I know Lori I'm really late responding to this, but I am just getting back on my feet again (so to speak).
I have been suffering from a UTI which has had me pretty much paralyzed (get it? Paralyzed! Is everyone laughing? sadly probably not.) For much of the last week. Last year I suffered from three UTIs myself and I found that be multiple stones I had a my bladder were causing the repeated infections. This is the first UTI I have had in quite some time that I wasn't able to get under control myself. It really threw me for a loop and I am just thankful I didn't require IV medications to get this thing under control. However, I'm not totally out of the woods yet. I'm still pretty weak, beginning stronger. Everyone has written on here about how to get the pH balance down, so I won't go into that again, but I have noticed since I have been able to get mine down I have had virtually no sediment in my urine and therefore have required less frequent catheter changes. Although, my doctor just told me I definitely shouldn't be going a month without changing the catheter. I had always heard it was common in most cases to go a month without changing a SP catheter. Stacy, I am so sorry you're going through all of these trials and tribulations. I have been having difficulty with my bowels since I took an antibiotic in June. I occasionally get everything under control with the use of probiotics and dieting, but seems like any little thing would throw me off. Ironically my bowels have been feeling wonderful since I started taking Cipro for this UTI. I am now starting to suspect that I probably had some sort of bad bacteria in my bowels which were causing a lot of the irritation. It's good to be back. I'll talk to you all later. Quadius On 10/2/07, Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Danny, > > You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs > that we both have > been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with > competent doctors. > *Neither have I *but I finally found out that "the culprit" were those > very big, big bladder stones > that had been sitting in growing in my bladder *for years and kept > growing.* > > Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is > "bad" then I must assume > it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills > for a whole month? > Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely > dangerous!!! In other words... > > what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole > month... you just > got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the > outside)? > > Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this > past May... > the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one > of the worst ones and both times > I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. > > Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off > list. There must > be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was > bladder stones > but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know > your body best! > > You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as > Pseudomonas. > Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going > through an entire month > ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My > fevers that bad really quick > and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic > began kicking in. > > Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole > time? I would > began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits > around reading > comic books rather than trying to help you! > > As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets > resistant to them > it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all > my troubles ALSO > was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After > all... > when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There > is nothing left to resort to. > This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's > ass about your well-being. > How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just > brush off again and again. > > Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to > get a better urologist > and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep > going to has not > been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get > quite serious... > you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at > you or preaching > to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor > does! Tough love > if you want to call it that. :-) > > I was so upset when I got a Pseudomonas infection AFTER having my bladder > stones out > and my doctor was not happy either. *I* finally found the answer on the > Internet. To be brief... > I found out that by me eating a banana a day... that amount of potassium > was severely > altering the pH of my urine. It was staying too alkaline (7.5 or more) > when it should be > much more acidic to keep the bugs away (ideally a pH of 6). > > After I stopped eating bananas... wala! I have not had an infection > since! Who would have > ever thought? My doctor was unsure why we could not get my pH number > lower even by > taking cranberry capsules, drinking cranberry juice and other acidic > juices. > > She (my Urologist) was pretty impressed that I was able to find out the > information that I did. My body > was not going to be able to take many more infections and the bugs were > just getting stronger > and stronger and that would ultimately lead to my demise. > > That is the second time the Internet information has saved my life. > > Anyway, Danny... please heed my advice to go get a damn new doctor! Also, > have your > pH checked if you have not already. If your urologist is competent, as > well as the > medical technicians who tested your urine, they should be able to provide > you > with what your last pH was during the culture. Just call and ask because > it is usually part of the lab report. > > If not... insist on finding out even if you have to give them a new > specimen and ask for that specifically. > > Good luck buddy! > > Lori Michaelson > C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post > Tucson, AZ > > > > On 10/2/07, Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > *Hi all.......I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the > > results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas > > bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only > > I.V . drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 > > years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that > > will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very depressing, Has > > anyone else had repeated serious UTI's such as Psuedamonas??? We are > > wondering how many times one can use the I.V. drugs for this before > > getting resistant to them.......I don't know what options there are..I will > > ask my Uro Doctor but he seems to not know a lot on the subject. > > Thanks, Dan H.* > > > > > >
