@pupwhipped @Growing ...I hope you are feeling somewhat better and it is so nice to be able to chat with you ladies about this. I am struggling along but my symptoms seem to be helped by drinking that marshmallow root tea each day. It truly helps with the urgency and the burning I have in my urethra. I am sure the estrogen cream is another factor helping also.
I have been reading alot over at the IC Network and Inspire IC group. So much good helpful information and I am getting more concerned that I actually do have IC. Or this last horrible UTI that took 4 different antibiotics to get rid of absolutely burned my inner lining and needs time to recover.
I am working out a "system" that I hope will help with this. But from what I have read cranberry truly is not a good idea with IC...it's to acidic. So I won't be taking that product I bought from Amazon (mentioned earlier in the topic here) I just can't risk a step backwards.
I did look at other products for this condition....CystoRenew, CystoProtek, BladderEase and so on. I had on hand some of the ingredients so I just ordered a few others to make my own which would be close to CystoRenew. I will try this out and see how I do instead along with the daily MMRT. I am hoping and praying that going slowly here and not getting another UTI of course my insides just might heal up. I won't be doing anything that could bring on a UTI LOL! For me no intimacy. I don't feel "normal" but somewhat improved. I suspect this MMRT is soothing and numbing the inside and hoping it just heals up.
My spouse is having surgery this week and I will wait to reschedule my ultrasound test for another few weeks. Still not sold on that cytoscopy. I am too concerned that it will inflame the tissue all over again and set me back....heck possibly worse. Also after reading about the drugs used for this like Elmiron I am not looking as that as a option.
Sorry got long here....take care and thanks to all posting on this topic.