I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Off-Topic => Other Severe Medical Conditions => Topic started by: tubes on March 01, 2007, 06:14:10 PM
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you have NO kidney function.
I went to my family doc in town. He thinks thats why I, well....hurt. :o So he put me on an antibiotic. I hope that does the trick.
I first called my nephrologist and told his nurse about it and she suggested I see my family doc first. Her reasoning for that was...she didnt want me to travel all the way to wichita (hour and 30 min drive) when i could just see my doc in town.
Has anyone else had this problem and is it easy to take care of?
Someone told me w/ a uti you need to drink lots of water to flush your system out. Well that is a problem with no kidney function.
Also one of my nurses said i could have kidney stones. WTF, how would i pass a kidney stone if that was the problem? Can you get kidney stones without functioning kidneys?
I just want this all to go away
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Even after I had been on dialysis for a long time I would still get bladder infections. Start drinking cranberry juice right away. There's something in it that seems to help. I have never found oral antibiotics to be effective, I have always had to have them via iv. It's kinda a pain in the butt, but it works very quickly so you get relief quickly. You generally need to go to the hospital at least twice a day for the treatment.
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Start drinking cranberry juice right away. There's something in it that seems to help.
finally starting to feel better. i bought the cranberry juice friday. actually it's cran-apple, there is about 1/4 of the bottle left. i have about 3 days of antibiotics left. hopefully everything will be cleared up by then.
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I hope you're not on fluid restriction drinking all that juice. Hope things get better soon.
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Oh Tubes, i feel for ya boyfriend, yes, it is very possible and they gave me antibiotics as well. I can't say for sure if the cranberry juice is what is helping cuz that is mainly a diuretic and not too sure if since we dont pee anymore if that would or wouldnt help us, i know my mom drinks it for the same reason, she has normal kidney function but gets UTI's and that is what she takes to cure it. Anyways, i hope you are feeling better by now amigo... :cuddle;
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The plumbing is still there, so yep it is possible.
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Yes John has just been put on a broad sectrum antibiotic 5 days worth as he was feeling low and passing a lot of blood. After 3 days he feels a lot better and now only a little bit of blood in the night bag. I wonder how you can pick up these infections, the only time he ever goes out is to a hospital appointment.