How Many Of You Have Ic Now After Abdomnal Surgeries

[sing_to_you]

VERY interesting, I have had (2) C sections, and then at 31 years old I had a parcel Hystorectomy cervix and uterus thaken out, and then 2 years ago I had another Hystorectomy, taking out the remaning tubes and overies, and then last December here my sigmoid colon removed, So yeah! I have had 5 ab surgery's done to me and I am 45 years old now. I think my Bladder has just had enough here, anyone else, I am curious, a few of the moderators have said that it happened to them this way, tell me what you think??

[poetgirl]

I had my gallbladder removed in '97 and my bladder "froze" up after surgery (the docs butchered me with the catheter -- they didn't know I had a stricture and it was pretty traumatic) and I have experienced problems ever since.

[vm]

My IC started one month after my second c-section....

[Dixiefireball]

on my bladder before ic i had two surgerys before age one then another surgery where they cut into my bladder at age nine. I have always had alot of true infection.:( I have no idea how long i have truely had IC but my doctor found it June 2001. he expected it the very first day i seen him and done some test then he was sure i had it but to be safe he went into my bladder and looked at that time i had sev. IC which 6-9 mths later he went back into my bladder and looked again because of sev. pain and my ic had became chornic at that point. I has also never heard of ic before he said i had it so all of this was a shock to me.
i feel my ic is because of those surgery and uti infection.
sending you all hugs and prayers
Rhonda:kiss:

[Sandy N.]

I have had 6 abdominal surgeries including one where they tacked up my bladder and the doctor told my husband that he nicked the bladd. This was two years before being diagnosed with IC..Interesting.. Sandy N.

[gypsyjoy]

I had a bladder prolapes. The dr. went it and put it back were it belonged and did a hystorectomy ( leaving my overies). I was having symptoms of IC before the surgery and thought it was the prolapse that was causing the trouble.........NOT. That was back in 2001 and it has been down hill from there.
JOY

[JAMIEL]

My IC started after I had an ovarian cyst removed with laproscopic surgery. My surgery was Nov 7, 2003, my symptoms started after than & I was diagnosed Jan 2, 2004!!!! I am assuming there is a connection but of course my docs have no way to tell me for sure!!!!

[holles]

had an abdominal injury (puncture wounds right above the pubic bone) when i was a kid. dont' know if that had anything to do with it. just a thought though.

had laparoscopic surgery to remove endometriosis in '02. couldn't urinate for a day after, and had to be cathed a few times. developed urgency and frequency right after that, but my thyroid also went hyper, so it could have been related to that.

did depot lupron in spring '03, and that's when the big problems started. cystoscopy showed IC.

could have been the injury, could have been the surgery, could have been the caths, could have been the estrogen loss during lupron. no one really knows.

[Lyn40]

-I had a laparascopy & 2nd incision to remove ovarian cyst/appendix in 1979.
-1986 & 1988 vaginal deliveries; nocturnal IC symptoms started shortly after that
-2000 full blown IC symptoms began
-2001 laparascopy (made IC worse)

Lyn

[Traysmum]

I have been diagnosed with IC but haven't had abdominal surgery. I have had a laporoscopy, but I was already having symptoms of IC before the procedure.

Anne

[shellby]

I also had abd surgery.
But I also had a lot of stress at that time. I was the onlyone working in my home. because my husban was in a bad mva and was out of work for 5yrs. And know that Im out of work he is does
not like it at all. So Iam working PRN at the hospital from 2qm till 7am and it is still not enought. But I think my was caused from STRESS. SHELL

[aprjax]

I had a c-section in 97 and gallbladder removed in 98 and I swear it has been one problem after another with my body. It's like you just don't get completely back on track after surgery. Go figure....

[ICNDonna]

I developed IC following an abdominal hysterectomy.

Donna

[Iris]

I had several abdominal surgeries, but that was at the same time I was diagnosed with IC. I did have to have an emergecny D and C years ago when I had a miscarriage with my second child. Iris.:hmm: :flower:

[rjyoon]

I had never had surgery when my IC started.

[trytofight920]

October 2001 - tubal

Jan 6, 2003 - LAVHysterectomy

Jan 21, 2003 - Vaginal Hematoma developed - drained

Feb 21, 2003 - Right Ovary and Tube Removed

March 27, 2003 - Left Ovary and Tube Removed

Up until all that, I have only had 1 UTI. Therefore, I am CERTAIN that my IC was caused by the surgeries. . . . if only I could prove it.

Sandy

[sing_to_you]

For sure! that is the way I am starting to think, after hearing all the replies back from all you ladies and after having the 5 surgies myself, and then the IC hiting me! this is just to crazy!!!
sing_to_you

[stacyann_1]

Developed IC after a D&C for a miscarriage this past April.

[Hope]

Oh this is always such a tricky question. A great question but tricky, I think, because it is likely that IC has multiple sources or triggers. I had no history of UTI's or any bladder problems until after I delivered my son. Sometimes I think it was triggered during a D&C for a miscarriage I had between the birth of my daughter and then my son. They overextended my bladder and couldn't get the cath in for awhile after the procedure. Then I think that it happened because I took too much motrin for afterbirth pains after my son's birth.

BUT.... it is likely that my 11 year old daughter has ic. All the sx's, mostly in response to certain foods. We see uro next month. My daughter has had no abdominal injuries, surgeries or uti's.

Who knows??

Hope :cat:

[steph4308]

I had a ureteral reimplantation (reimplant ureters on bladder because of reflux) when I was 2. IC started when I was 23.

[izardsue]

I also had a total hysterectomy in 1999, right after surgery noticed something was very wrong with my bladder. This went undiagnosed until March 2004 then dx with IC. I also had severe Endometriosis, have also heard that maybe there is a connection.

[blondiecat]

I've had 3 major surgries. When I was 26 I had the uterus and cervix removed(1989). The next year my tubes and ovaries were removed. In (1992) a growth was removed from my bladder. The dr said it was ovarian tissue that had attached itself to my bladder and was growing.

I was admited into the hospital for a severe kidney infection in 1996. That was a week long hospital stay, that infection almost killed me. Every since then I have had the reoccurring infections and pain ranging from mild to severe in my pelvic area. I wasn't diagonsed with IC until 8/16/04. There wre several drs that told me my pain was all in my head and I needed to see a shrink. Wow go fiqure :rolleyes: there is visable blood in my urine on any given day but it's all in my head :cussing:

[Angela boyer]

I to Had c section 1978 lots of bladder infections after that . my uro asked if I had a c section when I had my first viset befor my exam??? then had lots of problems 1999 was told I have IC DR. said I had it for about 5 years befor he diagenose me.also have had cist removed 2 years ago now they want to do a hysterectomy but want to leave my ovaries .the pain is really makeing life and work hard to deal with scared to have the hysterectomy.

[janetm]

My IC started right after a vaginal hysterectomy.

[Mel53H]

I had c-section in 1978 and in 1982.
Ovary,cyst,and appendix removed in 1990
Vaginal hysterectomy in 1993 because of a prolapsed uterus.
I noticed some pain in my bladder after the hysterectomy and went to a URO way back then. He stretched my uretha and I did not have any trouble until I started getting UTI's (or I thought)in 2001. The pain really became intense just recently.

Interesting..........

Mel53H

[marym]

Immediately upon awakening from a lumpectomy to my left breast in April, 2003, I had urethral burning and irritation. I was not cathed during the procedure. So,....

I was cathed by a urologist and when I complained of intense pain, he cathed me twice more without any anesthesia. It hurt so much. He did not diagnose me and I went on a merry-go-round of doctors until I was finally diagnosed by a gyn-female urologist. It was such a relief to be diagnosed.

Recently, I connected the fact that I had hip pain after the surgery, along with the IC and that they might have had the same origin. I think that I must have had some kind of trauma/injury to my back during the surgery. I already had chronic back pain and I think that they must NOT have elevated my knees (to ease stress to my back) and, along with the fact that it is very cold in the OR, that stress/trauma/cold brought on IC.

[shennan]

i took tegretol. i got the ic symptoms during the four months that i was on this crappo medicine.... :cussing:

:)
shenna

[green_the_fish]

I've never had any surgery. Interesting theory, however.

[jibbajabba317]

Yes I Do Believe There Is A Connection Between Surgeries.i Read Somewhere (i Wish I Would Of Saved It) ,that After Having Surgeries That You Start To Have Problems W/utetra.i My Self Have Had 6 Surgeries Including Hysterectomy.and Now This Comes Along So I Would Say Yes,and Am Going To Se If I Can Find Whre I Read That At............god Bless

[Queensweater]

I had a laparoscopy for endometriosis in April 2003, and was pain free until January 2004 when the pain came back with a vengeance. :yikes: So up until a month ago I was beign treated for endo but nothing was working. It was at that time my urogyne suggested I have a cystoscopy, and in my follow-up last week he confirmed I have IC.

[green_the_fish]

Hey ladies, I was surfing the net for IC info and found this tidbit:

Bladder injury occurs in 4-14% of women undergoing Cesarean section.
-http://www.urologyinstitute.com/html/female_urology.html

Yikes! :yikes:

[Mel53H]

Good article! I had two c-sections. Usually during a c-section they take your bladder out to deliver the baby, or use an instrument to get it out of the way.

Poor bladder!

[panama ann]

My surgeries were about 18 years ago--laproscopy, then hysterectomy including the tacking up of my bladder. It took a number of months before my pain went away after that surgery...my doctor could not explain why I had pain. Over the years that followed I had a few UTI's that seemed to be harder and harder to get over each time.

[dyana]

My Ic started about 1 week after my c-section.

[CareBear]

I have been put under and cut up 6 times. The pelvic pain started sometime after the first surgery, but wasn't diagnosed with IC for 12 years and at the sixth surgery.

Yucky!!!!!!

Cari

[JenG]

That is a very interesting question. I often wonder if my two c-sections had any effect on my bladder. I also had an abdominal hysterectomy last year, but my IC symptoms really started getting worse about a year before that. It is sort of like a chicken or the egg question, because I think a lot of the problems I was having before my pregnancies, like my bladder problems and the pelvic floor disfunction, may have led to the necessity of having my c-sections. The doctors could never figure out why I couldn't deliver vaginally. :confused:
Jen G

[jibbajabba317]

Hi,
I have had 6 operations also ,First 1,I was 23 years ago and then the others followed over the years.Then at the age of 44 I noticed the burning feeling in my pelvic area about 4 yrs ago and i think finally they found it was the ic causing this knawing,burning pain that was absolutley driving me crazy.And yes i really believe that from the operations has cause a lot of this.In my situation one operation laste for 8 hrs and 10 minutes ,which cause my organs to go what they called into a shock,then i had to wear a bag that came from my bladder for 6-8 weeks until my organs came out of shock.Thats how it was explained to me,so i think with a lot of these operations your organs get moved around and we end up with more health issues.
:headbang: .........

[carolynyeo]

no surgeries still IC yuck!!!

[hkaci75]

I also had alot of abdominal surgeries appendicitis,laperoscopies for all different reasons,ovary repaired, overy removed and now the latest 11/11/04 hysterectomy because when my dr sent me to obgyn because she thought i might have IC and she thought it was an infection that also spread to your pelvic region so she thought tying my tubes off would help stop th einfection to pelvic area anyways obgyn said he did not think that was the problem and need to do hysterecyomy with my hystery, was having symptoms of IC for three years before hysterectony and now the symptoms are 3 fold and getting worse and more dibilitating every day

YES there is a great corro;ation with abdominal surgery at least I KNOW there was with mine still no drs no anything about it so now they have no idea what to do while I suffer!!
hkaci75