Easta
10-05-2007, 09:38 PM
I have just joined the list and would like to give you a little of my history and ask some questions.
I had a bad bout of cystitis 15 years ago after catheterisation post hysterectomy for fibroids. It took hefty doses of amoxycillin to clear it up but after it went I was free from all UTIs until two weeks ago when I underwent a rigid sigmoidoscopy. After this procedure the registrar helpfully wiped me from "back to front". As I have religiously always cleaned my perineal region after bms for 15 years I was not impressed to say the least!
The next day I felt some necessity to urinate more frequently than usual and immediately upped my fluid intake and took some bicarb. I went on holiday that day and on the following Tuesday visited a GP in my holiday town who gave a five day course of Trimethoprim.
Symptoms of frequency continued with some mild cramping over the pubic area but at no time has there been burning or blood in the urine.
Upon my return home I submitted a MSU to my GP although I was still taking the Trimethoprim at the time. This came back clear of infection. Last Wednesday I visited the doc again and the lady doctor did a MSU test in the surgery and then sent the sample in to the lab. She also took a vaginal swab. Both these came back clear yesterday.
I still want to pee more frequently than normal but still no burning or blood. I feel well in myself and full of energy. My question is this: Could the sigmoidoscopy procedure have somehow "jiggled" the bladder and urethra so that they are now on high alert? If so, I suppose it will just take time to settle them down. Or are the symptoms in any way typical of IC and, if so, why has it arisen now?
I would really appreciate your thoughts on this as you have a collective experience of bladder problems that no-one I know possesses!!
Best wishes to you all.
Pauline
I had a bad bout of cystitis 15 years ago after catheterisation post hysterectomy for fibroids. It took hefty doses of amoxycillin to clear it up but after it went I was free from all UTIs until two weeks ago when I underwent a rigid sigmoidoscopy. After this procedure the registrar helpfully wiped me from "back to front". As I have religiously always cleaned my perineal region after bms for 15 years I was not impressed to say the least!
The next day I felt some necessity to urinate more frequently than usual and immediately upped my fluid intake and took some bicarb. I went on holiday that day and on the following Tuesday visited a GP in my holiday town who gave a five day course of Trimethoprim.
Symptoms of frequency continued with some mild cramping over the pubic area but at no time has there been burning or blood in the urine.
Upon my return home I submitted a MSU to my GP although I was still taking the Trimethoprim at the time. This came back clear of infection. Last Wednesday I visited the doc again and the lady doctor did a MSU test in the surgery and then sent the sample in to the lab. She also took a vaginal swab. Both these came back clear yesterday.
I still want to pee more frequently than normal but still no burning or blood. I feel well in myself and full of energy. My question is this: Could the sigmoidoscopy procedure have somehow "jiggled" the bladder and urethra so that they are now on high alert? If so, I suppose it will just take time to settle them down. Or are the symptoms in any way typical of IC and, if so, why has it arisen now?
I would really appreciate your thoughts on this as you have a collective experience of bladder problems that no-one I know possesses!!
Best wishes to you all.
Pauline