HI everyone,

Just wanted to see if anyone else had experiences like this. I've had a mild case of IC for almost a year now. There was a point recently where I seemed to go into remission for about 6 weeks and got to the point of no symptoms. Unfortunately it lapsed and now I'm back to having refular mild symptoms and trying to fight it again. Thinking back to the time I had no symptoms I had started drinking soy chai lattes a bit. Around the time I relapsed back to having symptoms I had stopped drinking soy and haven't really drunk it since. I know that soy can increase oestrogen levels and I've read in several places that low oestrogen levels can cause IC symptoms. I'm wondering if soy/oestrogen can actually help heal the bladder?

At the same time I know that in Dr Brizmans protocol she says to avoid all soy products... Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this link and share any similar experiences?

C