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Im 33 and live in a small country in Europe,and my English is not perfect.And Im very sorry to say-my bladder neither
As far as I remember I was prone to UTIs in childhood,they were not happening very often,but were pure hell for me.Last one was 10 years ago,although not confirmed by culture it got cleared with AB.After that I only got strange feeling in my bladder from time to time ,it happened maybe once a month,but always lasted just hour or two.Never frequency,never urgency,never pain..One hot tea and it was gone.
Three months ago I got a real UTI,which was first treated with cipro,then got back again,once more cipro and then culture was made which has shown E.coli not sensitive to it.Then i took the ABs that it was sensitive to,buth it didnt get better,E coli was gone,symptoms(urgency,frequency,pain)stayed.In -office cystoscopy was made that has shown changes in the epitel of the bladder,sort of wrong epittel has grown there.It was fulgurated and they told me -in a month you will be ok.Well im not
.The more I read about IC,more sure Im that its what a have,although byopsy didnt confirm it.I got so deppresed and scared I ended going to psychiatrist( iI plan to continue the therapy)And to my great surprise Elavil he has given me(Amyzol here)has helped me big time.No more pain,no f/u just some spasms in my lower abdomen that are not painfull.
My urologist said it may be OAB so he gave me Detrol,i didnt start using it cause Elavil is really helping.Im on a IC diet too.This IC thing is making me so miserable and sad,that I have decided to write here just for some words of wisdom and inspiration on how to find a strenght to cope with this.You all sound so strong and I admire you all.Im not a religious person and feel so alone and scared during this time,despite having husband whi is supportive and a lovely 5 y old daughter.i guess I need a reality check from someone who realy knows what am I fighting with..
Best regards
Marina
As far as I remember I was prone to UTIs in childhood,they were not happening very often,but were pure hell for me.Last one was 10 years ago,although not confirmed by culture it got cleared with AB.After that I only got strange feeling in my bladder from time to time ,it happened maybe once a month,but always lasted just hour or two.Never frequency,never urgency,never pain..One hot tea and it was gone.
Three months ago I got a real UTI,which was first treated with cipro,then got back again,once more cipro and then culture was made which has shown E.coli not sensitive to it.Then i took the ABs that it was sensitive to,buth it didnt get better,E coli was gone,symptoms(urgency,frequency,pain)stayed.In -office cystoscopy was made that has shown changes in the epitel of the bladder,sort of wrong epittel has grown there.It was fulgurated and they told me -in a month you will be ok.Well im not
.The more I read about IC,more sure Im that its what a have,although byopsy didnt confirm it.I got so deppresed and scared I ended going to psychiatrist( iI plan to continue the therapy)And to my great surprise Elavil he has given me(Amyzol here)has helped me big time.No more pain,no f/u just some spasms in my lower abdomen that are not painfull.My urologist said it may be OAB so he gave me Detrol,i didnt start using it cause Elavil is really helping.Im on a IC diet too.This IC thing is making me so miserable and sad,that I have decided to write here just for some words of wisdom and inspiration on how to find a strenght to cope with this.You all sound so strong and I admire you all.Im not a religious person and feel so alone and scared during this time,despite having husband whi is supportive and a lovely 5 y old daughter.i guess I need a reality check from someone who realy knows what am I fighting with..
Best regards
Marina
to the IC Network. It sounds like you have already found some things that are helping you to feel better. I hope that continues.
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