I am having a major flare right now and I need some advice. I would normally would call my doctors office but it's the weekend so I am going to have to wait till Monday which seems like an eternity when my urethra is on fire and my pelvic pain is bad. I follow the diet and use lydocaine gel but the problem is I'm not supposed to put on the lydocaine too much because too much of it can lead to serious side effects and I already used it once today. I am having serious burning in my urethra, urgency, and bad pelvic pain. I have pain meds but they normally don't help with the burning. Please give me some suggestions and anything that I could mention to my doctor on Monday. I am not really into alternative meds and heat/ice isn't helping. What do you take for the burning? Also I take prosed and it isn't working either. Please please help.
Thanks,
Jessica
Take: elmiron 2twice a day
Cymbalta once a day
Prosed ds as needed
Lydocaine gel as needed
Tramadol as needed
Oxycodone as needed
Orthro Evra Patch continuously because periods make my flares worse
Diagnosed with severe IC April 2011
Suffered for 8 years without a diagnoses
I'm 23 and have always had issues but when I was 16 things got much worse. I saw urologists, pediatricians, and gynecologists and nobody had any answers it was either in my head or an infection. Finally found a wonderful doctor who diagnosed me with IC.
Thanks,
Jessica
Take: elmiron 2twice a day
Cymbalta once a day
Prosed ds as needed
Lydocaine gel as needed
Tramadol as needed
Oxycodone as needed
Orthro Evra Patch continuously because periods make my flares worse
Diagnosed with severe IC April 2011
Suffered for 8 years without a diagnoses
I'm 23 and have always had issues but when I was 16 things got much worse. I saw urologists, pediatricians, and gynecologists and nobody had any answers it was either in my head or an infection. Finally found a wonderful doctor who diagnosed me with IC.
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