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Summary: A Must-Have Self-Help & Hope-FULL Book For Anyone with IC!
Review: As the editor of a newsletter which provides information for people suffering from the torment of interstitial cystitis, I try to read EVERYTHING that comes out about IC. This book is an absolute must-have for anyone with IC searching for hope and for real advice on what they can do to improve their health. You simply can't find this information anywhere else. This book offers detailed help on alternative solutions to a disease that conventional medicine can't cure and often can't help. Simone refused to accept the sentence of "incurable" and fought her way back to health. In this book, she bravely shares what she did to help her IC. In a world where people hesitate to say anything due to liability, Simone accepts the risks and flat out tells us what worked for her. Nor does she claim, as some do, that what worked for her will work for everybody. Instead she openly offers the information for the reader to evaluate.When I reviewed this book for my newsletter, I solicited comments from people who had read the book. The consensus was 100% by ICers that this is ONE GREAT BOOK. I just could not find a single person who had IC who didn't find something to help them in this book. And that includes myself, a long-time IC sufferer who has not responded well to conventional treatments. This book has given me new hope and new ways to take back my life. This book is also great for doctors who treat people with IC, family and friends of people with IC, and employers. Nobody can read this book without coming out with a better understanding and deep respect for those of us who have this terrible disease.
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Summary: the best book I ever read
Review: for those of us with this horrible disease, this book is a God send. I got this book and read the entire thing in two days and I almost felt like it was my life that someone else was writing about. It finally gave me a since of hope after 5 years of being told there was nothing that can be done and there is no cure. Cath talks about different things she did to make herself better and different things to do and things that I never would have even thought of as to some causes that can contribute to this desease. She talks about how bad she was and how no one would help her and how she took matters into her own hands and searched for a cure for herself. Along side of her was a wonderful man her partner/husband Charlie who helped her along the path to healing.
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Summary: becoming educated about interstitial cystitis
Review: having worked in the medical field for several years, i thought was pretty much informed about many things. after reading catherine's book "INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS" THE MIND, BODY' SPIRIT CONNECTION, i realize one can never be informed enough. catherine taught me that there is always hope for recovery from this horrible disease and sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands to try and get well, listen to your body, it will tell you what to do and what not to do. also that fear can prevent you from doing the things that make you well. i have just ordered along the healing path, i have begun to cleanse my body, and i will keep fighting this because of catherines' wisdom. she taught me not to give up. this book was beautifully written. i felt she was telling my story. i recommend her books to anyone suffering from this bladder disease or any ilness for that matter. thank you cath for all of you hard work and your beautiful spirit, you are truly a god send.
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Summary: becoming educated about interstitial cystitis
Review: having worked in the medical field for several years, i thought was pretty much informed about many things. after reading catherine's book "INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS" THE MIND, BODY' SPIRIT CONNECTION, i realize one can never be informed enough. catherine taught me that there is always hope for recovery from this horrible disease and sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands to try and get well, listen to your body, it will tell you what to do and what not to do. also that fear can prevent you from doing the things that make you well. i have just ordered along the healing path, i have begun to cleanse my body, and i will keep fighting this because of catherines' wisdom. she taught me not to give up. this book was beautifully written. i felt she was telling my story. i recommend her books to anyone suffering from this bladder disease or any ilness for that matter. thank you cath for all of you hard work and your beautiful spirit, you are truly a god send.
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Summary: EXCELLENT, MOTIVATING, INFORMATIVE, & A PRAYER FROM GOD!
Review: How alone, frustrating, humiliated, and depressed does this disease (and doctors) make you feel, and just when you think there is no hope....There is "to wake to tears". I could have written the same story about all of my horrific experiences...and how wonderful to read someone have all the same experiences. What is sooo wonderful about this book is that it then gives you a multitude of choices to try to self-heal just when you seem dead-ended. Thank God for Cath sharing everything with all of us. I cannot thank her enough. I could not put the book down and i intend to try everything that she suggests, God knows there are no physicians that I have been to (URO, Gastro, Cardiol., Internists) who care enough to even suggest anything for me other than Elmiron and "no chocolate, coffee. And alcholic beverages"...(yeah like that would be enough to get my life back and the person I use to be!) Thank you Cath, You are truly angel sent from God!
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Summary: EXCELLENT, MOTIVATING, INFORMATIVE, & A PRAYER FROM GOD!
Review: How alone, frustrating, humiliated, and depressed does this disease (and doctors) make you feel, and just when you think there is no hope....There is "to wake to tears". I could have written the same story about all of my horrific experiences...and how wonderful to read someone have all the same experiences. What is sooo wonderful about this book is that it then gives you a multitude of choices to try to self-heal just when you seem dead-ended. Thank God for Cath sharing everything with all of us. I cannot thank her enough. I could not put the book down and i intend to try everything that she suggests, God knows there are no physicians that I have been to (URO, Gastro, Cardiol., Internists) who care enough to even suggest anything for me other than Elmiron and "no chocolate, coffee. And alcholic beverages"...(yeah like that would be enough to get my life back and the person I use to be!) Thank you Cath, You are truly angel sent from God!
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Summary: FINALLY.....someone who understands!
Review: I have never read such an uplifting and breakthrough approach to healing from Interstitial Cystitis before. Catherine has recovered from severe IC, Fibromyalgia, IBS, and Vulvodynia and has not suffered from any symptoms for several years now. She makes it clear that IC is a result of a "toxic body" and we have to remove the toxins (mercury fillings in our teeth, food allergies, yeast overgrowth, etc) in order to fully heal our bodies. I was not comfortable with current medical treatments offered and was so grateful to find a book that shows how to recover from IC naturally & without painful & dangerous treatments. I have been doing the natural things she suggests and my IC symptoms are improving so much - I've had IC for 11 years and in just a couple months since I read the book, I am already noticing a lot of relief. If you have IC, you owe it to yourself to read it. I find myself smiling with tears of joy now.... life doesn't have to be filled with chronic physical pain. We can recover from IC for good & Cath shows us the way. Thank you Catherine for writing To Wake In Tears & Along the Healing Path.
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Summary: Recovering from IC Naturally & feeling so much better
Review: I have never read such an uplifting and breakthrough approach to healing from Interstitial Cystitis before. Catherine has recovered from severe IC, Fibromyalgia, IBS, and Vulvodynia and has not suffered from any symptoms for several years now. She makes it clear that IC is a result of a "toxic body" and we have to remove the toxins (mercury fillings in our teeth, food allergies, yeast overgrowth, etc) in order to fully heal our bodies. I was not comfortable with current medical treatments offered and was so grateful to find a book that shows how to recover from IC naturally & without painful & dangerous treatments. I have been doing the natural things she suggests and my IC symptoms are improving so much - I've had IC for 11 years and in just a couple months since I read the book, I am already noticing a lot of relief. If you have IC, you owe it to yourself to read it. I find myself smiling with tears of joy now.... life doesn't have to be filled with chronic physical pain. We can recover from IC for good & Cath shows us the way. Thank you Catherine for writing To Wake In Tears & Along the Healing Path.
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Summary: The IC "Bible"
Review: I have suffered with IC for over 10 years and this book gave me both comfort and HOPE, things I have yet to find from any doctor. It was great to get validation that I wasn't alone in having disastrously BAD responses to the various "treatments" that the doctors gave me. She confirmed what I suspected, that the doctors really didn't know the answers to how best to treat IC. Yet they insist on using harsh treatments that are the only things they know. Worse, we are rarely told about the risks of these procedures. Now I know I'm not alone in suffering bad reactions to what I had been assured by my doctors to be completely safe. The decision to take those chances should have been MINE. It was wrong to withold the truth, which many people claim is necessary to avoid "scaring" people. Cathy's book proves that it is possible to tell the truth while providing hope to the IC patient. She really stresses how important it is for the patient to be informed and to make her own decisions. How I wish I'd had this book back when I was first showed symptoms of IC. I could have made informed decisions and possibly avoided the numerous mistakes that have cost me my health. While conventional medicine has given up on me, Cathy's book offers me help and I have indeed found some relief using some of the many practical suggestions detailed in this unique book. I haven't found this kind of practical and informed treatment information from any other source. This book, in my view, is priceless. I wish that all the doctors who see patients with IC would read this book. It would give them a better understanding of the true suffering that this disease causes and also how painful their offered treatments can be. Doctors and patients need to stop and think about the risks and benefits of ALL possible treatments. This book is a great start.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE for IC patients
Review: I just want to thank the author for having the courage to follow her instincts, to never accept that IC is something that she'd just have to live with, for researching and doing so much hard work and for writing this book and sharing her experience with the rest of the world. I also want to thank her husband who was so supportive and gave her the love and atmosphere that she needed to heal. I can really relate to what the author shares with us about her husband because I, too, have a wonderful man in my life who give me so much love and support and strength while I am trying to find my way back to health. This book made me laugh and cry. I can't begin to explain how comforting it was to read about someone else that was going thru the same IC expereince as I was. She makes the connection between the bladder symptoms and issues and the other illnesses, symptoms that many IC patients suffer with. It was nice to know that I wasn't just a hypochondriac or 'going crazy'. This is a must have for anyone suffering from mild to severe IC. It gave me so much hope that I can get better and have a normal life again. This book is really about reaching out to other ICer's, sharing the experience, and letting people know there are alternatives out there..It's about empowering people..just a great book.!!!!!
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