I was diagnosed with IC nearly 15 years ago. I was also told I had a bladder infection, consistently, for years until I found the right doctor. I've noticed that diet, water and low stress levels have been my 'savior' in dealing with the pain. These days, I go in and out of remission but for the most part feel fortunate that it isn't as bad as it was. My reason for writing is that I too was sexually abused as a young child. I was also in a highly emotionally abusive relationship which had ended just before I was diagnosed. This person was also my 1st sexual partner besides my childhood assaults. The correlation between the two, as in the number of people who have experienced sexual abuse and are now IC patients, is staggering.
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I was diagnosed with IC nearly 15 years ago. I was also told I had a bladder infection, consistently, for years until I found the right doctor. I've noticed that diet, water and low stress levels have been my 'savior' in dealing with the pain. These days, I go in and out of remission but for the most part feel fortunate that it isn't as bad as it was. My reason for writing is that I too was sexually abused as a young child. I was also in a highly emotionally abusive relationship which had ended just before I was diagnosed. This person was also my 1st sexual partner besides my childhood assaults. The correlation between the two, as in the number of people who have experienced sexual abuse and are now IC patients, is staggering.
October 25, 2011 - 1:12pmThis Comment
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