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Re: bladder problems & endo?From: natasha (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Oct 23 03:30:06 2006
At Sun, 22 Oct 2006, holly wrote: > >i had endo on the outside of my bladder. during my first lap, they were >able to treat it. later on, i developed interstitial cystitis which is >inside the bladder. when i had my second lap, they did a cystoscopy to >diagnose it and distended my bladder. it helped. the endo grew back of >course, and the interstitial cystitis flares up all the time. but at >least i know what is wrong. i've had 2 cystoscopies to make sure the >endo didn't invade the inside of the bladder, and i'm relieved to know >it didn't. > >the symptoms of both are very similar. the clue though that something >else other than endo was going on was that i had blood in my urine. i >had never had blood before, but once the IC developed, it's been there >ever since. > >hope you find an answer. and hope it's something that can be treated. > >At Sun, 22 Oct 2006, natasha wrote: >> >>At Sun, 22 Oct 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >>> >>>Hi >>>Others will be able to answer better but... >>> >>>My sister was complaining of the same thing. She had a hyst a couple of >>>years a go and her bladder got damaged. The problem of always feeling >>>she needed to go started after that. But she wouldn't go the doc about >>>it as she had a bad experience with the hyst. >>> >>>Anyway she finally caved and she had and ultrasound a week ago. She has >>>a hernia inside. Thats all I know as we haven't spoken since. I do >>>know she has to have a lap to get it fixed. >>> >>>When they do a lap, they really should be looking for abnormalities of >>>all the abdominal organs. from the outside of them anyways. >>> >>>A cystoscopy is a different operation where they put a camera into the >>>bladder to check for abnormailities, often done after having blood and >>>clots in the urine not associated with infection. >>> >>>I would say that the problem causing the need to go all the time should >>>be seen from doing the lap without a cystoscopy. It could be endo, >>>adhesions, or a hernia (which I guess they would fix whilst in there). I >>>am sure it could be other things too, just dont know the names of them >>>lol. >>> >>>Hope that helps a little >>> >>>Angela >>> >>>At Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Becca wrote: >>>> >>>>Curious, I have read online that endo and bladder problems can be >>>>related. I'm having a horrible time with my bladder. It doesn't hurt >>>>at all, no burning or anything. I just ALWAYS feel like I need to go. I >>>>can go to the bathroom, and no kidding 5 minutes later I feel like I >>>>need to go again. I can hold it, and it doesn't hurt, it's just >>>>uncomfortable because I feel like I really need to go. When I went to >>>>the dr I was having the problems (a few weeks ago), and my urine was >>>>fine. I'm scheduled for a lap on nov 9. My question is, does this >>>>sound endo related? Also, when doing the lap, do they normally check the >>>>bladder too? >>>>Thanks so much! >>>i think if you got endo behind the bladder it pushes against it and makes you go toilet more >>> >>>-- >>>Angela >>>long time endo survivor >>> just wondering i get stinging wen i go toilet from inside when i was first diagonised i got kidney infection and had blood in my urine is stinging a sign of itestinal cystitis my endo is behind my bladder amongst other places to
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