I was just diagnosed to have IC a couple of days ago after suffering the terrible pelvic pain for over five months. Despite 6-8 visits with my ob-gyn, nothing helped. Finally I was recommended to a urologist who first saw me 8 wks ago but was only given homework to journalize my daily voiding before i was to see him again two days ago. All these months, I couldn't endure shopping, walking for more then ten minutes and even cooking for over thrity mins at home. I was a total wreck to everyone. Although I worked in an office I had to go the restroom almost every 30 mins, as well as taking aspirin to ease the pain almost daily. I am now taking an anti-depressant pill that seems to have relieve my pain quite a bit and at least helped me sleep two to three hours without getting up to void at night. Before this I barely slept straight two hours every night. Typically, I would get up every hour to void even just a few drops- forced by pain in the lower part.
The effect of the medicine I am taking seems relieving but I get very dry-mouthed and dizzy, even a bad headache but aspirin is not recommended for now. I am trying also to avoid citrus fruits and acidic foods, which I was habitually consuming in huge amounts daily. Guess I must have burned my bladder wall from all that acidic foods I have been taking all these years. Imagine, I could easily gobble up 5 oranges in few minutes sitting in front of the tv.
I hope to fully recover from this horrible ic even if I have to make over my eating styles. I read, however, that there is really no cure for this. Am I to take this medicine for a long time? [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img]
The effect of the medicine I am taking seems relieving but I get very dry-mouthed and dizzy, even a bad headache but aspirin is not recommended for now. I am trying also to avoid citrus fruits and acidic foods, which I was habitually consuming in huge amounts daily. Guess I must have burned my bladder wall from all that acidic foods I have been taking all these years. Imagine, I could easily gobble up 5 oranges in few minutes sitting in front of the tv.
I hope to fully recover from this horrible ic even if I have to make over my eating styles. I read, however, that there is really no cure for this. Am I to take this medicine for a long time? [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img]
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