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bunim
06-22-2008, 05:48 AM
Greetings All!
My IC is related to a back injury suffered in 02 which was corrected with surgery almost a year ago. After many visit with my gyn it wasn't until the fall of 06' when he sent me to a urologist who figured out all my drama was IC related. Since I only had issues after the 5 times a yr I have sex I thought it was gyn related.
Post surgery I feel great! Eating and drinking what I wanted I thought my IC days were behind me. 4 weeks ago IC came back during a bout of depression and the 1st sexual moment I've had post surgery(it felt like torture and had to stop) every week since I feel I'm getting worse! Last week I had a gyn exam with sonogram which sent me screaming off the exam table followed by the same ligering pain I have after sex.
I feel like I'm going crazy looking for answers and pain relief again. This morning I started back with Cysta-Q(much cheaper on e-bay)marshmellow root tea and cornsilk tea at my worst before surgery this trio greatly helped me. Although this time baking soda and water did not, in the past it was a quick pain reliever.
I'm 32, single and haven't had sex without issue in years! Next week the love of my life is visting, the way I feel at this moment I almost don't want him to come. Nobody in my life understands this when I talk about IC but I know you do. I greatly appreciate any advice you can offer.

Briza
06-22-2008, 06:35 AM
Hi and welcome :hi:
Glad you found us! I'm sorry for your IC diagnosis... you'll find a lot of support and info here!
A lot of us w/ IC have painful sex and have suffered some long flares afterwards...but most of us do get the point where it is less bothersome or not painful at a all, with a few tricks here and there:)
You may want to look into Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Vulvodynia...ICers sometimes have one or both of these conditions, which make sex and gyn exams all that much worse. If you are dealing with either of those, appropriate treatment, usually by your gyn, can give you much relief!
Best wishes, Bri:)

bunim
06-22-2008, 06:56 AM
Thank you for responding.
I will looking into your advice as I plan to greet my doc at his office tomorrow morning!

amartaingirl
06-22-2008, 08:40 AM
sometimes..i flare after sex
its not all the time.


but i find the ALOE VERA pills help...heating pad
and if its particular lengthy...i take a macrobid antibotic after sex to prevent uti

bunim
06-23-2008, 02:30 AM
I'm so thankful for all your advice!
I have experience some relief based on my own remedy but I'm still going back to Doc today. After the suggestion that it may also be Pelivic floor Dysfunction I did some reasearch and I found that all the markers point to me also having this condition along with IC.
My remedy may be helpful to someone: Cysta-q 2pills 4x daily, marshmello root pills 1 3x daily, cornsilk tea 3 cups daily, Valium 2mg 3x daily and Lyrica 1 3x daily plus my heating pad.