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Suffering for a.long time

When I was younger my mom would take me to the ER because of my stomach pain the doctors would always say it was in my head.  After I got married and had our son 2 months early I had dysplasia. After 2 years of problems we thought was from my emergency c-section and adhesions I got pregnant with our second son.  After he was born my periods got so much worse with the pains and clotting.

I had an ablation and found out I had endometriosis all over and because of that my stomach muscle and uterus were connected. I had adhesions and cysts all inside. It helped for 3 years than started getting bad again.

I decided after months of non stopped pain, migraines and non stop bleeding I was finally ready to have a hysterectomy. After my surgery which was a full abdominal Hysterectomy was over. I found out both my ovaries had to go I had so much endometriosis that he had to scrape it off my bladder intestines everything also my stomach muscle and uterus was connected again. 

About a month after surgery my pain got much worse. The Dr diagnosed me with IC after UTI test.  I have had a year of pain okay days and really bad pain.  I'm still doing research and trying different foods and medicines. I have stopped Zumba and working out because I was in so mush pain days after. I'm getting ready to start aqua exercise 2 nights a week. 

So I think I have had IC for a long time just never diagnosed until 2014.

That my life as up to now! 

 

Hi Dawn! Thanks for sharing your story. I was diagnosed 18 mo ago. I know it can be a tough thing to learn to live with but from my experience and interactions thus far, it seems most of us are able to find ways to adapt to living with it and do well and live fairly normal lives. Hang in there! There are lots of different treatment options. Hope you and your Urologist will find what works best for you very soon.

Posted 7 years ago by Rashelle

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