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an important announcement
Jan. 18th, 2009 12:33 ami has a bad cold.
I was going to leave it at that, but it seems like as good a time as any to mention (with the requisite wood knocking) that the surgery I had in September has won me these few months with relatively mild symptoms. The surgery was for interstitial cystitis, which you can paste into wikipedia if you're really curious.
It's hard to say if I actually have IC, because as my urologist puts it, it's mostly considered a diagnosis of exclusion. If you have been tested for every other bladder disease (check) and tried every medication (check) and are still in agony (double check) they call it IC. I really try to resist this kind of crap from doctors, I don't like fancy ways of saying "we don't know", but I was offered a surgical option that sometimes(!) helps IC patients and I was desperate enough to take it. They don't even know why or how it works, but obviously it did something, somehow.
I do have a horrible cold though. I'm unbelievably congested. But as happy as one can be under such circumstances. Bed now.
I was going to leave it at that, but it seems like as good a time as any to mention (with the requisite wood knocking) that the surgery I had in September has won me these few months with relatively mild symptoms. The surgery was for interstitial cystitis, which you can paste into wikipedia if you're really curious.
It's hard to say if I actually have IC, because as my urologist puts it, it's mostly considered a diagnosis of exclusion. If you have been tested for every other bladder disease (check) and tried every medication (check) and are still in agony (double check) they call it IC. I really try to resist this kind of crap from doctors, I don't like fancy ways of saying "we don't know", but I was offered a surgical option that sometimes(!) helps IC patients and I was desperate enough to take it. They don't even know why or how it works, but obviously it did something, somehow.
I do have a horrible cold though. I'm unbelievably congested. But as happy as one can be under such circumstances. Bed now.
