I think a lot of us have our own way of dealing with possible UTIs. Depending on how bad my blood is, my doctor will write prescriptions if I needed based on my last urinary sample and take another culture just make sure. For example, my doctor saw me about three weeks ago for a possible UTI. Based on my blood she said I had a moderate UTI, but when ahead and prescribed Cipro based on my last few cultures and ordered a new culture.
I went home knowing that I could take them if I needed to, but I decided to write it out for a little while to determine if it would get to the point where I could handle it. It did and I let the doctor know that I wasn't taking the medication yet. About a week later the symptoms recurred I ultimately decided to take the Cipro because I thought I might get septic if I didn't treat it. I hear you Ronald. I am always worried about having something goes wrong like appendicitis. I was hospitalized for dehydration due to severe diarrhea about two years ago (truthfully I can't remember whether it was last year or two years ago). Based on the blood they knew I had a terrible infection and they thought it might be UTI. I had just had my bladder cleaned of stones the day before, so that was a logical conclusion. It, however, turned out to be just the bowels and after running me through a multitude of different antibiotics they finally got me under control and let me out after seven days. We all have to manage our antibiotic intake. Me, I've taken a few too many in the last two years and I am trying to reduce the amount I need them if I can. If not, I'll have to take them and hope for the best. A lot of it's just a guessing game. The main thing is not to get to the point where antibiotics don't work on us. Good luck Bobbie. I hope you get better shortly. Quadius On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron, > Being on explainable as a quad is an understatement of the year now of > the decade! > Bobbie > > Smile Everyday > > On May 22, 2014, at 3:03 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I agree with you , if you overuse the antibiotic you will be screwed > eventually. I average one big uti a year. My primary pretty much > understands that a quad doing bowell routines, driving thirty miles and > basically spending an entire day, not to mention the price of gas to get a > script for cipro is a lot to ask. He will call it in most of the time. > Sometimes he does make me go in if I haven't seen him in a long while, > which I understand. I have a half dozen sealed small jars that I put the > urine in at home , then I just give it to the nurse when I go in the docs > office. Saves a lot of trouble. I hate trying to use a one man multi gender > restroom with people beating on the door and Im trying to get urine from an > extension tube into the bottle, lol. What we quads go through is > unexplainable unless you've lived it > On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:35 PM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > overuse of anti-botics make them ineffective is what my doctor said. he > prefers to get a culture test back first to treat the right bug. like you > ron, a fever isn't always the onset of a uti. I had a rash I didn't call > on, got a fever, ended up in the hospital with shingles and pneumonia. I > wasn't coughing so I don't know where they got that. because of cancer, > i'll be on a anti-viral pill now and i'm still on anti-botics 3 wks later. > got another month to go. > dianna > > I cant imagine why a doctor would act that way with something as harmless > as cipro. Its not addictive or for pain or getting high. In my opinion > every quad should be given 20 or so cipros to keep on hand to start if they > get a fever from what they think is a uti. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> > To: quad-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, May 22, 2014 12:01 pm > Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Dr. UTI visit ... Huh > > I cant imagine why a doctor would act that way with something as > harmless as cipro. Its not addictive or for pain or getting high. In my > opinion every quad should be given 20 or so cipros to keep on hand to start > if they get a fever from what they think is a uti. > > Starting an antibiotic when I got a bad fever saved my life in 2011 when > my appendix burst. My doctor called in cipro, then a stronger set of > antibiotics to combat what I thought was a vicious uti. Come to find out I > was hours away from dieing from going septic from a burst appendix. The > antibiotics I took gave my body an additional two days of fight b4 I > reached the hospital and got diagnosed and operated on. I was in the > hospital for a month, didn't eat for three weeks but my life was saved. > > Ron > On Thursday, May 22, 2014 7:48 AM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Wow, Bobbie. Keep us informed of your prognosis. I know we have said it > before, but growing old as a quad is a little taste of hell. Good luck and > hang in there. Larry > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Gmail* <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 > Subject: [QUAD-L] Dr. UTI visit ... Huh > To: [email protected] > > > I went my GP because I knew I was symptomatic for a UTI. For years I would > go, tell my Dr. My symptoms (which he would type into his lap top), give > him a sample, and he ALWAYS would write out a script (in his case email a > script to my pharmacy) Then in 2-3 days I would find out if the cipro he > prescribed was sensitive to my UTI or order a different antibiotic. > > This time he said he wasn't going to write a script for cipro because he > thinks "... it's only acting like a placebo." > Well, I went home and am taking some cipro I have left over that I keep. > > He also wanted me to get a colonoscopy. I said "Nope, never." And handed > him a pamphlet about AD and informed him that I have had a stroke from AD > in the 1980's I said "Why don't we try a less invasive way of testing?" > So, he prescribed an ultrasound of my intestines, and did blood work which > is available right in his office. I went in fastened because I didn't feel > well. > Bobbie C - 4,5,6,7 41 years post > > > > Smile Everyday > > > > > >
