OT: don't know where else to go.

So, hospitalized for kidney infection/fever/anemia/dehydration last week.

Started oral antibiotics--been on them 100 times w/ no problem. Suddenly I am throwing up every morning when i take it. w/ food, w/out food. lying down, sitting up. No solution. Even switched to another antibiotic. Makes me think it's not the antibiotic. Duh!

Have 6 out of 14 days left on them. Want to just stop them and say **** it!

By the way, had colostomy (output all over the map), total hysterectomy, and bladder sling all done in Jan of this year.

Take lots of other meds. No significant new changes.

Went for testing--Autonomic Function Testing--last week to see why I'm always nauseous (4 months). Never vomiting until just before this infection. Vomited before and after test--almost on the test tech!!

Severely depressed b/c of the nausea/vomiting thing, but also taking my meds in order to have ostomy output means could have massive rush of output anywhere from 1-6 or more hours after taking it, and have to take it twice a day. There goes the whole day.

Tried to convince my best friends that things are good and i'm just too busy to hang out. Working so far. Want to give away my cat, i don't give him the life he deserves. i push him away, ignore him, but at least feed/water/clean cat box/open window for him. Can't remember a time when I felt more alone or hopeless or lonely.

Sorry to vent in the wrong place. Just no forum for a mixture of GI issues combined with a horrible life.

Hey Synny, sorry to read about all the crap you're going through. I'm an 74 year old guy so you know I'm not going to be much help. Answers4me2 can understand you way better and will be helpful. What I did want to offer, however, is that whatever I experienced, I can't know your pain. It's yours and yours alone. We're all different and we feel things in different ways. You might learn things from how we handled similar situations. You might get very meticulous about documenting your every activity and something significant might jump out. Maybe you'll gather some notes that will make a lot of sense to your your doctor(s). Please continue to write your story and ask questions. Vent! You are in the right place and I expect you'll get help here.
Respectfully,
Michael A

don't get rid of your cat, you'll feel 10x worse if you do! Things will improve, I'm sure.... I know it sounds patronizing, & I don't mean it that way. Just keep venting, that helps too.

Thanks everyone for advising me not to get rid of Frank (cat), we are learning to deal with this stuff together. Some days when i am feeling sick and on the couch for the day he comes and snuggles with me for a bit, next to me, never on me. I am rather attached to that furry little guy.

And somehow he learned he is not supposed to go in the bathroom when i am in there. he does stand or sit guard about 3 feet outside the door and waits til I come out to continue whatever he is doing. It's pretty cute. Right now he is asleep on a blanket right next to me.

As far as the antibiotics go, I am fairly sure the vomiting may have had nothing to do with them. Now I tend to vomit several mornings a week, whether i have taken meds, food, whatever. I thought it was strange that suddenly I'd have trouble with the Cipro (and Bactrim) since i have taken them a billion times with absolutely no problems. I see a neurologist next week who specializes in whatever is going on. Imagine spending your life strictly dealing with puking and nauseous people. I wonder if he wears a hazmat suit or something, so when people puke on him he can just put on a fresh one and not get his clothes gross? lol.