The goal of IC Hope is to provide a website where the IC patient is the # 1 concern.

 

1) There have never been and never will be advertisements for pharmaceutical medications or natural products on this site. This means we do not promote any specific treatments over any others based on "kickbacks" or income of any kind from these companies. The result is an unbiased look at ALL treatment options available to IC patients.

 

2) An uncensored message board so that IC patients can discuss ALL treatment options available to them without having their comments deleted. This means IC patients can say how they really feel, tell the truth of their experiences with medical or natural doctors, medical or natural treatments, without fear that they will be "attacked" verbally or deleted. The result is the ability of IC patients to make well-informed decisions on how they want to treat (or let others treat) their bodies based on the truth, rather than on a censored version of the truth.

 

The Origin of IC Hope

 

IC Hope was born out of the same compassion, empathy, and understanding as Catherine M. Simone's books. As an IC patient who suffered under the "care" of medical and natural doctors who didn't understand IC and as someone who suffered with a very severe case, Simone has a deep understanding of what IC patients endure, as well as an abundance of genuine compassion and empathy for them. She knows how difficult it is to make treatment decisions when you have everyone telling you different things. And she knows it is even more difficult to make well-informed decisions when you don't have all the facts. Simone believes that the best way to get all the facts, to really know how IC treatments are affecting IC patients, is to talk to the patients themselves. This is what helped her find her way to wellness and this is what she is offering you here. Simone also knows how difficult it is to believe that you can really get well when everyone is telling you that you can’t. IC Hope and Simone’s books are here to tell you that you CAN get well, that there truly IS hope to fully heal from IC. As she says in her books “Just because “they” haven’t figured it out yet, doesn’t mean you can’t get better.”