Evea
09-25-2004, 09:07 AM
I was diagonised with IC in Jan 2004. I have days where I have increased frequency and sometimes I will feel a "thumping" in my stomach, and then I will have a tugging in the vaginal area. I figure when I'm feeling these things it's a flare.
Yesterday was the worst I ever felt. I would go to the bathroom and for at least 10 min afterwards I would feel a burning in my vaginal area. By the time I got home from work I was in so much pain and I couldn't help but pee every ten minutes or so.
I called the hosptial and had my Uro paged. He called me back and I told him that I had burning after I peeded and my stomach felt tender. I was also beginning to feel that "thumping " feeling in my abdomen.
He said he felt like it was a bladder infection and he prescribed Cipro and those pills that make your pee turn organge. My huband went and got my meds and I took them right away. I layed with a heating pad on me and tried to fall asleep. It took about 4 hours for the burning to stop after I peed and today it feels ok. (I'm still taking the Cirpro --for 7 days--but I'm not taking those pills that turn my pee orange--I wanted to see if I still had the burning).
Do you think it was a flare or was I getting an infection?
This is all so new to me. I never had any infections before I was diagonised with IC. I just started to have frequency after my hyst. and my GYN, set me right aways to a URO so we could figure it out. For that I'm greatful--I didn't have to suffer for years like most of you have had to.
I would like your opinion on if it was an infection or a UTI. I just hope I never feel that way again!
Yesterday was the worst I ever felt. I would go to the bathroom and for at least 10 min afterwards I would feel a burning in my vaginal area. By the time I got home from work I was in so much pain and I couldn't help but pee every ten minutes or so.
I called the hosptial and had my Uro paged. He called me back and I told him that I had burning after I peeded and my stomach felt tender. I was also beginning to feel that "thumping " feeling in my abdomen.
He said he felt like it was a bladder infection and he prescribed Cipro and those pills that make your pee turn organge. My huband went and got my meds and I took them right away. I layed with a heating pad on me and tried to fall asleep. It took about 4 hours for the burning to stop after I peed and today it feels ok. (I'm still taking the Cirpro --for 7 days--but I'm not taking those pills that turn my pee orange--I wanted to see if I still had the burning).
Do you think it was a flare or was I getting an infection?
This is all so new to me. I never had any infections before I was diagonised with IC. I just started to have frequency after my hyst. and my GYN, set me right aways to a URO so we could figure it out. For that I'm greatful--I didn't have to suffer for years like most of you have had to.
I would like your opinion on if it was an infection or a UTI. I just hope I never feel that way again!