DIAGNOSIS, FINALLY, HOPEFULLY - Urology Message Board

ds4832 · 05-22-2003, 01:21 AM

I've posted several times before..complaining of constant urge to urinate, pelvic/lower abdominal pressure, urethral spasms, minor leakage..had UTI, it cleared up..came back, cleared up..all the while still having symptoms, even when no infection was present.took 1 round of cipro and 3 rounds of Bactrim..was still having symptoms...finally sent to urologist..had an IVP done on 5/7..showed a small stone in left kidney (dr said that wouldnt be causing my symptoms)..had a cystoscopy done today 5/21..it revealed "minor irritation of bladder wall"..dr said this would definitely cause my symptoms..gave me 3 days of Cipro (1 pill a day for 3 days) and Usept to take as needed.symptoms should abate soon..has anyone else ever been diagnosed with minor irritation of bladder wall?..if so what were your symptoms?..course of treatment and results?..any and all replies would be greatly appreciated...i've been dealing with this for 10 weeks now..stay well..diana

drs · 05-22-2003, 06:42 AM

Diana, I've had some problems with bladder and the colon. Mine was not empting the bladder often enough. It relaxed the bladder walls so much it forgot how to contract. And my colon wasn't empting either. IBS is what I have. But with the bladder I did have the spasms. It took forever for that to clear up. Caffine products is a big culprit. Try to stay away from those for a while. You have some different symtoms and problems than I did. Mine situation resulted with the diognosis of no nerves working down there, so now I empty every 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. Or I'm in major pain.

Try not to be to anxious, it did take quite awhile for my bladder to heal up.

My name is Diana too! lol...initials are DRS...go figure!

scmom · 05-22-2003, 06:32 PM

I've been following your story as I have been having the exact same symtoms. What started out as a UTI ws difficult to clear up (I was on 4 different antibiotics). But the symptoms keep coming back...constant urge and a feeling that I need to go again afer going. No real major pain...and the symptoms have been less noticable lately...maybe I'm just getting used to it! I need to see my dr. soon so he can run more tests...fun... any advise?

ds4832 · 05-22-2003, 09:02 PM

hello again..

..i can say that today was the best day i've had in 10 weeks..i think i'm finally starting to get some relief.although i'm scared to say anything for fear of jinxing it....i can sympathize totally with how youre feeling.there arent too many feelings in this world that can make you go crazy as feeling like you constantly have to urinate..i've been totally overwhelmed by this feeling..if you havent already found yourself a reputable and trusted urologist, i would highly suggest that you do so soon...find one that wlll listen to your symptoms and show interest in your case..if my primary care dr would have listened to me sooner and referred me to a urologist sooner, i do believe it would have cut donw on alot of my stress..dr's these days dont like to listen.its as if they dont want to be bothered..my urologist listens to me, ran the right tests and hopefully has me on the road to recovery..keep me posted, both of you, on how youre doing..good luck with the dr's..

..stay well..

cb50 · 05-24-2003, 09:14 PM

ds4832, I'm confused. You say you went to the urologist who diagnosed irritation of your bladder wall, gave you Cipro and you're feeling better. But your other doctor also gave you Cipro and you said it didn't help. I'm confused. Why is the Cipro from the urologist working when the Cipro from your doctor didn't? I'm sorry, but I don't see what the urologist did that was so different other than give you a diagnosis, but the treatment was no different from what you've already tried.