our body/mind. We are healing, regardless of wether we choose to acknowledge this. I am chosing to release these useless, unhelpful thoughts that get in the way of my ability to stay in the moment. In releasing we may be allies in our own healing.
xo
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.