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Hello all,
I just wanted to share my good news with everyone with the hope that this may help someone else!! I just had my 3rd hydro and my bladder capacity has increased considerably with each one!
I have hydro's to help with the pain. Pain has always been my biggest complaint. My first hydro my capacity was 700cc when I was diagnosed. Then I started doing elmiron instills myself at home and taking atarax at night. The next year my capacity was 950! I continue to do my instills but went to just 2 times a week unless I am in a flare. This year my capacity was 1200cc!!!!!!!! I was floored!!
The only oral meds I take for my bladder are atarax and MSM(It is a supplement and I know it has helped with the inflammation) and ofcourse pain meds as needed. I do follow the IC diet, but have been able to expand it some from 4 years ago. Ofcourse it took me a while to get a dr that even knew what IC was and get diagnosed--like most of us here.
I truly believe the elmiron instills have allowed my bladder to heal and therefore it can stretch out bigger each time I have a hydro. I hope this one lasts longer than a year but I can not in any way, shape, form or fashion complain and I thank God everyday for this treatment!!! There was a time that I could not work and had to go to the pain clinic and never in a million years could you have convinced me then that I could be where I am today!!
Thank you all for all the support and great information I got from you! It allowed me to see what worked for who and compare symptoms ect so my dr and I could come up with a plan that worked for me!!! I hope this can help someone else too!!!!!!!!!!
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brianna
I just wanted to share my good news with everyone with the hope that this may help someone else!! I just had my 3rd hydro and my bladder capacity has increased considerably with each one!
I have hydro's to help with the pain. Pain has always been my biggest complaint. My first hydro my capacity was 700cc when I was diagnosed. Then I started doing elmiron instills myself at home and taking atarax at night. The next year my capacity was 950!
I continue to do my instills but went to just 2 times a week unless I am in a flare. This year my capacity was 1200cc!!!!!!!! I was floored!! The only oral meds I take for my bladder are atarax and MSM(It is a supplement and I know it has helped with the inflammation) and ofcourse pain meds as needed. I do follow the IC diet, but have been able to expand it some from 4 years ago. Ofcourse it took me a while to get a dr that even knew what IC was and get diagnosed--like most of us here.
I truly believe the elmiron instills have allowed my bladder to heal and therefore it can stretch out bigger each time I have a hydro. I hope this one lasts longer than a year but I can not in any way, shape, form or fashion complain and I thank God everyday for this treatment!!! There was a time that I could not work and had to go to the pain clinic and never in a million years could you have convinced me then that I could be where I am today!!
Thank you all for all the support and great information I got from you! It allowed me to see what worked for who and compare symptoms ect so my dr and I could come up with a plan that worked for me!!! I hope this can help someone else too!!!!!!!!!!
hugs
brianna
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