theclownster
04-11-2008, 07:12 PM
Hi everyone! I had a bit of a flare this week, but seem to be doing better now. I'm not sure why I didn't post this when I was in the midst of peeing every 15 minutes on Tuesday. I guess I don't start threads too often and didn't want anyone to feel sorry for me as I really think I have a milder case of IC than most on here. I do have a back up "rescue medication" (as I call it) that I use when I'm in a flare - Prosed DS. I only use it when I'm desperate. Sometimes I use Pyridium Plus - but the last time I saw my uro he gave me Prosed DS samples- which I think I prefer over the pyridium. I think it helped bring my symptoms down to a more reasonable level. I had quite a bit of pressure and this "very urgent oh my gosh I'm going to pee my pants" feeling often on Tuesday and a bit on Wednesday. The weird thing was, when I'd get to the toilet, I actually peed a lot with a very steady stream (not like usual). It was just rather annoying that I had to go like every 15 minutes to a half hour. After a while the pressure was a bit painful.
On Wednesday I woke up exhausted and my bladder was still irritated, so I stayed home from work. I slept a lot. I called my urologist's office to let them know I was in a small flare and taking the Prosed DS samples but that I only had enough samples to get me through to Thursday. My doctor wasn't in the office, but another doctor authorized them to call me in a prescription. They were very nice about it and when the lady from the office called me back, she told me the Dr. even gave me a refill on it. I took my last dose of prosed on Thursday late afternoon. I decided I would let it wear off and see if I would be okay without it. So far, I seem to be doing okay. I'm just still feeling really really tired.
I'm hoping to have a good weekend with very minimal discomfort. I consider myself lucky because I think this was a pretty mild flare (all things considered). I know there are so many IC'er's who experience so much more pain and discomfort during flares than this one was for me. I really admire all of you for all that you endure.
Thanks for listening,
Jennifer
On Wednesday I woke up exhausted and my bladder was still irritated, so I stayed home from work. I slept a lot. I called my urologist's office to let them know I was in a small flare and taking the Prosed DS samples but that I only had enough samples to get me through to Thursday. My doctor wasn't in the office, but another doctor authorized them to call me in a prescription. They were very nice about it and when the lady from the office called me back, she told me the Dr. even gave me a refill on it. I took my last dose of prosed on Thursday late afternoon. I decided I would let it wear off and see if I would be okay without it. So far, I seem to be doing okay. I'm just still feeling really really tired.
I'm hoping to have a good weekend with very minimal discomfort. I consider myself lucky because I think this was a pretty mild flare (all things considered). I know there are so many IC'er's who experience so much more pain and discomfort during flares than this one was for me. I really admire all of you for all that you endure.
Thanks for listening,
Jennifer