Living with Interstitial Cystitis

July 2007

• ic patient - by E.L. - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
  The ic symptoms started very hard and painful like two years ago. I was in emergency every month with pain and infection, the doctors did all kind of studies of my kidneys and they were ok. [more..]
• I have had problems with my bladder for almost a year now - by JLA - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
  I have had problems with my bladder for almost a year now. For months i was seeing the Doctor for bladder infections and they keep on giving me antibiotics until I eventually went to the hospital and the doctor told me I didn’t have a bladder infection and told me to be referred to an urologist [more..]
• Bladder irritation - Water Quality. - by Chris - (Thu, Jul 26 2007)
  I have found that drinking distilled water does not irritate my bladder. Hard water, on the other hand, is so irritating that I know when the first drop enters my bladder. I have also found that fish oil suppliments can also be irritating. [more..]
• a hell of a life - by r - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
  this is going to be 3 years wiyh i.c. [interstitial cystitis]. Like every body else i didn’t know what it was. Took me 3 urologist in 10 months to find out that i had interstitial cystitis. One day i just wake up like that and since that day its been like that, some days better than others. [more..]
• Improper Diagnoses until IC Discovered - by Ruth - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
  I have had bladder problems since I was in grade school, and I’m 26 now. I had been to urologists in the past and all they told me after much testing was I had an overactive bladder Medications didn’t work and I had lost all hope. [more..]