bunni29
02-09-2004, 10:03 AM
Hi friends:
I had a cysto done 2 years ago with no hydro...my choice on the no hydro....
But, my urologist came to the conclusion that I have IC -mild based on my symptoms....frequent urination and bladder pressure.......no infection and microscopic blood in urine.
She offered me Elmiron and Elavil, but I said no I wanted to try and heal my body naturally.......
So it's been 2 years and I feel that I've really gotten better. watching what I eat, I do yoga and I go to a massage therapist.......
I do still flare on and off....but nothing like it used to be....it has gotten so much better...and I just stopped the birth control pill after 12+ years.........
My question is:......could I be hurting my bladder not going on medicine?
I just have heard so many stories of the hydrodistension being very controversial.....some say yes to get it and some say no..........so I didn't.....
I guess in the back of my mind, I"m always wondering....is that really what I have?
But, what else could it be????
Anybody else here just have the cysto -no hydro and gone the natural route?
I want to have children in the next year or so, so I really don't want to get on any medicine....
I just had sex though for the first time in 3 months and used Trojan -extra strength....lubricated --no spermicide and I'm in a terribe terrible flare...
So now I"m back at square one....I felt like I was in remission for over a year and now I have extreme frequency and pressure......
My husband said he could not feel anything during sex due to the condom....so I got on top and he could feel it better, but we did it for a longer time and since I was on top it was going deeper .....
and now I'm flared bad bad....like I used to be 2 years ago.....I feel that my remission is gone...
I'm so sad and upset about my bladder and SEX.....
thanks for listening friends
bunni
I had a cysto done 2 years ago with no hydro...my choice on the no hydro....
But, my urologist came to the conclusion that I have IC -mild based on my symptoms....frequent urination and bladder pressure.......no infection and microscopic blood in urine.
She offered me Elmiron and Elavil, but I said no I wanted to try and heal my body naturally.......
So it's been 2 years and I feel that I've really gotten better. watching what I eat, I do yoga and I go to a massage therapist.......
I do still flare on and off....but nothing like it used to be....it has gotten so much better...and I just stopped the birth control pill after 12+ years.........
My question is:......could I be hurting my bladder not going on medicine?
I just have heard so many stories of the hydrodistension being very controversial.....some say yes to get it and some say no..........so I didn't.....
I guess in the back of my mind, I"m always wondering....is that really what I have?
But, what else could it be????
Anybody else here just have the cysto -no hydro and gone the natural route?
I want to have children in the next year or so, so I really don't want to get on any medicine....
I just had sex though for the first time in 3 months and used Trojan -extra strength....lubricated --no spermicide and I'm in a terribe terrible flare...
So now I"m back at square one....I felt like I was in remission for over a year and now I have extreme frequency and pressure......
My husband said he could not feel anything during sex due to the condom....so I got on top and he could feel it better, but we did it for a longer time and since I was on top it was going deeper .....
and now I'm flared bad bad....like I used to be 2 years ago.....I feel that my remission is gone...
I'm so sad and upset about my bladder and SEX.....
thanks for listening friends
bunni