Had to skip work today... Advice?

[peppa_minto]

:help::help:So I was diagnoses a year ago and at the time my frequency and urgency was so bad I was going up to 4 times and hour... Ever since then I have been on Elmiron and it was only getting better and better. I wanted to improve even more so I quit drinking soda completely. For about a month i was doing SO well... All of a sudden... It goes down hill and I dont know what I did. I mean, I was never doing as well as I hoped I could. I wanna try something more. I am waiting on some cystoprotek in the mail. I called my doctor to tell him I intend to begin taking cystoprotek but now I am thinking maybe I should ask for something else :-( vesicare didnt really help me. idk what to do. I need advice. I cant afford to skip work, but I am a cashier at a grocery store and it is difficult to leave to go to the bathroom for a couple hours at a time. :help::help: I hate when I feel like crying over this. I dont like feeling like IC is beating me, especially since I feel like I should consider myself lucky that it isnt much worse.

[DukeNukem]

I had to go on short term dis for 2 months...and im out here and there and when im in im at unnarmed status because of the 8 different meds im on, I would be lying if I said I wasnt a bit nervous about losing my job/career. At this point though I just want releif and to be able to live some sort of a normal life...not very hopeful though.

[ICNDonna]

Since you mentioned recently giving up soda, I will ask if you're following an IC diet. You'll find the link to printable food lists in my signature below.

Warm hugs,
Donna

[peppa_minto]

Honestly not as closely as I should, but if anything in the last couple months I have been doing better as far as the diet goes.