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My Faith Helped Me Through

My name is Sara and I live in North Carolina. I am a 27-year-old single woman with Down syndrome. More than two years ago I was diagnosed with IC and…

Blessed to Have IC Under Control

My name is Melissa and I am 38 years old. I started having bladder pain at the age of seven. Every time I went to the doctor for a urine…

Diet Made Me Pain Free

I’m Laura and I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. I am a very proud, 29-year-old wife and mother who was diagnosed with severe endometriosis at age 13 following three exploratory…

Take a Chance…You Never Know

After reading all of the Voices of Hope stories, I decided to add mine. As with many stories, my IC journey began with what I thought was a urinary tract…

IC Diet Helped Me!

My name is Theresa and I am 58 years old. Four months ago I woke up to what I thought was a routine UTI, so I promptly went to my…

Don’t Tell Me What I Can’t Do

In 1999, when I was 16 years old, I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. I suffered for two years from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis. As a little girl,…

Never Lose Hope

My name is Jackie Powe. I am a 25-year-old IC patient. When I was about 18, I began to notice a minor increase in my frequency of urination. About a…

Healing Through Chronic Pain

In the summer of 2007, I was working as a physical therapist/university instructor when IC/PBS reared up and pulled me out of my life. My main symptoms were bladder pain/inflammation,…