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Mel53H
09-12-2004, 08:01 PM
Hi all!

I have recently been diagnosed with IC by my doctor. He is sending me to The Uroligist at the end of this month. He has put me on, what I have read, are the standard meds, Elavil and Elmiron. They have seemed to be helping me a bit until yesterday(Sat) I had such a bad episode of the bladder pain that I called an ambulance. I got some relief from the pain after four different shots of morphine. It was nuts! They said I did have a bladder infection (this time). The doctor said I had a lot of bacteria in my urine. He said that it is rare to have a baldder infection with the IC. All my other tests came back neg. They also took a culture and I am curious what that turns out. All my other cultures have come back neg.

I am kind of down in the dumps, because I also have asthma/emphasema or COPD. The IC just adds to it.

Mel

kelly McC
09-13-2004, 12:13 AM
Hi and welcome,
Sorry you had to go to the hospital . It sounds like the hospital you went to was knowledgeable in IC thats great.
Here is a link to the handbook
http://www.ic-network.com/handbook/ .
Good luck with your treatment,
Kelly

vm
09-13-2004, 12:17 AM
Glad your doc seems so on top of things. :) I don't know that it's all that rare to have a UTI on top of IC - I am highly prone to them and I know some other gals here are, too. So glad you went to the ER so you can get that UTI under control.

Welcome to the boards. Sounds like you are on the right path. :)

Sarojini
09-13-2004, 01:41 AM
:welcome: to the ICN! I'm so sorry you had to go to the dreaded ER this weekend, but in this case, I'm glad you did... you need to get that UTI under control. Like Kim says, I don't think it's rare to get UTI's on top of IC -- there are many ladies here who get them quite frequently in fact.

Oh, and I just wanted to let you know that I also have asthma in addition to IC -- not fun and it means more meds! However, I have a good asthma specialist and I find my asthma is better controlled now than it has been in YEARS. I urge you to find a good specialist if you haven't already :)

Feel free to PM me anytime you want to chat :)

Katrina
09-13-2004, 09:40 PM
:welcome: :welcome: :welcome: Welcome to the ICN!! Let us know if we can help you with anything!