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We Are All Pain Warriors

April 10, 2015

My battle with IC began when I was 20 and in college. I am now twenty-six years old and have been engaged in this fight for the past six years.…

Joint ICA-AUGS Grant Results

April 10, 2015

ICA and the PFD Research Foundation, the American Urogynecologic Society’s (AUGS) Foundation, established a joint IC/PBS research grant in 2013. The first recipient of the grant, Dr. Melinda Abernethy of…

Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship Webinar

April 10, 2015

Join us on April 16, 2015 @ 7:00PM (EST) for an ICA webinar, Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship, led by ICA Board member, Joy Selak, PhD, and her healthcare provider,…

So Many People with IC…So Little Awareness

March 27, 2015

My name is Sandra, and my IC journey has been a long one. I endured over ten years of doctor after doctor without any diagnosis. Eventually my physical condition got…

Things Can Get Better!

March 27, 2015

My name is Jann and I am 72. About 25 years ago I began having increased frequency of urination, sometimes as often as every 15 minutes. At this same time,…

Endometriosis Awareness 2015

March 27, 2015

Interstitial cystitis (IC) and endometriosis have been dubbed the “evil twins.” Like IC, endometriosis affects girls and women. Also like IC, the cause of endometriosis is not known. To raise…