emnmel8386
04-21-2004, 04:35 AM
Hello all, I just happened upon this site after reading an article on chronic pelvic pain and ICC at my gyno's office. It seems everyone is pretty up front and honest here, so I plan on doing the same when I share my situation with you all.
My problems began last summer after I took a bath in calgon (which I hadn't done in probably over 10 years) the next day i had burning beyond belief and eventually was bleeding out of the urethera once the stream ended (i used a mirror) I went to the dr and he put me on cipro which helped clear it up (the pain was unbelievable!!) However I have not been "right" ever since. I always feel a dull annoying pain in my left groin area - sometimes radiates to my left buttock, I have constant pain "down there" - my urethra opening especially and it actually is painful in the clitoral area (can i say that here?) I have been down the gyno route (just recently had a d&c for irregular periods last month) and sonograms and paps are all normal...
but as i mentioned before, I saw this magazine at the gyno office with a cover story on Chronic Pelvic Pain and ICC - after reading the article I immediately made an appt for a Urologist - I saw him two weeks ago - I gave a urine sample and he did say there was traces of blood in it - that same day I had a sono of my kidneys and another urine test to determine something about cells and cancer detection (??can anyone elaborate on that?) I have not heard back from him so i am assuming they were ok - I am scheduled to have a cystoscopy this monday which hopefully will give me some explanation for this ANNOYING pain I live with every day.. And the next day after sex?? PALEEZE!! I can't stand it anymore!! I've also never been one to drink alot of water and my urine stream is narrow - i feel relief beyond description when I take that over the counter medicine ( forget the name but i'm sure you all know what it is - the stuff that turns urine brownish/yellow) so I'm thinking to myself that maybe perhaps that bleeding that occurred back in the very beginning of my problems never fully healed and gets irritated every time i urinate? Although would that explain the dull ache in my lower abdomen/groin area? I'm actually very nervous because my father has 4 brothers, he and 2 of them have had prostate cancer, and another had bladder cancer (all have survived thank God) so the wheels in my head are spinning with thoughts along those lines (is there a correlation?) I am an otherwise healthy 39 year old that never had any problems prior to this.
I thank anyone who cares to comment on my post. oh, and one more thing, should I expect pain after this procedure and what should i request of my dr with regards to a prescription for it?
Pam
My problems began last summer after I took a bath in calgon (which I hadn't done in probably over 10 years) the next day i had burning beyond belief and eventually was bleeding out of the urethera once the stream ended (i used a mirror) I went to the dr and he put me on cipro which helped clear it up (the pain was unbelievable!!) However I have not been "right" ever since. I always feel a dull annoying pain in my left groin area - sometimes radiates to my left buttock, I have constant pain "down there" - my urethra opening especially and it actually is painful in the clitoral area (can i say that here?) I have been down the gyno route (just recently had a d&c for irregular periods last month) and sonograms and paps are all normal...
but as i mentioned before, I saw this magazine at the gyno office with a cover story on Chronic Pelvic Pain and ICC - after reading the article I immediately made an appt for a Urologist - I saw him two weeks ago - I gave a urine sample and he did say there was traces of blood in it - that same day I had a sono of my kidneys and another urine test to determine something about cells and cancer detection (??can anyone elaborate on that?) I have not heard back from him so i am assuming they were ok - I am scheduled to have a cystoscopy this monday which hopefully will give me some explanation for this ANNOYING pain I live with every day.. And the next day after sex?? PALEEZE!! I can't stand it anymore!! I've also never been one to drink alot of water and my urine stream is narrow - i feel relief beyond description when I take that over the counter medicine ( forget the name but i'm sure you all know what it is - the stuff that turns urine brownish/yellow) so I'm thinking to myself that maybe perhaps that bleeding that occurred back in the very beginning of my problems never fully healed and gets irritated every time i urinate? Although would that explain the dull ache in my lower abdomen/groin area? I'm actually very nervous because my father has 4 brothers, he and 2 of them have had prostate cancer, and another had bladder cancer (all have survived thank God) so the wheels in my head are spinning with thoughts along those lines (is there a correlation?) I am an otherwise healthy 39 year old that never had any problems prior to this.
I thank anyone who cares to comment on my post. oh, and one more thing, should I expect pain after this procedure and what should i request of my dr with regards to a prescription for it?
Pam