Hi, my name is Kim and I was diagnosed with IC in August of 2001, at the age of 33. My life with IC started in March of 2001. In February of that year, my second son was born via emergency cesarean section at 35 weeks gestational age. I was extremely stressed out after his [...]
My story seems somewhat different from most I have heard. Until July 2002, I had only had 3 bladder infections in my life and I was 33 years old. I have a history of endometriosis and had a hysterectomy in April of 1999. In June 2002 I had surgery to have my ovaries removed due [...]
My IC began earlier in childhood, with the frequency and urgency. I was diagnosed with my first UTI in September of 1999. That’s when my world began to spiral downward. In the following months of my first UTI, I developed extremely large ovarian cysts that is thought to be caused by endometriosis. For a 17 [...]
I was first diagnosed with IC when I was 32. I am 38 now and haven't had a flare up in over 18 months. That first year was a really rough. My gall bladder had to be removed because it was functioning at only 4%. Then my thyroid decided it didn't want to work either [...]
Finally, I have someone I can share my story with. You will never know how excited I was to read about others who have had this problem and are living and dealing with it every day. In January 2002, I awoke one morning feeling miserable. I had just spent the entire night jumping up and [...]
I think that I can remember symptoms as far back as 1997. I had a C- section in 1995 and then another in 1996. I had a tubal ligation during the second C- section. After my second child was born, I went to the urologist because I was having a lot of frequency and pain. [...]
As far back as I can remember, I've had problems with extreme urgency and sometimes even incontinence. It is so frustating and embarassing I can't tell you. In December 2003 I had a hysterectomy and a bladder repair for pelvic relaxation. That is, the ligaments and muscles that supported my pelvic organs were stretched out [...]
I was diagnosed with IC about 4 years ago. Looking back I feel like I actually had it way before then. I was fortunate enough that after my hystorectomy, my gynocologist figured out what was going on with me. I was constantly having UTI symptoms. Anyway he sent me to a urologist that was awful. [...]
I While in graduate school, in 1992, I was incorrectly diagnosed as having a non-specific prostate infection and put on Bactrim 3x daily for one year by the chief of Urology at KUMC. Of course, to my dismay, I received no relief after continuous antibiotic therapy. But that was just the beginning of my frustrating [...]
Hello my name is Nicole. I was just Diagnosed With IC. Struggling with a mysterious illness now for two years I have been to doctor after doctor, feeling that something was terribly wrong I could not get diagnosed. I began to feel that no one believed I really had a problem, and was just looking [...]