Dear all,

I have been reading on another board (!) about IC being caused by PFD. Can this really be the case? The person posting, who is now getting better, had same symptoms as me - no urgency or frequency, large bladder capacity, can't feel bladder on vaginal palpation exam. My main symptom is burning (right sided) - inflammation was seen on cystoscopy but apparently, can be caused by PFD. Has anyone else had these symptoms? This other person was saying that most IC people have frequency and urgency, and very sensitive bladders upon palpation. Is this wishful thinking on my part or can it be possible that PFD is involved primarily in my case?  I do, unfortunately, have a history that Dr. B works with - years of UTIs, antibiotics, contraceptive pill, etc.. Nevertheless, I do keep on asking myself, 'why don't I have frequency?', 'Why don't I have urgency?', 'Why do I feel nothing when my bladder is palpated in a manual vaginal exam?'? I keep on searching for reasons/causes for my bladder inflammation - there has to be a reason for this. As I've mentioned previously, I had no symptoms for the past five years, and the rest of the time since 1997 when the symptoms first came on got better and better with each childbirth - what happened to the yeast/bacteria during the past five years when I was asymptomatic? It can't have all come back - I have been very clean living since the children arrived (no Pill, pain meds., etc.). There's no reason for it all to come back - so what CAUSED my (worse than before) symptoms this time around????