Coronavirus and Intestinal Cystitis.

So my wife was tested for the Coronavirus. She was tested on Thursday. She had been feeling sick for a couple of days at that point but Thursday she felt, as she describes it as "awful and scared." She was off work that day as it is the day has her college classes. She has had her flairs not more that a few days prior to feeling sick. Luckily she did not have a flair than as well.

The sickness on started out as almost a cold. She was congested and had a headache with some body aches and pains. We thought she just had s cold. 

The very first symptoms of all this was her being tired. As always we questioned that she has only just had a rough night sleep. Broken sleep from noises outside maybe, the cats being obnoxious jumping on the bed when we were sleeping, or maybe even my own tossing and turning. But as the time rolled on and Thursday had her feeling completely unwell, she called the primary and was called in to get tested.

They met her at the car when she pulled in. They placed a mask on her immediately and esscorted her in to the building, holding doors as she went asking her not to touch anything.

After taking with the nurse who came in with a full respirator on, she was tested first for the flu and then, after 10 minutes when the results came back negative. She was tested for Covid19.

She the results would take about 5 days.

On Sunday morning, the town health department called her to tell her she her test results came back positive and that she has the Coronavirus. 

She was then asked a battery of questions about her symptoms what she does for work, who she lives with, and of course her medical history. 

My wife not only has interstitial cystitis but has had lyme disease three times in the past. Three times she contacted lyme disease and she has interstitial cystitis. That was all they needed for her medical history. How the two correlates are unknown to me but it seems well that the CDC is being alerted to the information.  

The hope is that by having this information, we can, as a group of those effected or afflicted with interstitial cystitis, will be able to better understand how this health problem is impacted by the new novel coronavirus.

I will hope to keep you all updated as time goes on on about her health and interstitial cystitis with the coronavirus.  Luckily her age,  and the fact that she does not have asthma or other respiratory conditions that would be a much larger concern for her health. 

For now though, if you or someone you know is effected with IC and or Coronavirus, I would love to hear your story in the comments.