If you suffer from IC or love someone who does, you know how frustrating it is, from managing diet to managing your life.

When my symptoms began, my career and marriage fell apart. The last thing I wanted to do was attend a support group because I was so sick of thinking and talking about this disease. A kind acquaintance introduced me to a woman with IC and from our first conversation I felt a weight lift. She helped me navigate through the morass of information, but more important, she made me feel like an optimistic person again. I want to help others the way she helped me.

The purpose of this group is to lift the spirits of one another and exchange information about this confusing condition.

During graduate school I learned how to understand and parse out clinical trial data, a skill that has proved invaluable in wrapping my head around IC research. I would love to bounce my discoveries and thoughts off of other people grappling with the same problem.

We will meet in a spectacularly beautiful, tranquil, and relaxing wellness spa of which I am the director. It will of course be of no cost to you.

Please consider joining and throwing out some ideas.