cmp98
10-08-2009, 11:44 AM
Hello everyone-
I'm new to ICN, and to IC in particular. I am so glad to have found this site, as it has given me so much information and a better understanding of what I might have (I have not been diagnosed yet).
I am a 42 year old woman and up to last year, had never had a UTI. It was the worst pain I ever had, and I went to the doctor and was put on antibiotics, and the infection cleared. Everything was fine until this year, around Mother's Day, when I developed the same symptoms. I went to the doctor and they found bacteria in my urine, and prescribed Bactrim. Took the Bactrim for a few days but no relief, so was switched to Levaquin. Seemed to help except that just as I was finishing the meds, the symptoms re-appeared - this time with pain in my kidneys. Doctor diagnosed a kidney infection and another round of Levaquin. The kidney infection was horrible, and I missed several days of work due to the extreme fatigue and pain. The Levaquin cleared it up, but ever since, every month or so, I experience symptoms of burning and pressure in my pelvic area, and what seem to be spasms in my bladder. I urinate frequently, but no urgency or burning during urination, but I've always been a water drinker, so I'm not sure how much of that is attributed to the water, or whatever is going on. I sometimes have severe burning if I am sitting for long periods of time. I have returned to the doctor if the symptoms increased and each time no bacteria. I finally made an appointment with a urologist who recommended a renal ultrasound - came back fine. Went a few more months without symptoms, then last week, I started having really bad symptoms of burning and pelvic pressure again. Back to the urologist, and he wants to do a cystoscopy. I've scheduled it for next week, just to rule out anything else. With all of the research I've done on this, it sounds like IC. Would appreciate any comments or advice from those who have gone this route before me - its a very frustrating situation and I am concerned about the cystoscopy, even though I think I will feel relieved if that checks out ok.
Thanks for your time in reading my post - everyone seems so very nice on here and I'm hoping to figure this out.
:help:
I'm new to ICN, and to IC in particular. I am so glad to have found this site, as it has given me so much information and a better understanding of what I might have (I have not been diagnosed yet).
I am a 42 year old woman and up to last year, had never had a UTI. It was the worst pain I ever had, and I went to the doctor and was put on antibiotics, and the infection cleared. Everything was fine until this year, around Mother's Day, when I developed the same symptoms. I went to the doctor and they found bacteria in my urine, and prescribed Bactrim. Took the Bactrim for a few days but no relief, so was switched to Levaquin. Seemed to help except that just as I was finishing the meds, the symptoms re-appeared - this time with pain in my kidneys. Doctor diagnosed a kidney infection and another round of Levaquin. The kidney infection was horrible, and I missed several days of work due to the extreme fatigue and pain. The Levaquin cleared it up, but ever since, every month or so, I experience symptoms of burning and pressure in my pelvic area, and what seem to be spasms in my bladder. I urinate frequently, but no urgency or burning during urination, but I've always been a water drinker, so I'm not sure how much of that is attributed to the water, or whatever is going on. I sometimes have severe burning if I am sitting for long periods of time. I have returned to the doctor if the symptoms increased and each time no bacteria. I finally made an appointment with a urologist who recommended a renal ultrasound - came back fine. Went a few more months without symptoms, then last week, I started having really bad symptoms of burning and pelvic pressure again. Back to the urologist, and he wants to do a cystoscopy. I've scheduled it for next week, just to rule out anything else. With all of the research I've done on this, it sounds like IC. Would appreciate any comments or advice from those who have gone this route before me - its a very frustrating situation and I am concerned about the cystoscopy, even though I think I will feel relieved if that checks out ok.
Thanks for your time in reading my post - everyone seems so very nice on here and I'm hoping to figure this out.
:help: