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Hi everyone,
I have not posted in a while, but am both in need of moral support and also wanted to be helpful to any other students on the boards.
I am a graduate student writing a thesis and presently my first chapter is due by the end of this weekend. I have been in remission since last Spring after I was diagnosed with a hydrodistension and cystoscopy. I attribute the relief both to acupuncture and the hydrodistension (but as I've written elsewhere: the hydrodistension was a nightmare for me because I got a lot of internal bleeding, could no longer urinate, and went to emergency).
SURPRISE SURPRISE stress is a big trigger for IC and as this giant deadline loomed over me I am now facing my first full-on flare in MONTHS!
I spent this evening rapidly panicking and then trying to calm down. I'm now drinking a lot of water, just had rice and some greens for dinner, and I am taking AZO. I hope that the AZO is enough to cover up the urgency and burning until the end of the week.
One obvious fear is that I may actually have a UTI, but given the context (my stress, the build up, and probably eating acidic foods all summer without paying for it) - it seems more likely that is IC. It just comes as a shock since I was in a happy awesome place for a long while.
Oh well.
Tonight I am trying to continue with my writing and calm down and focus my mind.
Anyway I to anyone wondering how this is helpful: I have not posted on the ICN forum in half a year and I agree with other members who have said that when things are pretty good, we probably aren't posting as much! So I guess that's just to say: stay positive. It does not always suck.
I have not posted in a while, but am both in need of moral support and also wanted to be helpful to any other students on the boards.
I am a graduate student writing a thesis and presently my first chapter is due by the end of this weekend. I have been in remission since last Spring after I was diagnosed with a hydrodistension and cystoscopy. I attribute the relief both to acupuncture and the hydrodistension (but as I've written elsewhere: the hydrodistension was a nightmare for me because I got a lot of internal bleeding, could no longer urinate, and went to emergency).
SURPRISE SURPRISE stress is a big trigger for IC and as this giant deadline loomed over me I am now facing my first full-on flare in MONTHS!
I spent this evening rapidly panicking and then trying to calm down. I'm now drinking a lot of water, just had rice and some greens for dinner, and I am taking AZO. I hope that the AZO is enough to cover up the urgency and burning until the end of the week.
One obvious fear is that I may actually have a UTI, but given the context (my stress, the build up, and probably eating acidic foods all summer without paying for it) - it seems more likely that is IC. It just comes as a shock since I was in a happy awesome place for a long while.
Oh well.
Tonight I am trying to continue with my writing and calm down and focus my mind.
Anyway I to anyone wondering how this is helpful: I have not posted on the ICN forum in half a year and I agree with other members who have said that when things are pretty good, we probably aren't posting as much! So I guess that's just to say: stay positive. It does not always suck.
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