IC and Restroom Access (Interstitial Cystitis Network)

When you have interstitial cystitis, finding convenient restrooms is vital. ICN President Jill Osborne shares ideas to help you find restrooms in your community and how to convince shop owners who may be reluctant to let you use their facilities.

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Education

Tags:

• interstitial
• cystitis
• IC
• ICN
• Network
• restroom
• bathroom
• access
• anxiety
• fear
• Jill Osborne

[28minky]

I didnt really understand where you were coming from. IC 4 many is so debiliitating severe urge incontinence! but Im assuming you are aiming this at mild ic. Most People with bad ic cant drive around looking for a loo. They simply don't have the time to find one, they would be on the floor in agony after all that. They certainly don't have the lux of pickin a clean bathroom, when they have to go, they have to go NOW. Going where ever they can ( roadsides or in the car)

[icnjill]

You are absolutely right... there are some patients who have a lot of trouble driving. I've had those moments myself and my most infamous emergency potty stop was a muddy snowbank along highway 50 up at Lake Tahoe. Yikes.. the stories we can tell.

[kidofponymaker]

ICNJILL --You go girl! Check out what the people say about ME for Self Catheterizing??? Craziness! (Holly Clark Liberator)... I love it! I can Say BEEYOOTTCHH! LOL! With You Sister with this IC stuff! Standing Tall Looking for Bathrooms with ya! :) Hang in there and keep on talking to us!

[pickles1314]

I've always assumed small business owners were giving me the stink eye when I asked to use the bathroom because they didn't want people using up all of their toilet paper. :/

[icnjill]

Who the hell do you think you are. I was in agony that day.. I was in agony that entire trip, ended up in two hospitals and barely made it home. It was either pee in a snowbank or pee on the car seat. Can you say beeeyoottch!!