Stupid Idea

Yeah, so within three hours of eating that sauce yesterday, I began to feel the pain.  This morning, I'm flaring big time.

Trigger foods = poison for my bladder!

When I first found out that I had IC, I searched Facebook for info on it.  I found a few private groups.  My favorite is #icstrong: interstitial cystitis awareness. I have met many great people there.  I posted a question yesterday:

"So, did any of you eat any of the "forbidden foods/drinks" just to confirm that it caused a bad flare? I know it's much more than the pain at risk; it destroys the bladder lining. I seem to tolerate nuts very well (pistachios and pecans). I just want to make sure that the items I cannot tolerate, I omit from ever consuming them, again. I know it sounds silly, but if I can have something with Prelief and it not hurt me? Or am I flirting with disaster?"

I received so many comments and learned a great deal, too.  I will never do this, again.  I'm just going to avoid all of the trigger foods.  I'll be honest;  I wanted some spaghetti.  MY spaghetti!  It tasted wonderful.  My taste buds sang like angels on high. My bladder screamed only hours later. These foods not only pain me, but they also injure the bladder lining so it's best to just avoid them, altogether!