I have a question about pain

[Kirs10]

Hey there,
I was just wondering how many people have major pain all the time. I am in the midst of major pain I have been in excrusiating pain since September. I have been out of work several times because of this. I am taking vicoden and percocet for pain have tried morphine for the pain and I am still in pain, I have had the interstim implant, and a hydrodistention and no relief. Is there anyone else ou there in this amount of pain? Or is this something else? I am in so much pain right now that I am contemplating a trip to the ER for stronger pain meds. I am just feeling very overwhelmed with all this pain and very alone. I feel like I am the only person in this much pain.
Any advice would be geatly appreciated.
Thank you

[Moonheart]

I'm so sorry. I'm about there also. I get no relief with anything anymore. It's very discouraging. The only thing that gets me through is knowing I'm not alone.
I wouldn't make it without all of you.

Hugs,
Moonheart

[Shirley2]

pain

i have had also a lot of pain. so don't feel alone. but today down there i was feeling that my bladder was going to fall out, it hurt so bad and i could hardly stand up. It feels like muscles pulling in there. I have been in a big flare the longest i have ever had. My lower back hurts and my lower staomach.
and heaviness to go pee all the time. I can't sleep because of pain or peeing, and to add to all of this real bad leg cramps. and i can see and feel the pulse in it to. please help me, Doctor didn't help me either. Don't know if anyone understands the pain i am telling here, and it is hard to explain it also.
shirley2

thank you

[Silverfox]

Was just wondering if you have some pain that is coming from your sensory nerves (my Dr. calls them afferent nerves) Lots of those in the bladder area. I take a low dose of neurontin that helps me. It especially helps me sleep. I have that nerve pain in my hands and feet and the old bladder area. It's something that started a long time ago for me, since I was a baby and hard to go back and get a fast nerve repair now. But these little peripheral nerves can recover when damage has not been a lifetime, like mine.

I have some members of my family that have diabetes and they also have that type of peripheral nerve pain. I think its worse in feet and a little with their bladders, and their diabetes caused it.

There are many other conditions that can cause nerve pains...maybe your Doctor can help...but learn first, so you can talk with the Doc.

Best wishes

[Pain]

Pain

I have had severe daily 24/7 bladder pain since January 26, 2000 with not one minute, one hour, one day of relief.

It is very disheartening because the DX of IC leads those in the medical industry to believe there are only flares. Sadly there are WAY MORE of us with 24/7 bladder pain than the medical professionals acknowledge.

Yet there are patients who only have urgency/frequency with NO pain that are DX'd with IC when in fact they may have "overactive bladder" only.

Anyway..just wanted you to know you are NOT alone. I have been "to the edge of darkness" and back several times in this over SEVEN YEARS of constant daily 24/7 pain.

Please seek help from pain management center.

[ICNDonna]

There are many different medications and treatment options to try. It can take time to find which work best for any individual. Even though I have what my uro called severe IC with ulcers, I find that with diet and treatment I do pretty well.

Are you following an IC diet?

Donna

[Berkshire Road]

You are not alone; there are a lot of us here who have severe pain, all or most of the time. It can be caused by plain old bladder irritation; by nerve syndromes; by muscle spams; or it can be "idiopathic" which means, we don't know what's causing it.

In my case, although opioid pain relievers are an important part of my treatment, they are not the only weapon in my anti-pain arsenal. Pain that seems to come from inside the bladder, the irritated kind of pain, responds extremely well to rescue instills of heparin-lidocaine-sodium bicarb. Spasms respond to heat, muscle relaxants, massage, and depending on their location, to lidocain transdermal patches. They don't go deep enough to help inside the bladder, but if the pain is in your back or sides, they can knock it out completely. Nerve pain (hardest to identify) seems to respond to neurontin or other drugs in its class. They are anti-seizure meds, and they basically help calm the nervous system down. They have to be taken all the time; they are not a "rescue" drug. A lot of people have success with elavil.

Other ways to help yourself include: heat or cold packs (whichever sounds more appealing); hot baths; rest and relaxation techniques; and
being sure that your doctor is actually listening to you. Unfortunately, this is often the hardest to come by.

I hope you find a successful treatment plan and that you start to feel better soon.

[smcclafferty]

Was just wondering if you have some pain that is coming from your sensory nerves (my Dr. calls them afferent nerves) Lots of those in the bladder area. I take a low dose of neurontin that helps me. It especially helps me sleep. I have that nerve pain in my hands and feet and the old bladder area. It's something that started a long time ago for me, since I was a baby and hard to go back and get a fast nerve repair now. But these little peripheral nerves can recover when damage has not been a lifetime, like mine.

I have some members of my family that have diabetes and they also have that type of peripheral nerve pain. I think its worse in feet and a little with their bladders, and their diabetes caused it.

There are many other conditions that can cause nerve pains...maybe your Doctor can help...but learn first, so you can talk with the Doc.

Best wishes

Hi Silverfox...yes, I have that same exact type of nerve pain, and it started four months ago after my cysto/hydro/biopsy. I never had it until then. It starts in my bladder, goes down my left inner thigh and tingles my left foot. I really hope this goes away soon. I am on 100 mg of Neurontin, but that is for migraine prevention. Perhaps I should get it increased to see if it helps my bladder...thank you.

[Bessie]

I also have the major 24/7 pain. I have tried several different treatment options and still no relief. I do have some medicine that will help with some of the pain but it NEVER goes away. I would love to have one day without pain.