Hi Dan,
Have you ever tried using Methenamine (meth-EN-a-meen)? It belongs to the
family of medicines called anti-infectives. It is used to help prevent and
treat infections of the urinary tract. You might want to check into it.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka Dave
C4/5 Complete - 30 Years Post
Texas, USA
Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes John my doctors told me that also.......that if you have an
indwelling such as a supra-pubic catheter you usually have 2 or 3 types of
infection always but they hate to treat unless you are having bad symptoms or
problems, cause they don't want us getting immune to anti-biotics.
Dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a supra-pubic cath or an in dwelling
Foley of any kind for more than a few days, you have a UTI. It is a matter of
how bad it is and how well you tolerate infections. On that level, you should
have bacterial infections most of the time. If any of you get a viral
infection, the doctor may want you in the hospital but there's not a lot they
can do. (When were you ever made comfortable in a hospital.) You can be super
clean and a real fanatic, but your skin is covered with bacteria it is trying
to keep out. For this ! reason, most infections are stafflococous. If you have
kids around then you get a higher rate of strep infections. (can't say they
didn't give you anything.) If you think you can delay treating the infection,
your kidneys can become history to an aggressive bug in under a day.
Fortunately, us quads get pretty ill while the infection is still chewing on
our bladder and start anti biotic in time. A UTI is worse if it is
shutting your kidneys down. I can usually tell a lot by how easy it is to get
mad. If I get po'ed because people don't park between the lines, I'm probably
pretty sic! k.
I personally don't go to hospitals. I can be ignored and miserable without
going anywhere and I have cable tv for when I'm awake at 4 am. I just promise
to call 911 if I think I'm going to die. They can always send a nurse with the
plague du jour if need be.
Next time you catch a bug remember, it caught you! Don't get me wrong, do all
you can to stay clean. Lots of reasons to keep clean!
Please don't think UTI's aren't serious because I like to joke. Once your
kidneys go, you get a new catheter so you can get your blood dialysed and not
die of septicemia as fast.
john
C-5 post 31
Cincy, OH
