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Here is my remission story.
I will give you a little bit of my background. I ended up with pain in November of 2012. The pain was sudden and it brought me to my knees in tears. The pain continued, doctor's thought I had a UTI so I was prescribed antibiotics when I should not have been. I went to see a gynocologist who told me that my pain was just all in my head. (Which clearly it was not.) Then in February of 2013, I ended up in so much pain all I could do was lay in bed(for a week straight), until I finally made up my mind to go to the hospital. It was there that an ER Doctor said that she thought I had IC and pushed up my consultation with a urologist, who also thought I had IC. I believe that I was also dealing with vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia, as well as some other health aliments at the time. All of which have gone away!
While I was at home waiting to see the specialist I began searching on the internet for remission stories. It was on YouTube where I came across Sunny. Here is a link to show you the smoothie I started to drink daily. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHvY...=TL9cFi-Pv65mw
She also has many other videos uploaded to show her healing journey.
So here is what I did to heal, I weaned myself off of the painkillers I was on. I was told to retrain my bladder by the urologist, so everyday I would try and wait a few minutes longer before using the washroom. I changed my diet to that of an alkaline one. I stuck to that green smoothie and I have to tell you every time I opened up a coconut I had the thought, " this is going to save your life".I also read Briza's thread on this forum and made note of what she has done. If you haven't already read her post, check it out!
More about my diet, I do not eat meat, on occasion I will have fish or eggs. I only eat quinoa and brown rice for grains. I found that I could have a submarine sandwich once a week without a flare, but now that I have read about how high amounts of sodium might cause autoimmune diseases I have decided to give up my fast food ways. I also have given up gluten. I no longer have anything with preservatives, no refined sugars, no salt unless it is sea salt, and I work really hard at staying alkaline. This helped me detox, I also went to a Naturopathic doctor who gave me homeopathic remedies that helped detox my organs. *** When I began my alkaline diet I avoided limes, lemons, and grapefruit. I introduced these fruits back into my diet after 3 months.
I made sure to stay positive every single day and to look for the good in life. I also made sure to reduce my stress, and to meditate. One of the most important changes I made was when I decided to love myself completely and unconditionally. My healing journey was difficult at times and having such a strong love for myself helped me move forward, as did the support from my friends and family.
When I was in one of the darkest places of my life, I found myself saying, " Fear cannot win out here, hope as to." I think it is important to hold onto hope and to try different healing modalities.
I wish all the best to everyone out there!
I will give you a little bit of my background. I ended up with pain in November of 2012. The pain was sudden and it brought me to my knees in tears. The pain continued, doctor's thought I had a UTI so I was prescribed antibiotics when I should not have been. I went to see a gynocologist who told me that my pain was just all in my head. (Which clearly it was not.) Then in February of 2013, I ended up in so much pain all I could do was lay in bed(for a week straight), until I finally made up my mind to go to the hospital. It was there that an ER Doctor said that she thought I had IC and pushed up my consultation with a urologist, who also thought I had IC. I believe that I was also dealing with vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia, as well as some other health aliments at the time. All of which have gone away!
While I was at home waiting to see the specialist I began searching on the internet for remission stories. It was on YouTube where I came across Sunny. Here is a link to show you the smoothie I started to drink daily. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHvY...=TL9cFi-Pv65mw
She also has many other videos uploaded to show her healing journey.
So here is what I did to heal, I weaned myself off of the painkillers I was on. I was told to retrain my bladder by the urologist, so everyday I would try and wait a few minutes longer before using the washroom. I changed my diet to that of an alkaline one. I stuck to that green smoothie and I have to tell you every time I opened up a coconut I had the thought, " this is going to save your life".I also read Briza's thread on this forum and made note of what she has done. If you haven't already read her post, check it out!
More about my diet, I do not eat meat, on occasion I will have fish or eggs. I only eat quinoa and brown rice for grains. I found that I could have a submarine sandwich once a week without a flare, but now that I have read about how high amounts of sodium might cause autoimmune diseases I have decided to give up my fast food ways. I also have given up gluten. I no longer have anything with preservatives, no refined sugars, no salt unless it is sea salt, and I work really hard at staying alkaline. This helped me detox, I also went to a Naturopathic doctor who gave me homeopathic remedies that helped detox my organs. *** When I began my alkaline diet I avoided limes, lemons, and grapefruit. I introduced these fruits back into my diet after 3 months.
I made sure to stay positive every single day and to look for the good in life. I also made sure to reduce my stress, and to meditate. One of the most important changes I made was when I decided to love myself completely and unconditionally. My healing journey was difficult at times and having such a strong love for myself helped me move forward, as did the support from my friends and family.
When I was in one of the darkest places of my life, I found myself saying, " Fear cannot win out here, hope as to." I think it is important to hold onto hope and to try different healing modalities.
I wish all the best to everyone out there!
I'm a 28yr old female with fibro and IC. Diagnosed by hydrodistention in July 2012..pain and urgency since March 2012
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