Postponed

Just a quick update here.....

Last week my youngest son was oh so kind to share his cold with me. By Saturday I had no voice, could barely whisper. And all the while I've been hacking up green phlegm. When I told the nurse this today during my pre-op phone interview she said that I needed to call my doctor and see if he thought I would need to get on antibiotics or if we would need to reschedule the surgery. Well, he called back and said we are going to postpone the surgery until next week. So, next Friday is the new date for my surgery. And tomorrow I'm going to my family doctor so that, hopefully, she can help me get better so I don't need to reschedule yet again.

And the Verdict Is...

SURGERY.....now don't worry. It's not a big surgery. Just my urologist thinks the best way to start my treatment is to find out exactly what he's dealing with. So, on Friday I'm going to get knocked out (did I mention the way anesthesia puts me to sleep?) and they're going to going to see how big or little my bladder is, see if there's any lesions or ulcers and distend my bladder to see what's going on.

I'm really not nervous about it. Although I am concerned that right now I have a cold and if it's not gone by Tuesday when I have my pre-op phone interview I think we will have to re-schedule the surgery. I really don't want to re-schedule it. I've already started planning with my family and am very much looking forward to being pampered for a day. ;)

He also suggested physical therapy. He said that that would help relax the pelvic floor muscles and therefore alleviate some of the pain. Anybody ever done physical therapy for IC? Was it successful? If it did work, did it take a long time? Just wondering if it's worth spending the money on.