Tuesday, March 1, 2011

It's been awhile... But here it goes...

Hello my IC family... I hope everyone is doing good and having a pain free week.  It's been a long time since I blogged, I guess my life was in a dark place and I needed time to myself.  I think if I have one flare after another with no relief, life gets harder to deal with...  I always feel I'm at the end of my rope and I tend to isolate myself... I'm sure a lot of you can relate!

In February I went through a hydrodistension and a bladder biopsy... the procedure went well... but the first week after my procedure I was having a really bad flare so I'm yet to see if the procedure worked...

Today I went to the Ob doctor since I have new symptoms, which I was told I might have endometriosis... which I don't know what to think about that... My mind frame lately has been so fed up with going to the doctors or even to the uro... I know that's no way to think, but it just takes a tow on me (mentally).... My ob said she wishes she can be straight forward and give me a straight answer with what's wrong with me... but now I have to go through more test to see what else is causing my new symptoms... But I'm not going to look at it in a negative way, I'm looking at it like ... it's the first steps of finding out what is going on... (I'm not going to do the "what if " game) I hate when I do... because then I feel defeated and lost... and I will NOT allow myself to be in that dark place!

I'm praying that God gives me a peaceful spirit, and strength to deal with the daily pain that comes with this disease...

Here's a video of Francesca
http://youtu.be/pqqdA8LHN7I