First off, my name is Lesley and this is my first post. I'm 25 years old and live in Nashville, Tennessee. I have not been diagnosed with IC.
I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn't struggle with kidney/bladder/uti infections. I guess they started when I was around 11. For the first 8 or 9 years, I would get an infection at least 5-6 times a year. Over these last 6-7 years, I get them at least 3 times a year. I've been hospitalized 3 times due to uti's or infections. I never had the normal symptoms as far as these infections were concerned. It never hurt when I peed and the frequency was never amped up. When I have and infection, I get fever, chills, and vomitting.
Lately, however, I have started having episodes of extremely painful urination. It stings right towards the end of my stream, then continues for hours afterwards. I would usually just take cranberry pills and drink water, the burning would stop in a couple of days. The last instance of burning, however, occurred right after I had been diagnosed with a kidney infection. I was afraid my course of antibiotics hadn't worked, so I went back to my dr. He did another urinalysis and everything was fine. So, he mentioned ic and send me to a urologist.
I went to the urologist this last Monday, the 11. He examined my bladder manually, and told me he wanted to perform a cystoscopy, hydrodistention, bladder biopsy and ct scan while I was under general anesthesia. He told me that this might give us answers as to why I get infections so often and what we can do to make them stop.
My surgery is sceduled for next Thursday, the 21; a week from today. I feel scared, but also guilty? I feel like maybe I'm doing something that I don't really need. I'm terrified that I'm going to go through this ordeal and nothing is going to be resolved..no questions are going to be answered. I'm scared all of this will be for nothing, thus making me feel even worse.
I don't quite know what I want from this community. Validation? Comradery? No clue. I'm just so scared that I'm making the wrong decision and going through and unnecessary procedure.
Can everyone tell me their thoughts? Maybe what to expect next Thursday? Should I go through with this?
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this and letting me vent a little!
I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn't struggle with kidney/bladder/uti infections. I guess they started when I was around 11. For the first 8 or 9 years, I would get an infection at least 5-6 times a year. Over these last 6-7 years, I get them at least 3 times a year. I've been hospitalized 3 times due to uti's or infections. I never had the normal symptoms as far as these infections were concerned. It never hurt when I peed and the frequency was never amped up. When I have and infection, I get fever, chills, and vomitting.
Lately, however, I have started having episodes of extremely painful urination. It stings right towards the end of my stream, then continues for hours afterwards. I would usually just take cranberry pills and drink water, the burning would stop in a couple of days. The last instance of burning, however, occurred right after I had been diagnosed with a kidney infection. I was afraid my course of antibiotics hadn't worked, so I went back to my dr. He did another urinalysis and everything was fine. So, he mentioned ic and send me to a urologist.
I went to the urologist this last Monday, the 11. He examined my bladder manually, and told me he wanted to perform a cystoscopy, hydrodistention, bladder biopsy and ct scan while I was under general anesthesia. He told me that this might give us answers as to why I get infections so often and what we can do to make them stop.
My surgery is sceduled for next Thursday, the 21; a week from today. I feel scared, but also guilty? I feel like maybe I'm doing something that I don't really need. I'm terrified that I'm going to go through this ordeal and nothing is going to be resolved..no questions are going to be answered. I'm scared all of this will be for nothing, thus making me feel even worse.
I don't quite know what I want from this community. Validation? Comradery? No clue. I'm just so scared that I'm making the wrong decision and going through and unnecessary procedure.
Can everyone tell me their thoughts? Maybe what to expect next Thursday? Should I go through with this?
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this and letting me vent a little!
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