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I love to plan. I have a paper planner, a digital planner and lists for everything. Of all the things I plan, though, I haven't often thought about creating a wellness plan. In having an unpredictable health condition like IC, making plans can sometimes be frustrating because we never know how we're going to [...]

Parenting and IC can be difficult at times, to say the least. One of the challenges ICers with children face is whether and how to talk with their kiddos about IC. I remember going to see a movie when my daughter was in kindergarten. My husband suggested we go to the restroom before it [...]

We are delighted to announce that the Fall 2023 IC Optimist has been released and is now available. The IC Optimist is the IC Network’s patient magazine and is read by thousands of patients and providers around the world. Our goal is to give you information that you can use immediately to improve your medical [...]

At the onset of their urinary symptoms, most IC patients assume that they have a bladder infection yet urine cultures are usually negative leaving the patient very confused. "How can I have a normal urine culture when I'm peeing every 10 minutes?" asked one recent patient. She insisted that it had to be a urinary tract [...]