Bob you have hit on the one thing that keeps UTIs going. I have self cathed since 1981. I use Dail soap and I have only had one uti in the last four years. I do not go by a set number of hours, but when I feel the urge it may only be two hours or so. I also have a RX for macrodanton ( misspelled) I take one a day and with the dail soap I am pretty much free of uti,s. I have used this combination for about 24 years.
Ken in Mrble Falls, TX
From: "ROBERT COOK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "Poonam Mahadev Thapa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "TM List" <[email protected]>, "Alton Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] stiffness and regression? bladder infections, UTI's
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:22:02 -0600
HE MIGHT TRY VITAMIN C, ORANGE JUICE AND CRANBERRY JUICE. IT BUILDS UP THE ACID LEVEL IN THE URINE AND HELPS PREVENT THE BACTERIA FROM COLONIZING AND SETTLING IN TO CREATE AN INFECTION. ANYTHING TO MAKE IT MORE ACIDIC, NOT ALKALINE.ALSO, THREE TIMES A DAY INTERMITTENT CATHING MAY NOT BE FREQUENT ENOUGH. IT ALLOWS THE URINE TO STAY IN THE BLADDER LONGER THAN IT SHOULD NORMALLY AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS THE BACTERIA TO GROW. I SEEM TO RECALL EVERY FOUR HOURS IS RECOMMENDED.BOB FROM HOUSTON-SPRING, TXT-1 PARA, CLASS OF 1994----- Original Message -----From: Poonam Mahadev ThapaTo: TM List;Alton RyderSent: 2/3/2006 2:54:53 PMSubject: Re: [TMIC] stiffness and regression? bladder infections, UTI'sHiHe has been taking antibiotics. But the infection just comes back. He is on clean intermittent catheterization, three times a day. It is a procedure involving sterilised catheter, usedwith gloves, betadine and dettol cleansing. Still the bacteria find their way in somehow. He drinks a lot of water too but the big queston is should he have something to make his urine acidic or alkaline? Any idiea about that?wish you a bacteria free days.Nima----- Original Message -----From: Alton RyderCc: TM ListSent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:52 AMSubject: Re: [TMIC] stiffness and regression? bladder infections, UTI's> ... urine infection with fever and E. Coli stuck on to his bladder bringing in recurrent infectionZap that with antibiotics as soon as possible. Until it is cured he cannot progress very far.I have a relatively harmless resident colony of pseudonomas. My colony is resistent to antibiotics. Puts a bright blue-green coating where ever it lives. It starts growing on the inside of a new hose and can be seen after about ten days. By that time the rubber hose is starting to get a dull brown, so the combination is a dull olive-green. Yuck! After two weeks, when I change my Foley catheter, I see a pale [pleasant] color on the outside of the tip of the Foley, so I infer that the bladder wall is no worse.To keep the colony under control [Pseudonomas can be fatal.], I practice the following:Drink every day at least six to eight ounces of 27% cranberry juice,e.g., Northland 100% juice.And, to flush out the bladder continuously,Drink LOTS of water/milk/juice. I drink over two liters of water, spaced roughly equally over the 24 hours.
> ... That made him very weak in the legsMy legs become wimpy every time I have a non-local infection, whether UTI or upper respiratory or even repeated nights of too little sleep. Then, when I stand, I wilt like a candle near a hot stove.> ... a relapse of TM. Is that possible?Possible, but very unlikely unless MS is the underlying disease.> ... side effects? Are they compatible with ... TizanidineI've been doing all this for years. I also take 16 oral medications daily, including a small amount of tizanidine (=Zanaflex,) PRN.Welcome aboard, NimaAlton, transverse mylopathy in 1997
