LittleThings.com : 6. You Can Never Give Up Hope : I Thought I Had A UTI For Over A Year Before I Was Finally Diagnosed With Interstitial Cystitis -- Don't give up. Simple as that. Having interstitial cystitis is not fun, and there are very few perks I can think of, but I am still grateful every day that I at least know how to improve my health. Because people can go untreated and undiagnosed for so long with IC, I am thankful that specialists were even able to figure out that I had IC in the...