I know you guys get a haircut.  I need advice on how to do it without causing a flare.  I requested a dry cut but am worried about the salon smells and how to explain my situation to ther person cutting my hair.  Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. 

P.S. I can't wait until list 2 when I can color my hair again because I have roots. 

I've got a question for ladies who experience some sort of burning as part of their symptoms. Do you notice the burning intensify with too much salt? I think the burning for me goes up if I've had a meal with salt sprinkled over it e.g chips/fries. I guess it makes sense because it's like putting salt on a wound, right?

If you don't experience burning, do you still experience salt aggravating your symptoms?

Hi Ladies!! Can somebody tell me the diference in between the rehmania peonnia -rp- and rehmania poria or poriae? it seems that people do better on the rp but it seems the poria is better for me and i was wondering why....... what to each do???? Thanks!!!!

I've been doing really really well for the past few weeks.  Started List 2...going well.  Then last night bam...starting having bladder pain and frequency.  Still cramping today. I ate some Rotisserie Chicken cooked from the grocery store.  Boaz ceased my goldenseal a few days ago.  Had some mixed lettuce.  Those are the new things right now going on.  The thing is I fly out tomorrow for Ohio.  Only 2 hour flight but so discouraging when I have been looking forward to this trip for 6 months.  Going to my nephew's wedding.  It's so tough to pinpoint what can cause this stuff.  Hoping it will

Hi everyone, Heather here. I just wanted to thank all of you, so many of you have reached out to me after having my daughter to see how I am doing! Ok so things have gotten slightly better as I have mentioned to some of you but only very slightly which has me extremely dissapointed. Some days are better than others but some days my bladder feels just as bad as when i was pregnant which has been very challenging since having a newborn. My dilema at the moment is that I can no longer afford to see Boaz. My parents were paying for it previously and cannot do so anymore.

Hello ladies, I have a question re vag dryness. At appointments I get asked if i feel dry or not and honestly....i have no idea?!! How can you tell just like that? Sorry for such a personal question, I just am confused.

When Matia says to add flax seed oil, does anyone know what brand she recommends??  Thanks!

since my rp has been upped my poop has black flecks in it.  not alot of them but some.  i have sibo and so i thought it was either die off or just unabsorbed herbs.  dr boazed asked if it looks like coffee grinds and could be internal bleeding and said i might need a lower gi.  i want to avoid that.  has anyone else experienced the black flecks?

I am a mom of two and i was the mom that got up an hour before it was time to leave the house. This year it is different. I am up at 6 AM. I have time to have my warm glass of water and a small cup of coffee, read the news and relax. I can have several BMs before 7AM! I KNOW this is better for my digestion and so much easier. When I used to get up later it made it harder to plan morning walks with friends or attend a school meeting because I would always have to come home for a BM. Not a problem anymore!!

Okay, I'm going to try and make this as short as I can! I was in treatment about a year and a half ago with Matia for about 4 months but had to drop out due to financials. About 4 months after my IC started I began having some mild dizziness and anxiety.  The more Matia upped my RP, the more intense my dizziness became.  When I quit treatment it subsided almost completely, I only had balance issues when riding elevators or going on long car rides.  Basically anytime the ground was moving from under me.  Weird?