At melissa's request.....By carrie

Welp, i went to my doctor today, and she confirmed that I do indeed have interstitial cystitis, which is a fancy term for I have tears in the lining of my bladder that cause it to spasm at night. Good news is there has finally been a diagnosis, the bad/good news is i have to follow a strict diet which takes away many good and bad foods that i like. The good thing about the diet is that it is more of a trial and error process to figure out which foods bother the condition the most, so i should still be able to eat some of my favorite foods( like strawberry things!) Hopefully this diet will encourage me more to stick with the goals set by this blog!