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"I Am Free Of Pain Now!"
By Victoria (Submitted March, 2006)
My name is Victoria. I was diagnosed with IC at the age of 32. The pain was incredible and I felt a thousand pins and needles in my bladder. I cried all the time and didn't want to see my children. They were overwhelming to me. It felt like my pain was a big huge balloon, and I was inside that baloon, a tiny creature that does not know where to turn for help. The doctors were no help. My urologist assured me that this diagnosis is not treatable. The pain medication she gave me never worked. I started searching for the alternative ways of healing. That is how I got introduced to macrobiotics - a natural way of living and eating whole foods.
I was promised to get better. I changed my diet overnight and started to eat brown rice and other grains, miso soup, lots of vegetables, beans, seaweed, white meat fish, nuts and seeds. There was no more sugar, animal food or dairy in my house anymore. I went to take cooking classes from a certified macrobiotic cooking instructor and discovered a whole new world for myself! I never went to the doctor again. Two and a half years from then, now I am free of pain as if I never had it!
Not only have I benefited from this way of living but my husband and all three of my precious children did too. I went to the Kushi Institute in Massachusets and became a macrobiotic cooking instructor myself. I learned that eating on time, walking daily, not eating late at night and many other things are so vital to our health. You may think what does all this have to do with the IC? But if everyone only understood that whatever health they enjoy, it is only the result of their day to day lifestyle, it is their creation!
My advise to you will be not only to look for treatment to address this spesific issue, but first look deep inside the problem that lies in your day to day lifestyle. How stressed are you? What do you eat? What do you do in your day to day life? Observe how nature works, listen to your body and find out what it needs to return to balance. Discover the world of whole foods and learn how to cook well. Health cannot be created on fast food. And remember, do not beleive if you are told that there is no cure. Search, and you will find the answer!
Victoria
Email: vbarayev@joimail.com.