Thank you for the warm welcome, I do appreciate it.
My real problem is just pain and discomfort at the moment, in between the other UTI symptoms of urgency and dysuria. It doesn't let up. I keep trying to read symptoms from other possible causes, including IBS, prolapse--anything really--and I'll have a few of those symptoms, but not enough to make me feel better that this might be something other than bladder cancer.
Every symptom has so many other potential causes, even my Topomax made me quite tired in the beginning so while most of the side effects of that med have settled down, I still can't say that my sluggishness isn't from that. It's really frustrating, every symptom can land in another disease/disorder column, but I have all of them in this column.
I am on day 5 of the Whole 30 eating plan. I'd been alcohol free (mostly) since July and gluten-free since August because of migraines, and it's my second go at it, so it's not hard at all this time
. I figured if the pain can be attributed to something like IBS or IC that is irritated by food or drink, I'd like to be as clean as I can be going into that appointment. Although to be honest, my problems started the first week of November, and I didn't start enjoying Christmas cookies and chocolate until the middle of December. But anything is worth a shot, right?
I really hope they call me back soon. I just want to know. I can handle it, I just need to know.
Btw, I love how supportive you all are of each other here. I've gone back years through posts, your empathy and kindness is unwavering. I promise I will update this thread and not just leave people hanging.
Reading posts six years after they'd been written and I'm like, "...but, but....what was causing your symptoms????" Lol.
I picked a helluva a year to stop drinking, I'm telling ya.