Let me give you a little background first. I am a 37 y/o male that has been having frequent urination for a few years that built up to a more urgent feeling and getting up two to three times a night. What finally made me get seen was one day at work we got tied up on a job and the urge got to be too much and I wet myself. To make a long story short I was treated for overactive bladder, BPH and prostatitis. After a change of meds that left me unable to urinate they showed me how to self cath till the meds wore off. Before I left the office I asked the NP if it was normal to still have the urge to urinate after being cathed and knowing I was empty. She sad no and that was when I was scheduled for my cycto with hydrodistention. That is when they told me I had IC. That was a week ago.
So some of my questions are: How normal is it to have this without any real pain? After the hydro, I am now having more of what I call discomfort rather then pain, how long will this last? Is the pain you guys feel a sharp pain or a feeling of spasms gone wild. I seem to have a lot of "spasms gone wild" if I go longer then about 2 hours without a bathroom trip. Also I get this feeling if I drive down a bumpy road and get thrown up and down. Also when I get to this point I find myself having the strong urge to go about every 15 to 20 minutes till things settle down. It has been so bad my wife said she could feel the spasms by laying her had on my lower belly. Is this just the early stages of IC? If it is, how much worse will it get? I am a firefighter and there are a lot of times where we go on a call and are gone for 2 or 3 hours. The way things are now I know this bathroom thing will be a problem.
Another question I have is Will thing like riding a lawn mower or atv cause this spasm feeling? I was trying to mow some today and the bouncing around got very uncomfortable and I had to stop after only an hour and a half. I also had to go urinate 4 times while I was trying to mow. Was it because of the IC or because of the hydro last week? Is it possible that the hydro has cause more symptoms of IC that will now by more of a problem?
Sorry to run on and on but I just have a ton of questions and I can only surf the internet so long without getting compleatly freaked out.
Thanks for any input and hope to hear from someone thats has been there and done that.
Rope
So some of my questions are: How normal is it to have this without any real pain? After the hydro, I am now having more of what I call discomfort rather then pain, how long will this last? Is the pain you guys feel a sharp pain or a feeling of spasms gone wild. I seem to have a lot of "spasms gone wild" if I go longer then about 2 hours without a bathroom trip. Also I get this feeling if I drive down a bumpy road and get thrown up and down. Also when I get to this point I find myself having the strong urge to go about every 15 to 20 minutes till things settle down. It has been so bad my wife said she could feel the spasms by laying her had on my lower belly. Is this just the early stages of IC? If it is, how much worse will it get? I am a firefighter and there are a lot of times where we go on a call and are gone for 2 or 3 hours. The way things are now I know this bathroom thing will be a problem.
Another question I have is Will thing like riding a lawn mower or atv cause this spasm feeling? I was trying to mow some today and the bouncing around got very uncomfortable and I had to stop after only an hour and a half. I also had to go urinate 4 times while I was trying to mow. Was it because of the IC or because of the hydro last week? Is it possible that the hydro has cause more symptoms of IC that will now by more of a problem?
Sorry to run on and on but I just have a ton of questions and I can only surf the internet so long without getting compleatly freaked out.
Thanks for any input and hope to hear from someone thats has been there and done that.
Rope
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