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ICA Reassures Me that I’m Not Alone
My IC story began in April 2014. After having painful periods for years and awful results from every other type of hormonal birth control, I tried the Skyla IUD with…
Be Diligent & In Control
I am an IC patient and who went through about twenty years of problems, pain, and numerous cystoscopies before a doctor finally diagnosed IC. He had me try other unsuccessful…
Treatment is Different for Everyone
Hi, my name is Gina! I have been battling supposed UTIs since my late teens. The usual course of treatment was a regime of Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim) until I developed an…
Please Seek Help Sooner
Hello! My name is Holly and I am from New Zealand and am 17 years of age. A gynecologist recently diagnosed me with IC, though I had been experiencing pain…
Reach Out for Help
I’ve had interstitial cystitis for over 40 years. As with many of us, my symptoms started out with high frequency pain in both the bladder and stomach. In my particular…
IC Cannot Completely Control My Life
My name is Randy and I’m a 48-year-old male who was diagnosed with IC in 2007. For as far back as I can remember, every 3-4 weeks a doctor incorrectly…
20 Years Post-IC
My name is Shirley and I suffered with what was diagnosed as IC for eight years and also endured through all the “new” treatments available in the early 1990s. I…
Everything Happens for a Reason
I am currently a 20-year-old male geology major at Radford University, nestled in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Although I am a geology major, I do not plan on being…