Well, after a few weeks of on and off UTI symptoms (my urine sample showed no infection) and some research and thoughts from my GYN, I have narrowed my issue down to interstitial cystitis. A brief explaination of this would be an inflammation of the bladder lining - there is no known cause and no "cure". But, there is a lot of alternative things one can do to treat this. Here is a great website if anyone out there is suffering from this or knows someone who is:
http://www.urologychannel.com/interstitialcystitis/index.shtml
This site goes over alternative treatments. I definately think that one of my big triggers is stress and diet. The Lord has really used this health issue to grab my attention regarding the issue of anxiety in my life. I am working on learning more about giving all my cares over to the Lord. I always feel much better physically when I am trusting God.
Some other things I am trying are my bladder and kidney supplements from Dr. Marshall, along with his castor oil packs, and they decided today to start me on something called allocidin in case this is also being triggered by an internal candida infection. I am also taking my trusty Threelac, which I have blogged about before, along with a supplement I got at Jimbo's today (like a Whole Foods), called Gotu Kola. The lady working at the supplement counter there also recommended boiling a chicken and drinking the broth. She said all the nutrients will come out of the bone and help to soothe the inflammation. So, tonight I start a chicken boiling in the crock pot for the next 24 hours.
I am learning with all my health issues the importance of first praying to the Lord for wisdom, then talking to others who are nutrient minded and then doing some of my own research. It's a slow process, but I hope to post an update soon of a much improved me.
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