Hi,
I'm Karen from the Gold Coast Australia. Great to stumble on this website - I now know there are other people out there who no what I am going through. It all started after the birth of my third child - I was 31, now 36. I started with symptoms such as frequency and burning when visiting my GP they would give me antibiotics and send a sample off. The test always came back negative - I thought I was starting to go crazy!! after several years I was referred to a urologist, he performed a cystoscopy and filled my bladder (hydro) I had relieve for a whole 9 months! I then went back for another cystocopy and hydro - no relieve this time. I have three small children and I couldnt leave the house the pain was so bad when my bladder filled with urine. Although I have urgency and frequency I also have this dull pain in the perinium area. The Urolologist has commenced me on Detrotusil (think thats how you spell it) the symptoms have now settled down - although I still have a mild feeling all day. My urologist has said that as I am responding to anti spasm drugs that I do not fit the criteria for IC. My bladder appeared normal during both cystocopy's. He is thinking I have overactive bladder. He wants me to have a test done where they insert a catheter in to me whilst awake as well as the rectum to measure contractions in my bladder whilst it is filling. After reading the stories that people have been through in relation to catheters I'm inclined to decline the procedure. I find that if I am really stressed then the syptoms flare, also around period time and afternoon. I had to take two months of work over xmas as the symptoms were so bad - house bound really. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kind Regards
KAren
I'm Karen from the Gold Coast Australia. Great to stumble on this website - I now know there are other people out there who no what I am going through. It all started after the birth of my third child - I was 31, now 36. I started with symptoms such as frequency and burning when visiting my GP they would give me antibiotics and send a sample off. The test always came back negative - I thought I was starting to go crazy!! after several years I was referred to a urologist, he performed a cystoscopy and filled my bladder (hydro) I had relieve for a whole 9 months! I then went back for another cystocopy and hydro - no relieve this time. I have three small children and I couldnt leave the house the pain was so bad when my bladder filled with urine. Although I have urgency and frequency I also have this dull pain in the perinium area. The Urolologist has commenced me on Detrotusil (think thats how you spell it) the symptoms have now settled down - although I still have a mild feeling all day. My urologist has said that as I am responding to anti spasm drugs that I do not fit the criteria for IC. My bladder appeared normal during both cystocopy's. He is thinking I have overactive bladder. He wants me to have a test done where they insert a catheter in to me whilst awake as well as the rectum to measure contractions in my bladder whilst it is filling. After reading the stories that people have been through in relation to catheters I'm inclined to decline the procedure. I find that if I am really stressed then the syptoms flare, also around period time and afternoon. I had to take two months of work over xmas as the symptoms were so bad - house bound really. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kind Regards
KAren
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