Cruel disease
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Which medication helped?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Day after hydrodistention
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
What is “market place” is the is this “Obama care” or covered ca for those of us in California?
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What does the pain of hunners ulcers feel like?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Systemic hrt help anyone’s bladder pain?
Perimenopause. In our playground we have giant mood swings and emotional roller coasters...buckle up!
Anyone had bladder removal (not due to cancer) using Kaiser as your insurance?
This is a support group for patients, survivors and medical providers for bladder cancer. It is NOT for questions about if you have cancer.
If I’m able to be Added to partners health insurance, do I have to stay on my employer provided insurance?
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If you have Kaiser and you need a very big surgery, do you have to use a Kaiser doctor or is there a way to use a non Kaiser doctor?
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Has anyone had success treating bladder pain with systemic testosterone? Also using the estring for estrogen
'menopause isn't really that bad'... said no woman ever.
I can’t take the pain
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
How or what made you decide it was time for a cystoscopy with hydrodistention?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
In a very dark place and need some advise
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Those of you with cut like bladder pain
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Anyone flare from white rice?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Treating bladder pain and vaginal atrophy with compounded estradiol and testosterone cream, anyone has had success?
Perimenopause. In our playground we have giant mood swings and emotional roller coasters...buckle up!
Sensitive bladders- compounded e/t cream bases
'menopause isn't really that bad'... said no woman ever.
Coming back from flare caused by installations
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Foods to eat
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Anyone found success treating bladder pain with vaginal estradiol/testosterone cream (compounded)? Or intrarosa?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Has anyone found success using vaginal estradiol and testosterone (compounded) to treat bladder pain/irritation? What about intrarosa?
'menopause isn't really that bad'... said no woman ever.
Estradiol compounded in olive oil for those with sensitive bladders
'menopause isn't really that bad'... said no woman ever.
Those of you who do self installations
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Did anyone just stop all the treatments and allowed the bladder to calm down?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
Flare after installation, how long until it calmed down?
A place for sufferers of the chronic bladder disease interstitial cystitis (IC; also known as painful bladder syndrome or PBS) to share advice, give support, ask questions, and give answers.
