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Posted 10/11/2011 3:26 PM (GMT 0)
hi everyone,

just wondered if anyone experienced the same as me. ever since my ileo op on July 2010 i've had repeated UTI's. every time i'm given antibiotics and it's better, but after 2-3 mons it comes back. i've had 4 UTI's so far and this is a lot more than i've had all my life.. this current UTI is the worst of the rest. started on last friday with low fever and chills. thought i got the flu. saturday feeling worst with fever and chills. then satrurday night really bad pain in the lower abd + really bad pain and pressure and burning feeling at my perineum area. sunday morning it was very painful to urinate and the urine was totally bloody.

same day gave urine to the lab. dr called at 10 pm to tell me this is a severe UTI, gave me lots of antibiotics for 10 days and said after that to come back to him and he'll give me a preventive treatment, which means some kind of antibiotics that you can take for a long period of time. hate this :(

has anyone on here experienced this situation after surgery? i'm going to also make an appt to a urologist for a consult and wanted to know if anyone had this, what tests they had you do and what treatments you had?

thanks all.

Posted 10/12/2011 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
Itsprobably the same one that has just never gone away completly. You might need a longer stronger dose
Posted 10/12/2011 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
So sorry, sounds awful. I've had a uti, but nothing like what you're going through and not after surgery. I hope something works soon.

Have you looked into any complementary treatments? It sounds like you need some powerful drugs, but maybe some other things like unsweetened cranberry juice etc could support your healing.....not proselytizing anything here, but sometimes things like that help.
Posted 10/12/2011 10:20 AM (GMT 0)
thanks guys. summer, you're probably right and it makes sense. previous times i was given antbiotics for 5-7 days and it was a different kind. this antibiotics is stonger and longer treatment.

blueglass, i know, cranberry is fantastic! i've been drinking it for a while and as long as i made sure to drink half of glass every morining, i didn't get the UTI's. i thought i was ok and stopped and it came back. now i bought lots and lots of it and going to keep drinking it and never quit, cuz it DOES help!

the only problem is that the acidity of it gives me bad stomach and chest pain. same thing happens to me with every food that has acidity, like if i eat cutruis every day, i'll get that pain too. even putting lemon in salads cause me horrible stomach and chest pains. so i was thinking maybe switching to cranberries tablets/cpsules. the therapist at the nature store said the tablets/capsules are much more effective than the juice anyway, so that could be the best way to go :)
Posted 10/14/2011 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Hodaya,

Caught up to your post about the UTI. This sounds serious. Likely first one never cleared. WOW OUCH! I can feel it just reading your description. Good luck with this. You need to get a break a GOOD ONE that is.

Rosemary
Posted 10/14/2011 7:53 AM (GMT 0)
thanks Rosemary. my main worry is when things like this become chronic. hope i get this under controle.
Posted 10/14/2011 10:38 AM (GMT 0)
Hodaya.. so sorry you're struggling with this sounds utterly miserable!! and very painful. Strong antibiotics sounds like the treatment, but repeated UTI's like this probably need investigation by a urologist.. last thing you probably want to do but worth getting treatment. I remember many years ago (nothing to do with stoma and bowel stuff) that I had lots of UTI's and took low dose antibiotics for 6 months continuously. That finally did the trick. Good luck and hope you feel better soon Sarah x
Posted 10/14/2011 11:06 AM (GMT 0)
thanks so much Sarah! wow 6 mons..... guess that's what awaits for me too :( i don't like the idea of consuming so much antibiotics for so long. i will also start with cranberries tablets regulary, they do wonders! hopefully all of that will do the trick for me too :)
Posted 10/14/2011 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
I had repeated UTI's after surgery, or maybe like you it was the same one that never went away. Thankfully its all cleared now 6 months on. Hope you get it sorted soon, its so frustrating to get other problems on top of surgery recovery! :-)
Posted 10/15/2011 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
I know Hodaya, I am just like you, I just don't want any more health issues. Auuugh! Rosemary
Posted 10/16/2011 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
Hodaya, I spoke too soon. Stomal food blockage on VERY bland food today. I resolved it with lots of grape juice and walking but what the heck. Auugh. Rosemary
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