DIANE104
04-26-2004, 09:14 AM
Hello everyone,
I am new, and very very glad I found you. Who knew, all this time this wonderful IC family was here to inspire, comfort, and support eachother. Your posts are amazing, I've been really touched by some of them. I wish so much I had found you sooner. Handling this alone has made me bitter and cynical, and I hate that.
My symptons got significantly worse three years ago after my son was born. I had been taking tylenol 3 for fifteen years, without relief-(Tried dmso, elmiron, and 5 hypergastric nerve blocks-) I didn't even know what a flare up was when I went to the emergency room one morning after a night of torture-I thought it must be a burst appendix to hurt this much- I was there for 12 hours!!! After a manual vaginal exam- I almost passed out, then a vaginal sonogram- I had to stop her in the middle of it, and every test known to mankind ($7000.00 worth) They concurred with me that it was just the IC, and said I was lucky, it could be worse, and sent me crawling out of the hospital.
Last week, I went the gyno to talk about maybe regulating my hormones, since I've read that they can affect IC- and during my routine exam, without even asking me or telling me he insersts this new birth control device, called nuvaring-said it would change my life, and I would love him for it. Well this triggered the worst flare up I've ever had. I spent all night trying to get the thing out-finally got it out the next day, and have been in bed ever since. I'm on methadone for pain which usually really helps, but not right now.
Nice to meet all of you. Hope I didn't go on too long- you are all amazing.
Diane
I am new, and very very glad I found you. Who knew, all this time this wonderful IC family was here to inspire, comfort, and support eachother. Your posts are amazing, I've been really touched by some of them. I wish so much I had found you sooner. Handling this alone has made me bitter and cynical, and I hate that.
My symptons got significantly worse three years ago after my son was born. I had been taking tylenol 3 for fifteen years, without relief-(Tried dmso, elmiron, and 5 hypergastric nerve blocks-) I didn't even know what a flare up was when I went to the emergency room one morning after a night of torture-I thought it must be a burst appendix to hurt this much- I was there for 12 hours!!! After a manual vaginal exam- I almost passed out, then a vaginal sonogram- I had to stop her in the middle of it, and every test known to mankind ($7000.00 worth) They concurred with me that it was just the IC, and said I was lucky, it could be worse, and sent me crawling out of the hospital.
Last week, I went the gyno to talk about maybe regulating my hormones, since I've read that they can affect IC- and during my routine exam, without even asking me or telling me he insersts this new birth control device, called nuvaring-said it would change my life, and I would love him for it. Well this triggered the worst flare up I've ever had. I spent all night trying to get the thing out-finally got it out the next day, and have been in bed ever since. I'm on methadone for pain which usually really helps, but not right now.
Nice to meet all of you. Hope I didn't go on too long- you are all amazing.
Diane