hey ladies I need your help. I have a friend here who has IC and she would like to know if any of you have made progress with allergies and also she skips her menstral cycle. You all remember how scary this journey can be so I need your help to give her the support she needs to go see Matia. She is very young girl and needs to get her life back thanks ladies

Nicole

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my vaginal area always seems so tight and tense around the muscles and tissues. i think from what ive read this is  b/c of inflamation? the last time i was intimiate with my boyfriend it hurt and felt like all the muscles were tense so i have been to afraid to try anything since then. is this something that takes a long time to get better? i forgot to ask matia about this so if any of u know more about this issue i would appreciate it! thanks:)

  Where any of you taking strong pain medications (the kind you get from a pain specialist) when you started treatment with Matia?  Do you know if one has to go off all medications immediately or gradually cut them as pain levels become bearable.  My IC pain was tolerable until I went the convential western medical route.  I had a hydrodistention and several bladder washes before realizes that these "treatments" had sent my pain levels through the roof.  At first, I truly believed the literature that said one's bladder has to hurt worse before it gets better.  Currently, my

Hey everyone I set up my own confrence number. I just need more support and I was wondering if any of you were interested. It would be the same as calling in for the regular meetings just all of us on the phone. I am curious what all your thoughts are about it time and day wise. I just thought maybe we didn't have to wait a whole month to talk to eachother those of use struggling with anxietys might need the extra support from eachother. Anyway let me know if your interested. I can get it together so we can all chat on the same line.

I went through treatment with Matia about 7 years ago – I can't remember how long my treatment was, but I got better.  And that was after a long journey before finding her. I thought I was never going to experience the bladder urgency again, but recently, after giving birth to my second child, I had the onset of urgency about 3 weeks later. Now it's all coming back to me, the mental anguish of the urgency symptom.  I find that it really messes with my mind. Not being able to make sense of why I feel better one day, or why I have a flare up the next.

Has anyone tried low-acid coffee or decaffeinated coffee and found them less diuretic than regular coffee?  I have a tiny amount of black coffee per day but it still makes me rush to the loo about 20 mins later. It is my one treat so I don't want to give it up as I love the taste.

Last night I tried to ask where everyone was from in the meeting but it got a little confusing so I thought I would start this thread so that we can all have a better idea of who we are talking to :)

SO I am Nicole I am beginging my 9th month and I am from Bradenton Florida.

The last couple of weeks have been quite frustrating for me.  I have been experiencing so much gas and bloating and it seems to have increased my urination which then stops me from getting enough sleep.  Does this happen to others and how long has it lasted?  Possibly it is die off but always hard to tell.  Not sure if should change what I am eating.

I'm still struggling to get over a super crappy period (which has being going on for almost a month!) and have been going back and forth with matia changing my herbs to hit the right combo (just on herbs now - no probiotics). just wondering if there is anyone else who has had to go through MULTIPLE changes before hitting the right combo? Is it really normal in this treatment to have to go through so MANY changes that often actually make you feel WORSE?