IC Hope for Interstitial Cystitis

Look for our new expanded links page where you will find links to other sites
that offer information on Interstitial Cystitis, homepages of other IC patients, as well as
links to information on herbs and various alternative/natural treatments.

Please feel free to join in discussion with other IC patients on our
Message Board.

Written by Catherine M. Simone aka Cath767
This book is more than just a story about a person with Severe IC who recovered. It is a book about hope. To Wake In Tears is about how I got IC, how I came to understand IC, and how I treated it in order to get well. It offers dozens of physical and emotional coping tips, many alternative treatments that you can try at home, and attempts to explain the various IC related symptoms and illnesses. If you are looking for something to hand to someone in your life who doesn't understand IC, so that you can say, "Here...this is what it feels like. This is what I'm going through." I think this book will help. Whether you have mild, moderate, or severe IC, I hope that To Wake In Tears will help you to not only understand your IC better, but to help you to get yourself well.

Written by Catherine M. Simone
This book is in many ways an answer to the most common questions people have asked since To Wake In Tears was published in November of 1998. Along the Healing Path includes discussion of IC from a holistic perspective, more specific information on herbs, natural products, and alternative treatments, a special section on vitamins and minerals, as well as many helpful tips for those looking for a more natural approach to treating their IC. This book also contains a discussion of the many reasons why alternative treatments may not have worked for you in the past, common problems people run into, and more information on how to go about developing a healing plan of your own.