I'm absolutely terrified. Last fall and spring I went through a series of what I thought were UTIs. After the third one, the symptoms just didn't go away. Granted, at the time I was bombing my bladder with cranberry juice and taking a perscription from the doctor that acidifies urine. No wonder I was in such pain.
My GP mentined IC and sent me to a urologist. After a perscription for detrol, etc....the uro blew me off and said, come back in three months. As did the second and third urologist. (all male) They all looked in my bladder with the scope but everything looked normal and my bladder size was huge. Basically, the last urologist said there was nothing he could do for me. I had read a lot about IC and they all said, its NOT IC. In fact, the third one yelled at me for being obsessed with IC. Of course, I was still feeling miserable and horrible at the time.
Fast forward...after about five months of following the IC diet, the symptoms went away and I was feeling great. I could eat anything I wanted, drink some coffee, etc. Since they had been so adamant about it not being IC, I figured that it must have just been irritation fromt a chronic low-count infection. I had to find some rationalization. This "remission" per say lasted about six months. I even got my sex life back! It was heaven.
Well, last week, I forgot to take my antibiotic after sex. STUPID! A day later I was feeling the UTI symptoms. The other stupid thing I did was assume it was a UTI and didn't get a culture. After a day of antibiotics, I was feeling much better and taking care of my bladder by resting, drinking almond milk, eating tums, etc. After a few days on them, I was back to feeling the awful burning sensation. Felt like a yeast infection, so off to the drug store.
Now, all of the old symptoms (pressure, frequency, burning) have returned and I'm absolutely terrified that they are going to stay! I've been taking pyridium, ibuprophen, and xanax (because the stress is almost worse than the symptoms!) to get me through the day. And to be quite honest, they're helping quite a bit. Resting when I can, and taking care of my bladder. Following the old IC diet.
I'm just hoping and praying that since I caught this flare early I can get myself back out of it.
Thanks for letting me vent.
My GP mentined IC and sent me to a urologist. After a perscription for detrol, etc....the uro blew me off and said, come back in three months. As did the second and third urologist. (all male) They all looked in my bladder with the scope but everything looked normal and my bladder size was huge. Basically, the last urologist said there was nothing he could do for me. I had read a lot about IC and they all said, its NOT IC. In fact, the third one yelled at me for being obsessed with IC. Of course, I was still feeling miserable and horrible at the time.
Fast forward...after about five months of following the IC diet, the symptoms went away and I was feeling great. I could eat anything I wanted, drink some coffee, etc. Since they had been so adamant about it not being IC, I figured that it must have just been irritation fromt a chronic low-count infection. I had to find some rationalization. This "remission" per say lasted about six months. I even got my sex life back! It was heaven.
Well, last week, I forgot to take my antibiotic after sex. STUPID! A day later I was feeling the UTI symptoms. The other stupid thing I did was assume it was a UTI and didn't get a culture. After a day of antibiotics, I was feeling much better and taking care of my bladder by resting, drinking almond milk, eating tums, etc. After a few days on them, I was back to feeling the awful burning sensation. Felt like a yeast infection, so off to the drug store.
Now, all of the old symptoms (pressure, frequency, burning) have returned and I'm absolutely terrified that they are going to stay! I've been taking pyridium, ibuprophen, and xanax (because the stress is almost worse than the symptoms!) to get me through the day. And to be quite honest, they're helping quite a bit. Resting when I can, and taking care of my bladder. Following the old IC diet.
I'm just hoping and praying that since I caught this flare early I can get myself back out of it.
Thanks for letting me vent.
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