Varying symptoms
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Hi, I've not been diagnosed with IC yet. I was however, diagnosed 18 months ago with Vaginal Atrophy. So I took HRT for a year but it didn't help. I was hoping after each dose I used, that it would be the one to take the symptoms away, but it never did. So in August last year I stopped using it.
I googled my symptoms and IC came up. My symptoms are:
Vaginal Soreness
Soreness at end of Urethra
Pressure/bloating in bladder.
Wanting to wee all the time.
Only managing a drop (At each bathroom visit) on days when I want to wee all the time.
Emptying bladder in middle of night after a day of wanting to wee all the time.
Urgency.
Now I don't get all these symptoms at once thank god. But I can get soreness at end of urethra when I'm on days of wanting to wee all the time etc.
But these last couple of days I've had a different symptom. Very little soreness, bloating or urge to wee, but when I do wee, there is only a little drop comes out. Then like last night, I went to bed expecting to get up a couple of times in the middle of the night to empty my bladder. Instead it happened at 7am.
It's now nearly 3.45pm. I must have had just over a litre of liquid inside me since I got up. Only small wees again so not got rid of much. I've no urgency to go.
Can't understand it. I think I must have between 500ml and 750ml of urine in my bladder at the moment. I wonder if this is all part of the "IC" or what?
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Anna777 shirley84100
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This sounds similar to my experiences and I have IC. I also have LS and whenever my bladder acts up, so does the LS. I think bladder and vagina issues are closely related. The best thing to do is watch your diet - avoid citrus, coffee, tea, chocolate, anything spicey or acidic, carbonated beverages, and wine. I've found that vodka is tolerable, and so is low acid coffee if I only drink a bit of it. The other huge thing is keeping anxiety and stress out of your life. It's not easy, but with practice, it will get easier and you'll feel better.
Anna
shirley84100 Anna777
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I'm just having a couple of days of hardly wee-ing all day, only doing a trickle each time I go. Last night I went to bed at 9pm as I had had enough of the Vaginal pain. I calculated that there must be 750ml of Urine inside me on getting into bed. After an hours sleep, I woke up and had a normal wee, another early morning and one 9am-ish. As ive just had an hip replacement, I've been using a urinal bottle at the side of the bed. By 9am this morning, there was 800ml in the bottle!
So today I was hoping for a normal day again but no. I will end up same as last night, emptying my bladder through the night/early hours. At least I've not been sore today or been dying to wee all day or had that strong urge etc. No bloating either. But it just makes me wonder how I can hold so much urine with being desperate for a wee!
Anna777 shirley84100
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So sorry to hear you're having such a rough time. It might help if you cut down on liquids a couple of hours before you go to bed. Also, try and limit your salt intake. That will cause you to retain water.
Anna
shirley84100 Anna777
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Anna777 shirley84100
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That's a good point about surgery causing problems for a while. After giving birth to my son (long before IC) I had problems for weeks. But after some time, it all went back to normal. Guess the body was feeling traumatized and was holding on to everything. Hang in there!
shirley84100 Anna777
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