A ROAD TO RECOVERY

Lisa - South Dakota....

Hi Friends,

I thought I would take a moment to share my amazing success story with all of you who are at the beginning of your journey on the road to recovery. My story begins when I was a child. I remember feeling the burning sensation very young. As young as 5 or 6.I constantly felt pain through my young teens and through High School.  During my senior year I had to leave my friends and attend home school because I was missing too many classes and we needed to find out what was wrong with me. Six months later, I was diagnosed with IC. 

My journey to recovery began in 2004. When I started seeing Dr. Brizman. I was living with pain everyday.  And no joke my pain was CHRONIC, and HIDEOUSLY painful, which lasted hours!!! I peed razor blades.  Sex hurt like a bitch too. That was the real icing on the cake. 

So I met with Dr. Brizman in 2004 and started taking her magical herbs and began the diet, which was no small feat. I mean, I am a serious chocoholic and love love love sugar. But, the bladder didn't lie and it was obvious that sugar = pain. Harsh. But one must rise above temptation in pursuit of a pain free life. 

I began to notice a difference in my pain probably after 6 months of treatment. And the first 6 months were no walk in the park. It was haaaard. But I ALWAYS 130% believed in Dr. Brizman and her plan. NEVER EVER did I have a doubt! And let me add that I come from a family of Western Medicine: my father, his brother and my mom's brother, my uncle, are all pharmacists. So skepticism was always around my corner, but never was I deterred. 

After a year of treatment things really started to improve. I could eat more. I wasn't missing work. I could go pee multiple times at work, instead of holding it in all day in fear of the pain that would come. I could have sex with out being bed ridden for days after. I finally felt normal. 

By the end of my second year of treatment I was simply a new Lisa. Still super funny, but lighter as a person. Stronger and happier, duh.  It was the first time in my life I felt like this and I knew I had to make a change. I broke up with my tool bag boyfriend, and with in 6 months I was living in Barcelona, Spain.

I went to study Spanish for 5 months and ended up living there for a year and a half. I'm not articulate enough to describe how blissfully happy I was. Even in Europe I continued to have appointments with Dr. Brizman and my herbs were shipped to me but I was taking less and less. By the time I got home I was no longer taking them. I still feel GREAT.

In conclusion, if it wasn't for Dr. Brizman, I would never have followed a dream of living in Europe or accomplished one of my major goals in life (to speak fluent Spanish). I would have never fallen in love in a romantic foreign country, and I would never have imported my sexy Spaniard to the US to begin our lives together here. I found true happiness thanks to Dr. Brizman.

Be strong my friends. 

Disclaimer:  The purpose of this site is for information only.  We in no way intend to offer medical advice.  This is not the official site for BOMA-Med.  This site has been developed by patients of Dr. Brizman, because of their faith in her work, the belief in the effectiveness of her treatment, and willingness to inform others of an opportunity to recover from the ravages of Interstitial Cystitis.