Hi... I'm new to the board. I was diagnosed with IC a little over a year ago after my symptoms had started almost two years ago. My urologist started me out on all the common meds .. Elavil, Detrol, Ditropan, Elmiron, etc. Then, after none of those showed much change he had me start DMSO treatments which did nothing except cause more pain, weight loss, and that horrible smell. Finally, he suggested I try a different urologist. I met with the new uro, and he immediately told me he wanted me to try Interstim and about a month later (this September) I had the surgery done and got my first positive results. I've been doing pretty good from then on. I still have bad flares and have to stay really strict on what I eat, but overall Interstim has really helped.

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