sydney42
09-05-2005, 04:48 PM
Dear Friends,
I have been nervous to post this because I don't want to jinx it, but I think I am in remission! For the last 4 weeks I have been eating taboo foods, including: nectarines, a little ketchup, bbq sauce, salad dressing w/vinegar, mexican food, even wine! I have had little or no symptoms (occasional increased frequency, but NO pain) in the last month. I can hardly believe it! I keep trying stuff, and anxiously waiting for the pain to start, and it just doesn't. I haven't yet tried the biggies (tomato, citrus fruit) and I think am just feeling superstitious about them because they're really no more acidic than wine or some of the other things I've been trying.
I wanted to share with you exactly what I've been taking, in case others want to try the same approach:
Detrol LA 1x in am
Prelief before bfast and dinner
Hydroxyzine at bedtime
Flaxseed oil (mostly for dry eyes caused by the other meds)
IC Blend 3 capsules 2x/day (this is a naturopathic blend available from Bastyr University in Seattle--it contains much of the same stuff as the blends available here on line--specifically it has:
Vitamin A
L-Argenine
Quercitin
N-acetyl glucosamine
Corn sil
Oregon grape root
I have no idea which of these might be healing my bladder, since I have been taking pretty much all of them for the last four months. I also diligently stuck w/the diet for the first 3 months, and that may have helped as well.
I have no idea how long this will last but I am going to enjoy every minute of happy taste buds and not having to run to the bathroom every 10 minutes. I want to thank all of you who I've talked to here for your support, knowledge, patience, and perserverence. I hope that many of you reading this will or have already achieved some kind of relief as well. Take care--
Sydney
I have been nervous to post this because I don't want to jinx it, but I think I am in remission! For the last 4 weeks I have been eating taboo foods, including: nectarines, a little ketchup, bbq sauce, salad dressing w/vinegar, mexican food, even wine! I have had little or no symptoms (occasional increased frequency, but NO pain) in the last month. I can hardly believe it! I keep trying stuff, and anxiously waiting for the pain to start, and it just doesn't. I haven't yet tried the biggies (tomato, citrus fruit) and I think am just feeling superstitious about them because they're really no more acidic than wine or some of the other things I've been trying.
I wanted to share with you exactly what I've been taking, in case others want to try the same approach:
Detrol LA 1x in am
Prelief before bfast and dinner
Hydroxyzine at bedtime
Flaxseed oil (mostly for dry eyes caused by the other meds)
IC Blend 3 capsules 2x/day (this is a naturopathic blend available from Bastyr University in Seattle--it contains much of the same stuff as the blends available here on line--specifically it has:
Vitamin A
L-Argenine
Quercitin
N-acetyl glucosamine
Corn sil
Oregon grape root
I have no idea which of these might be healing my bladder, since I have been taking pretty much all of them for the last four months. I also diligently stuck w/the diet for the first 3 months, and that may have helped as well.
I have no idea how long this will last but I am going to enjoy every minute of happy taste buds and not having to run to the bathroom every 10 minutes. I want to thank all of you who I've talked to here for your support, knowledge, patience, and perserverence. I hope that many of you reading this will or have already achieved some kind of relief as well. Take care--
Sydney