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NO, ONLY LEVIQUIN FOR 3 DAYS AFTER.
EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL MY 1ST CATH CHANGE AFTER THE PROCEDURE
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:53
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Stinky urine
Nichole, I am curious to know if they used a prophylactic antibiotic
prior to performing the cystoscopy. The first time I had this procedure
I also developed an infection, but since then (two cystoscopies later) I have
not had any when using prophylactics. Billy Nichole Rohling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
BILLY,
I THINK I REPLIED A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER MY
CYSTOSCOPY AND BLADDER STONE REMOVAL. I WAS GREAT FOR 3 WEEKS - NO
SMELL OF URINE AND NO SEDIMENT. CHANGED MY CATH AND 2 DAYS LATER AN
UNBELIEVABLE STINCH AND SEDIMENT.
JUST DID A UA TUESDAY AND HAVE THESE TWO
BACTERIA
MIRABILS
KLEBSIELLA
DR STARTED ANTIBIOTIC (CIPRO)TODAY BUT ONE
OF THESE ISN'T SENSITIVE TO IT. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE MONDAY BEFORE
THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT ANTIBIOTIC I NEED.
I'M NOT SYMPTOMATIC OTHER THAN SEDIMENT
AND ODOR.
HOPEFULLY WE GET IT FIGURED
OUT.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
NICKI
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:07
PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Stinky urine
I have almost exhausted myself trying to figure out what is causing my
smelly urine. We have gone through what I drink, what I eat, and what
medicines I take. I drink water 95% of the time and about two Mountain
Dew's a day. I would think the Mountain Dew was causing the smell, but I
had been drinking Mountain Dew for well over two years and the urine
problem only started in April. I did manage to get the doctor to agree to
put me on an antibiotic, to kill the few bugs that were active in my
urine, even though he was extremely hesitant (as I was also). He only
acquiesced after I explain to him how much this problem was affecting my
social life. There has been much discussion on appearance and even a
little on smell on this list lately. My urine smells so bad that it
permeates the 2000 and 4000 cc bags that I wear on my chair (they are
covered and most people do not even know they are urine bags). The only
way I can contain the smell is to use a ziplock freezer bag and thi! s
seems to only work with the 4000 cc bag (I guess it is thicker). Anyway,
the antibiotic seemed to squash the smell for about a week and then it
returned.
I had a nurse tell me the other day that the smell may be the vitamins
I am taking. After thinking about this for quite some time, I realized
that my caregiver has been buying my vitamins from Wal-Mart lately. I
can't be sure, but I think the time the smell started is about the same
time the vitamins were purchased from Wal-Mart. I used to purchase my
vitamins from a reputable vitamin store, however, they were pretty costly.
I am now so desperate that I am going to go back and pay the higher price
for the vitamins in an effort to get my urine back to normal. The
aggravating thing is, my urine looks really good and I drink over 1 gallon
of water a day. I usually don't see too much sediment, but I do have a
problem with my catheter clogging about every two weeks. Currently I am
doing irrigation every other day in an effort to alleviate the clogging. I
know this is a long description for a short question, but does anyone on
your think that vitamins can be the cause of the gr! atuitous smell
emitting from my urine.
Billy from Tampa
C2-3
9 years post
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