Hi,
I was diagnosed with IC last week. I don't really know how long I have had this condition, but last fall, maybe around October I had been feeling very "uncomfortable" espicially while sitting. By the first of December I was completely miserable and ended up eventually at a urologist last week. He used a cystoscope to diagnose the IC. He gave me a perscription for Elmiron, but told me that if the cost was too prohibitive that I could have DMSO instillations, he would do one once a week for 3-6 weeks to see if that helped. In reading about DMSO here on this website I learned that it is very painful and could even do damage in the long run.
Elmiron is very expensive, even with my insurance it would be about 120.00 a month, and that is supposed to be for the rest of my life.
Now I am very confused. Will this condition get worse if I try to contol it naturally with diet and the other techniques, or does it require medications?
Has anybody been helped by DMSO? The cystoscope was very painful, I don't think I could go through that kind of pain again, especially if I had to hold it for 15-20 minutes.
I was diagnosed with IC last week. I don't really know how long I have had this condition, but last fall, maybe around October I had been feeling very "uncomfortable" espicially while sitting. By the first of December I was completely miserable and ended up eventually at a urologist last week. He used a cystoscope to diagnose the IC. He gave me a perscription for Elmiron, but told me that if the cost was too prohibitive that I could have DMSO instillations, he would do one once a week for 3-6 weeks to see if that helped. In reading about DMSO here on this website I learned that it is very painful and could even do damage in the long run.
Elmiron is very expensive, even with my insurance it would be about 120.00 a month, and that is supposed to be for the rest of my life.
Now I am very confused. Will this condition get worse if I try to contol it naturally with diet and the other techniques, or does it require medications?
Has anybody been helped by DMSO? The cystoscope was very painful, I don't think I could go through that kind of pain again, especially if I had to hold it for 15-20 minutes.

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