IC Healer

05/17/2026

I just wrapped up a 90-hour water fast—my second one this spring! After having a baby in my 40s, losing that last 10-15 pounds of postpartum weight has been extra challenging. The inflammation wasn’t budging either. These fasts have helped me drop about 10-13 pounds, but the real work is keeping it off. I’ll be carb cycling, staying active, and incorporating intermittent fasting, including one extended fast a week. Resetting your set point as you age isn’t easy, but this method is working for me! ̇ntermittentfasting k

05/07/2026

This conversation started in an MTHFR group after an OB dismissed genetic polymorphisms like DHFR that can affect folic acid metabolism.

That is not a fringe concept.
It is nutritional biochemistry.

Medical doctors and clinical nutritionists are trained in different disciplines.

That does not make one superior to the other.

It means they specialize in different areas.

And in complex nutritional cases—especially during pregnancy—specialization matters.

05/07/2026

One of the biggest patterns I see in chronic bladder pain and recurrent infections is mitochondrial dysfunction.

Mitochondria do far more than produce energy.

They help regulate:

* inflammation
* immune function
* tissue repair
* detoxification
* healing capacity

When cellular energy is compromised, the body struggles to recover effectively.

This is one reason chronic conditions often become persistent and layered over time.

It is not just about the infection itself.

It is also about whether the body has the energy and resilience to heal.

That is a major part of what I focus on through nutritional biochemistry and clinical nutrition

05/05/2026

Low iron doesn’t always mean you need more iron.

In some cases, it’s not about deficiency—
it’s about how your body is using it.

And this matters with UTIs.

Bacteria rely on iron to grow.
So when iron isn’t properly regulated,
it can contribute to an environment where infections persist.

This is why simply adding more iron
doesn’t always lead to improvement.

Iron works within a system—
not in isolation.

If you’ve been told your iron is low
but still don’t feel better,
there may be more to look at.

05/04/2026

When I was diagnosed with IC, I followed the standard path.

But over time, I realized chronic conditions often need more support and a more layered approach than the system allows.

This isn’t about blaming doctors—they play an important role.

But in complex cases, you sometimes need a different framework.

That shift is when things started to change for me.

04/29/2026

Listen—
I actually like black seed oil.

It comes from Nigella sativa
and it has real anti-inflammatory properties.

That’s not the issue.

The issue is how it’s being positioned.

Because I just came across a Facebook post saying:

👉 “Take this and your bladder symptoms will go away.”

And this is where people get stuck.

Because the women seeing that post have often already:

• taken multiple rounds of antibiotics
• had “negative” urine cultures
• and are still dealing with burning, urgency, and frequency

At that point—
it’s usually not a simple UTI.

It’s Interstitial Cystitis.

And IC is not a single-pathway condition.

Yes—there’s inflammation.
Yes—pathways like NF-κB are involved.

But that’s just one layer.

What I see more often is a combination of:

• bladder lining dysfunction
• mast cell / histamine activation
• gut and vaginal dysbiosis
• biofilms
• toxin burden
• nervous system involvement
• hormone shifts

So when the solution becomes:

👉 “Just take this supplement”

It skips the entire picture.

04/22/2026

Another tik tok question “what can I do about biofilms”. Biofilms aren’t the issue—the environment that sustains them is.

04/21/2026

Someone from TikTok asked me a very important question so I wanted to answer it here. In many cases, it’s not just the bladder—it starts in the gut.

04/20/2026

04/17/2026

Her test showed multiple bacteria—
which already told us this was a chronic, layered infection.

But then something unexpected happened.

During treatment…
new bacteria showed up.

And this is where most people panic.

Because it looks like things are getting worse.

But in many cases, it’s not.

As deeper layers start to break open,
bacteria that have been hidden—sometimes for years—
begin to surface.

This is one reason healing isn’t always linear.

And why understanding the pattern matters.

Part 3 is where everything shifted—
I’ll show you what progress actually looked like.

04/16/2026

If your UTI keeps coming back after antibiotics…
it’s usually not random.

In more complex cases,
it’s not just one bacteria—

it’s multiple organisms
hiding in protective layers called biofilms.

And that changes how you have to approach it.

Because if you’re only targeting bacteria
without addressing the environment they’re hiding in…

symptoms often return.

This is something I see often in chronic cases.

Part 2 gets more interesting—
I’ll walk through what her testing actually showed.