I don't believe my way is the only way to recover from interstitial cystitis. I have read about other, different paths to recovering from IC, and Ispoken to former and current IC sufferers.

 

The original (my website is inspired by her) - Interstitial Cystitis Success Stories

 

Angela - One of Matia Brizman's patients - She had severe IC with Hunner's Ulcers and painstakingly recovered over 4 years by strictly and patiently following Matia's regimen. She spoke with me for about 45 minutes in June 2013 and assurred me, "You WILL recover."

 

One of Ruth Kriz's patients contacted me on Tumblr and said "I did everything Ruth asked me to do and thanks to her, I no longer have any symptoms of IC…at all. I am 100% pain free and symptom free. And after all the tests and paying her, it was maybe $1200 i think. I’ve spent more on a bicycle."

 

A lady I knew over Facebook recovered by addressing what she considered to be Candida with Nystatin and following the IC diet, without simple sugars and carbs.

 

My physical therapist told me of a girl who got IC after starting a new birth control (like me). She stopped it and followed the diet and eventually got better.

 

A man newly diagnosed with IC emailed me in suicidal despair. I told him what I did to recover, and my theory about Vitamin A's role in IC. He reported back he was 90% better after eating a ton of carrots. I never heard from him again.

 

At Choices in Health, Katrina Bailey, who administered the instillations, told me this treatment had helped others recover from IC.

 

I encouraged a girl to travel to Colorado and receive the same treatment I did, and she did not recover 100% but told me "I'm doing well, not perfect but not bad enough that it matters."