Hi Ladies, I was researching my "pain" and very frequent urination and came across Interstitial Cystitis. Then it mentioned in the article that it happens alot in people with IBS so thought I'd check Heather's website for anyone that might have mentioned it and this popped up. Plus, I read the ? about someone having a hysterectomy. I am 46 now but had a total hysterectomy 7 years ago. I am very interested in anyone that has or might have interstitial Cystitis. It's a very new subject to me and I haven't gone to a Dr. yet about it---the tests listed don't sound very fun and to be honest I'm not to keen on the idea of starting in with Dr.'s again to try to "find out" what is wrong with me in that area! Please let me know if you are dealing with this problem and any suggestions for self-treatment, dr. visits, etc. you may have concerning this issue. Thanks a bunch, Ladies!