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Early signs?
When I think about before this all started I remember lots of the time my bladder and urethra being "different" but never really giving it much thought because that was my normal and it wasnt affecting me really. When I say that I mean I would sometimes have this pressure feeling that would just "linger" and make me feel like I had to pee... for example after the movies or after sitting in class for awhile.. (I went to the movies last night and had the SAME feeling that I always got, and was like "Oh I remember this"... I figure it is because I am feeling "ok" right now and so the base level I always go back to is that... does that make sense??)
I knew I didnt have too pee but it was easy to ignore back then, and lots of the time it would just eventually go away. Some sitting positions made it better, but a hot shower would always take it away.
Going pee or holding it was never the issue as I didnt have the frequency, but I did notice that sometimes I was having this pinching feeling in my urethra after I went which never hurt, but just felt strange. I also had trouble sometimes initiating the urine stream and had a burning/ tingling feeling JUST before I would actually pee... (like my muscles in my bladder finally letting go so I could pee). When my colon was always full I never ever felt my bladder, and then when I emptyed it, I would always feel raw in my bladder and colon for about a half hour afterwards....(it is the same now but just more severe in that it bugs my bladder more)... When I would sit for too long I would start to feel swollen, but just figured it was the way I was sitting. A few summers ago I had this crazy bout of vaginal itching! It lasted for 2 WEEKS, no infection nothing just severe itching.. All of a sudden it just went away. I often wonder (now) if that was at all related as well.
Never thought ANYTHING of it (all these signs) and seriously became used to it because it was just whatever, me....
That began about 4 years ago. I still wonder if it was actually the pill that started it (I was on it for 10 years) and the antibiotics that pushed it over the edge. I do think that something was already wrong when I took all those antibiotics that clearly "broke the camals back"....but I cant help but beat myself up about it because if I was more careful and not took so many antibiotics then maby this wouldnt have happend? Or maby it still WOULD have happend sometime else? I don't know.. As long as I can remember to I have had this "potatoe" smelling discharge too (sorry TMI) and I am now convinced that it MUST be related to yeast somehow that was inflitrating my body already before the antibiotics took over...
Anyone else have these subtle sighns?
Jenn
I knew I didnt have too pee but it was easy to ignore back then, and lots of the time it would just eventually go away. Some sitting positions made it better, but a hot shower would always take it away.
Going pee or holding it was never the issue as I didnt have the frequency, but I did notice that sometimes I was having this pinching feeling in my urethra after I went which never hurt, but just felt strange. I also had trouble sometimes initiating the urine stream and had a burning/ tingling feeling JUST before I would actually pee... (like my muscles in my bladder finally letting go so I could pee). When my colon was always full I never ever felt my bladder, and then when I emptyed it, I would always feel raw in my bladder and colon for about a half hour afterwards....(it is the same now but just more severe in that it bugs my bladder more)... When I would sit for too long I would start to feel swollen, but just figured it was the way I was sitting. A few summers ago I had this crazy bout of vaginal itching! It lasted for 2 WEEKS, no infection nothing just severe itching.. All of a sudden it just went away. I often wonder (now) if that was at all related as well.
Never thought ANYTHING of it (all these signs) and seriously became used to it because it was just whatever, me....
That began about 4 years ago. I still wonder if it was actually the pill that started it (I was on it for 10 years) and the antibiotics that pushed it over the edge. I do think that something was already wrong when I took all those antibiotics that clearly "broke the camals back"....but I cant help but beat myself up about it because if I was more careful and not took so many antibiotics then maby this wouldnt have happend? Or maby it still WOULD have happend sometime else? I don't know.. As long as I can remember to I have had this "potatoe" smelling discharge too (sorry TMI) and I am now convinced that it MUST be related to yeast somehow that was inflitrating my body already before the antibiotics took over...
Anyone else have these subtle sighns?
Jenn
I just want people who are new to know that IT CAN get better, and for every one person who is suffering, there are hundreds of others who feel GREAT because they have control of thier IC. 
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