- I found out the hard way how difficult traveling can be for an Interstitial Cystitis patient. My first traveling experience after I was diagnosed was horrendous and a trip that I normally enjoyed became a nightmare. I used to be in management for a direct sales company and each year I would fly to Texas for the companys annual seminar.
Travel for IC Patients: Part 1
- For those patients with Interstitial Cystitis, traveling can prove to very challenging, especially for those with severe IC symptoms. But that doesnt mean that traveling is impossible, it just means that with some adjustments and careful preparation, trips can be made a little easier.
Travel For IC Patients: Part 2
- As an Interstitial Cystitis patient myself, the one thing I can tell you that is always in the back of my mind when going anywhere is whether or not I am going to find the bathrooms in time. I always have this fear whenever I am in car or going anywhere that there is always that possibility that I might urinate myself. What a terrible thing to have to worry about all of the time. There are a few tips that IC patients can follow, however.
Restroom Access for IC Patients
- Reducing stress with IC Disease may sound like an impossible feat to master for someone who lives in extreme pain and misery daily. But as we all know, stress makes chronic illnesses worse and stress with IC Disease is no exception. I am the type of person who stresses out quite often and I know how difficult it can be to try and relax when the pressures on.
Reducing Stress with IC Disease
- What exciting news for those of us who suffer from other chronic conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia! The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded $37.5 million to eight research centers who will conduct a 5-year study of chronic urologic pelvic pain syndromes and how they relate to chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
NIH To Do Major Study On Urologic Pelvic Pain As It Relates To ME/CFS & FM
- I went to the dentist yesterday for what I thought was going to be a short, painless procedure and I ended up in tears and leaving the dentist office with a major headache that I still had late last night.
The Dentist Gave Me A Headache
- Once I got over the initial shock and the grief of having yet another chronic illness, I dove into reading as many books as I could find on chronic illness, Interstitial Cystitis, and the illnesses related to IC Disease. Reading books, especially those written by other chronic illness sufferers, has been a real eye opener to me because it made me realize that I am not crazy, what I feel is normal for those suffering like I am.
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