My husband just pointed out to me that our olive oil (non-EVOO), actually contains EVOO in the ingredients list! It's the Trader Joe variety. 

I haven't been feeling great for a while, and I'm beginning to wonder if it's b/c I've been using this for months! 

Which brand do you guys use? And do you know if there's a difference between Olive Oil and Extra Light olive oil? might the "extra light" be better?

Hi All,

I am male in my thirties. It has been 4 mnths for me in the treatemnt. I have no words to thank Dr Briz as I have am already seeing good improvements. I think she is really expert. But since she has a busy schedule, I thought of getting few opinions on this forum. Once I see some improvement with sitting, I will be more interactive & helpful on this forum

Hi all, I visited with Dr. B last week. Had a nice time in Santa Monica! I would love to hear success stories because I am having a lot of anxiety about the protocol as I was doing pretty well the past 10 days or so on my own regime. My bladder today is awful so I know I need to jump on board. Her regime is a lot less than what I have been doing. Also don't know how I am going to deal with the anxiety this whole condition creates for me. I have been dependent on herbs and amin acids for helping with this but she said no to that.

Hello, 

I'm planning to see Dr Brizman soon but first of all the NHS have finally offered me a cytoscopy. I have it scheduled in for early December at the moment.

I'm kind of scared though. Could it make it worse? It's just investigative rather than stretching or anything but I'm pretty apprehensive about it. Equally I understand the need to make sure it's nothing else instead of IC or actually get a diagnosis. My dad died of bladder cancer quite young so I think that's why they decided it was best to double check, but I'm kind of young to have that.

Has anyone been tested for parasite infections or had any luck in the past with this? I am tempted to do some parasite testing, and frankly I'm surprised Dr. b doesn't do any kind of stool testing for us, I've never quite known why except that she says it wouldn't change the treatment, so why bother. But I wonder if certain parasites can be resistant to some of these herbs we are taking? I want to do the stool test but you have to be off any herbs and antifungals for a week beforehand.

Hi Everyone,

Quick question for you. I'm on list 2 which in starches says limited amounts of wheat pasta. I'm just wondering if this means you can go ahead and start eating normal pasta (made with wheat as opposed to rice pasta) in small amounts or does it mean you can have special types of "wholewheat" pasta as opposed to normal white pasta? Just seems like quite a "naughty" food to be eating that early on? I should probably check the packets but i would have thought normal pasta contains some yeast in it?

Hi all

A recent post made me think those that suffer from this can reduce this effect. I am only 2 weeks into treatment and unfortunately have not been able to wean myself off of magnesium supplements yet for my mild constipation. I suppose I might try soon but I have bladder pain if I strain too much.

My tricks for a pain free bladder after BM are as follows.

I want to apologize ahead of time as this is not a pretty subject, i am so grossed out myself as i never had such nasty skin problem before. About a few weeks ago, i had itching on my left toe, and what seemed to be little bumps like insect bites. After a few days, my husband said it looked like fungus of some sort. I didnt want to believe at the time, but it's been progressively getting uglier and worse.

Hey all,

Hi everyone, 

I have IC like symptoms from June this year and want to come to see Dr Brizman before Christmas if possible. I have been following the list one diet and stopped the pill both for the last month and a half ish. Initially I felt a bit better but now I'm not so sure, but have seen the success stories on here and it's providing some hope. It's such a scary thing to be told there's nothing that can be done and you may just have to live with this. Feels like your whole world has fallen apart and is so isolating, I'm only 27 and I feel 100!