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    Ruth511

    Female, 39, Married
    Austin, TX, USA
    Member since April 14, 2008

    • About Me

      I'm a mother of a 7 year old girl, wife and work in the legal field. I was diagnosed with IC about 3 years ago after years of suffering and struggling to find out what was wrong with me. My pain is managable most of the time but at times, I have to take off work to go home and take care of myself. My symptoms usually creep up right before my period or after eating/drinking something that didn't agree with me. I have learned about my diet which does help. Also, I have panic attacks often. IF I am in a situation where I feel trapped or when I feel I can't get out of, I will have a panic attack. Forget about riding in a car with someone else! That is not on option for me! I take my own car where ever I go - that makes me feel better.

      I'm a mother of a 7 year old girl, wife and work in the legal field. I was diagnosed with IC about 3 years ago after years of suffering and struggling to find out what was wrong with me. My pain is managable most of the time but at times, I have to take off work to go home and take care of myself. My symptoms usually creep up right before my period or after eating/drinking something that didn't agree with me. I have learned about my diet which does help. Also, I have panic attacks often. IF I am

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      My interests involve being with my little girl. I do like to read and anything that involves outside activity.

      My interests involve being with my little girl. I do like to read and anything that involves outside

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      From MJHobbs March 11

      I was taking a lot of AZO too along with the doctors switching around all the antibiotics they had, I was told, but after awhile...the older I got, the worse the pain got till it was absolutely unbearable. I am 51. There are a number of good products out there. I started with the health food stores. It's not cheap, but I finally found a doctor that uses natural products that has patented products. His name is Dr. Carl Hastings, and it is through his work, that I am pain free from IC and bladder infections. That is what works for me.

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      From cookie53 January 13

      I believe that God is the cure, he made the cure thousands of years ago, it is just that man has destroyed the natural wit all of these inventions to make things grow faster and bigger than they are suppose to, this in return has put poison in our systems

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      From vayamami January 12

      Guess what you can have tomatoes again you need to buy 100% all natural made by hunts brand only i am Italian and when I read the IC diet i cried all we do is eat sauce try this girl it tastes better than the other name brands we have tried its so good and it wont hurt your bladder at all. Good Luck

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      From cookie53 January 7

      Yep and if I wet on myself no more than three times a week I an doing good. I have that blotting feeling too. And then I swell at times, do you ever feel like you are feeling the urine running into your bladder. Sometimes lying on my stomach is something from the pass, I ave so many restless night trying to sleep, I can not lay on my stomach or my sides. THIS SHIT IS A BITCH

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      From lajeana21 September 29, 2008

      Thank you so much for pasting this article on our discussion pain. I had no idea that the colon could be affecting pain in the bladder. I am going to print this and show my doctor. Have a great day and thank you!

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    • Close Interstitial Cystitis (IC)

      I was diagnosed with IC two three years ago after a long battle trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I have come to realize that diet and keeping a healthy lifestlye does help reduce the flare-ups.

      Treatments

      Elmiron Not Working
      I couldn't take Elmiron for only two months because the side-effects were too difficult for me.
      VESIcare Working / Worked
      Vesicare does help when I feel like I have to go every 30 minutes but I don't take it every day - I take it when I feel my symptoms coming on.
    • Close Panic Attacks

      I have suffered from panic attacks for years! They seemed to get worse with age but I have learned to avoid things that trigger them. Sometimes, they can't be avoided. I don't fly in airplanes, don't ride in anybody else's car, elevators are tough but doable.......

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