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Hey all,just a quicky, anyone found symptoms get worse when you're ill? I've got some horrid cold/flu thing and my frequency has shot up. I kind of remember this from before getting IC but it's freaking me out a bit!
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Hell Yes! My bladder will
Hell Yes! My bladder will tell me when a virus is coming, is here and will bother me for awhile after it is gone! So, this is COMPLETELY normal for me and not a sign of an IC regression.
Hope you feel better soon,
Katie
ah, thanks katie! How are you
ah, thanks katie! How are you doing today? Where are you at with the heart stuff - is it that you have to take herbs for that which aren't supporting your bladder? Really hope things calm down soon xx
No problem, Sarah!
No problem, Sarah! Colds/viruses are no fun... especially for us ICers. I personally think coughs are the worst because they make my have to pee even more...lol!
Thanks for asking about my heart stuff. Unfortunately, I had a virus last weekend, which combined with my already high heart rate and sent my rate up into the 160's ... so I had to head to the hospital and had to begin taking the beta blockers I have been desperately trying to avoid taking. So, I am still working with my Dr. B protocol, but have had to add a daily dose of heart medicine. The good news is that a very low dose is calming my heart down and so it will be relatively easy to wean off of it when the time comes. My bladder is not liking the heart medication, but my heart rate became dangerously high so I have to be on it for now.
Dr. B has been absolutely wonderful and is working with me very carefully through all of this.
I hope your cold goes away soon,
Katie
Katie- I am so sorry hon! How
Katie- I am so sorry hon! How great though that you can work WITH dr B and the Western docs to get this under control.
Sarah- I knowfrom my reading long before IC that increased urination is an early sign of illness.
Hope you feel better soon!
Hey deir, thanks for the
Hey deir, thanks for the benefit of your research! I'm peeing plenty when I go, and tbh wouldn't even have noticed the increased frequency pre-IC but I'm so twitchy these days! Feeling like all kinds of crap, so I guess no suprise bladder a bit unwell too :) How are you doing off the carbs? Meant to post again on the other thread to say, in terms of her suddenly thinking you're reacting to them, it might not be that, more that she thinks that without them you might stabilise a bit. My wonderful IC friend here in the UK also has a big struggle with carbs; she does much much better without them.
Katie, that sounds like a real bugger (as we say over here). I think all you can do is make the most appropriate decision in the moment, and this sounds like it. At least though you know exactly why your bladder is reacting, and resumably when you taper the bbs it will stop doing so. Hang in there. Great you can keep working with dr b; hopefully she can balance their effects out to an extent.