Thread: Where is you IC pain located?
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02-16-2009, 02:25 PM #1ICN Member
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Where is you IC pain located?
Mine all the time is through my whole belly. Goes from the belly button all the way down to "down there". Then it shoots through to my back. I just wonder how the bladder could reach all those places? When the pain is really bad then it is up in my lower ribs.
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02-16-2009, 02:39 PM #2
Below the belly button. If really bad, it goes down my legs. On my right leg, the pain will run like electricity down to my big toe. (Weird, I know) Oh, and I get very specific sore spots on my buttocks, hips, & thighs.
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-Heparin/Marcaine/Sodium Bicarb home instills every morning and night
-Pyridium if needed, usually once a week or so
-1 Vicodin at bedtime,
-Flexeril 10mg at bedtime
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02-16-2009, 02:46 PM #3ICN Member
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It will go down my legs too. Who would have thought one little tiny bladder could cause so much pain and in so many places?
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02-16-2009, 02:52 PM #4
Lower abdomen and lower back.
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02-16-2009, 03:37 PM #5
From my belly button around to my sides all the way down to the pelvis and yes it will go down the legs when in bad spasms and into my back!!
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Meds For IC: Lyrica-25mg Glucosamine-500 MSM-500mg, Prosed Ds -When Flaring
Other Meds: Levlite- Continious Birtcontrol, Micardis-40mg for High Blood Pressure
Meds I have Tried:
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Hydro/Cysto Caused Bladder to Rupture.
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02-17-2009, 02:23 AM #6
Goodness...i have experienced new pains in the past few weeks. I am constantly having low back pain (Dr. E said it was referred bladder pain), low abdominal pain, tailbone pain and now on the left and right side of my lower abdomen (its actually boterhing me right now while at work) and sometimes shoots down my legs. It's enough to drive a gal crazy!!!
Dx's: Moderate IC, PFD, Infertility, Chronic Lower Lumbar Issues/Sacroileitis.
Current Meds: Gabapentin, Hydroxyzine, Zyrtec, Pyridium, Lidocaine/Sodium Bicarb/Elmiron At-Home Instills, Macrobid, Prilosec, 2% Lidocaine Gel, Ativan, Hydrocodone.
Meds that Didn't Help: Ultram (Severe Retention), Tylenol 3 (Itch), Lyrica, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Elavil.
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02-18-2009, 11:26 PM #7
The primary location of my pain is actually inside my bladder!
While I frequently have other areas of pain and spasms, the "constant-ground-glass-churning-pain" (then add lemon juice on top of that)--24/7--is by far the most painful, and clearly coming from inside my bladder.
~BethI am not a physician, so please do not mistake any of my comments as medical advice. I am just a fellow sufferer sharing my experience with IC.
Scheduled for Radical Cystectomy & Indiana Pouch, July 16, 2009
Hit with severe pelvic pain on 6/14/08 (7:05pm): GYN, MRI, CT, laparoscopy, colonoscopy: All Clear
DX'ed with Severe IC: Findings during cystoscopy and hydro-distention on 9/11/08 showed: scattered areas of hemorrhage and glomerulizations, w/bloody efflux. Update: Had second cysto/hydro on 5/21/09: My uro said "there were thousands of lesions" all over my bladder.
Current Meds: Bladder Instills (self-adm 3 x per week or PRN); MS Contin; Lortab (PRN); Zanaflex; Maxide; Estradiol Patch
Other helpful remedies: IC Diet (very important!) especially no chemical additives or preservatives; Drink 1.5+ gal. of pH neutral water per day (I test my water frequently! This is very, very important!!); Prelief; Heating pad; and lots of hugs from my wonderful hubby!
Meds I have tried, but could not take: Amitriptyline & Imipramine (both made me mentally nutzoid, gave me nightmares, and neither one touched the pain); Lyrica (didn't touch the pain either, plus it made me very nauseous after eating and then it triggered my IBS); Cymbalta (didn't touch the pain either and it made me horribly depressed--all I did was sleep and cry!); Percocet (did very little for the pain and gave me headaches); Discontinued using Sodium Bicarb & Kenalog in my instills (it burned really bad!).
Discontinued Meds: Elmiron (replaced by Heparin in instills); Bentyl (antispasmodic and anticholinergic; Zanaflex works much better for me!); Valium Suppositories
History: IBS (spastic colon) since 1982; Partial hysterectomy 1985--completed in 2002 with extensive adhesion removal (I think this surgery was my IC trigger!); Non-painful urinary frequency since 2002; No history of frequent UTI's; HPV and abnormal paps 1/07; Sporadic PFD
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