StayySayy
06-21-2009, 02:55 PM
Hello everyone,
My name is Stacey and I am 18 years old. I don't even know where to start so I guess I will start with where it all began..
After my period about 5 or 6 months ago I thought I had a UTI.. I knew what they felt like from having them when I was younger so I called my doctor and asked him to call me in some medication seeing that I was away at the time. My doctor called in the medication for me and it all seemed to go away in a matter of 4 or 5 days. My next period came along and WAM again I thought I had another UTI.. seeing that I was away yet again I bought one of those home testing kits so my doctor didn't think I was crazy and it came up positive.. so he gave me more medication but this time it just wouldn't go away. I called my doctor back and asked him what was wrong with me and he told me he would put me on medication for a Yeast infection so I took that and the pain went away again. This happened one more time before I was sent to a urologist. I was told I have IC about 2 or 3 months go by the urologist but he didn't do anything but do an ultra-sound to see if my bladder was empty, told me to follow the diet and call him if I wasn't feeling better. He made me feel so uncomfortable so I went back to my doctor and asked him if it was possible I had IC.. he told me he would send me to another urologist. I went to my dad's urologist and he was a lot nicer and carrying. He put me on a long dosage of antibiotics to make sure I didn't have a deep infection before jumping right into thinking I have IC. The medication wasn't working so I called him back crying the day I got my period again because the pain was worse than ever... he called in prydium for me and it worked wonders! I went in the next day and he told me I needed to get my urethra and bladder stretched... (I wasn't surprised about my urethra because bother my grandma and aunt had to as well when they were younger) When he went in he found that my urethra was very narrow and when he stretched my bladder it bled which I was told was a sign of IC. I am now on the IC diet.. well if you want to call it that and I have been feeling pretty good... I am not sure what I'm doing to make myself feel good but I am.
I am so confused and scared.. I have been reading posts on here I figured I should just join in..
I'm sorry my post is so long! I hope to get to know most of you and I hope I am some help in the future as to you all have been to me.
God bless!
Stacey
My name is Stacey and I am 18 years old. I don't even know where to start so I guess I will start with where it all began..
After my period about 5 or 6 months ago I thought I had a UTI.. I knew what they felt like from having them when I was younger so I called my doctor and asked him to call me in some medication seeing that I was away at the time. My doctor called in the medication for me and it all seemed to go away in a matter of 4 or 5 days. My next period came along and WAM again I thought I had another UTI.. seeing that I was away yet again I bought one of those home testing kits so my doctor didn't think I was crazy and it came up positive.. so he gave me more medication but this time it just wouldn't go away. I called my doctor back and asked him what was wrong with me and he told me he would put me on medication for a Yeast infection so I took that and the pain went away again. This happened one more time before I was sent to a urologist. I was told I have IC about 2 or 3 months go by the urologist but he didn't do anything but do an ultra-sound to see if my bladder was empty, told me to follow the diet and call him if I wasn't feeling better. He made me feel so uncomfortable so I went back to my doctor and asked him if it was possible I had IC.. he told me he would send me to another urologist. I went to my dad's urologist and he was a lot nicer and carrying. He put me on a long dosage of antibiotics to make sure I didn't have a deep infection before jumping right into thinking I have IC. The medication wasn't working so I called him back crying the day I got my period again because the pain was worse than ever... he called in prydium for me and it worked wonders! I went in the next day and he told me I needed to get my urethra and bladder stretched... (I wasn't surprised about my urethra because bother my grandma and aunt had to as well when they were younger) When he went in he found that my urethra was very narrow and when he stretched my bladder it bled which I was told was a sign of IC. I am now on the IC diet.. well if you want to call it that and I have been feeling pretty good... I am not sure what I'm doing to make myself feel good but I am.
I am so confused and scared.. I have been reading posts on here I figured I should just join in..
I'm sorry my post is so long! I hope to get to know most of you and I hope I am some help in the future as to you all have been to me.
God bless!
Stacey