I am doing  alot of work on myself with hypnotherapy. I have discovered a lot of underlying issues around my illness. I also am a professional hypnotherapist so I thought I would post certain topics occasionally as "food for thought" for anyone who is interested. It may help you to look at some of this stuff.

So here's the first one. Just complete the sentence over and over again until you have exhausted your answers. 

Being sick allows me to__________________________________.

Apparently, the inflammation in my knee joints that has turned my life upside down since September is IC related. I had not made that conclusion until recently because I have had knee problems before. This time, though, the old fixes have not worked and ai have gone from an hour of exercise daily to sitting as much as I can to try to get the inflammation out of my knee.

At one point every day- and that point is now- I AM PANICKING. I can't do much of anything and my body and mind are freaking out from the sitting and not being able to do much of a productive nature.

Apparently, the inflammation in my knee joints that has turned my life upside down since September is IC related. I had not made that conclusion until recently because I have had knee problems before. This time, though, the old fixes have not worked and ai have gone from an hour of exercise daily to sitting as much as I can to try to get the inflammation out of my knee.

At one point every day- and that point is now- I AM PANICKING. I can't do much of anything and my body and mind are freaking out from the sitting and not being able to do much of a productive nature.

Does anyone know if we can use extra light (in taste) olive oil?  It has a higher smoke point than regular olive oil so it's better for sauteing, roasting, etc.  It doesn't say anything about being extra virgin on the label, but I thought I'd check with other authorities before behaving adventurously...

I have been on list 3 about a year now. It's been a good year, not completely well yet, still dealing with some health issues and bladder symptoms. I am ok with the diet list, and recently got ok'ed to try additional nuts and fruits. Very exciting :) This past year, seems like Matia focused more on my protocoal, I can finally take 1 full bif, and now taking 1/2 bulgaricum as well, along with Juice plus, vit D and cod liver oil. I rather focus on the herbs than food, however, since it kind of goes hand in hand...

Hi All,

I've not been on the forum for a little while now and just realised I'm a few days off my 1 year with IC (I got it on Christmas last year of all days!).

Hi everyone,

For those of you who had kids while you had IC (or any type of bodily imbalance) symptoms, this is quite personal, but did you have problems during pregnancy? Issues conceiving? Nasty symptoms while pregnant? Children with any health problems or signs of an imbalance?

Hi Everyone,

So excited to be starting with Dr. B and finding this community :)

I just got back to South Jersey from CA on Friday and "officially" started List 1 and supplements on Saturday.  I have been sort of following List 1 for approx two months, which has helped a lot. Now I am gong cold turkey on my last thing - Dairy! I just love cheese, milk and plain greek yogurt so much...to the point of obsession. Oh well they gotta go!

Hello Nadia, would you mind if I e-mailed you with some questions about how you're doing at this stage of your healing?  I'm on list 4 and feeling pretty good, but it seems you're pretty much healed, and I'd love to know what you're experiencing or not experiencing at your stage.  If so, would you mind passing along your e-mail address? Or I can give you mine. Many thanks!!

Lauren