People who come to this website, I hope feel like they have landed on an oasis of hope. Whereas there are so many other sites on IC that make a person feel the doom and gloom of this disorder, I think that this site provides a different perspective. Like the post on affirmations--involving the impact of putting out positive energy to get positive energy back, this site is also dependent upon the positive energetics of thos involved, not only upon the actual positive nature of this treatment.

I had a patient this week, who will remain anonymous of course, that was recounting her symptoms over the past month. Her symptoms were numerous and uncomfortable and included nausea, itching, sore throat, dizziness, exhaustion and bloating and gaseousness. But, interestly, during this period, her bladder felt fine. Even more interesting than this is that she had a dream. Her dream was surrounding th events of her recovery. It was elaborate and quite detailed, and synonymous with what was actually going on in her body! The next day, all of those other symptoms were better.

Synthetic sugar substitutes are just about as bad as, if not worse than, sugar. These chemicals alter the health of your intestines and compromise your overall health. In interstitial cystitis, often, one might find that a part of what has happened to this person is that they have overindulged in diet sodas or used sugar substitutes in their coffee or tea. These chemicals are toxic as far as I can tell from my clinical experience. They put you at risk for potentially terminal diseases.