Sheila6830
06-25-2008, 12:49 AM
I miss my old uro so bad. She had me on a great protocol and I was well for a year. Now she has retired and I got stuck with a new doc who is younger than me and quite conservative in her approach.
After 2 weeks of pain, I finally got in to see her and she said I didn't have an infection but would send it off for culture. That was on a Thursday. In the meantime she gave me steriods to help with the inflammation and pain killers.
Then, her nurse called me Monday night and told me that I did have an infection after all (no really?!) They called in 7 days of Ampacillin. I've never taken this for a UTI.
I realize that I am also having a flare, but my flares only last 2 - 5 days and are gone. I get bladder and UTIs very easily when I have flares. Then it just starts a visious circle of bladder inflammation and infection until I get the infection knocked out.
My old uro had to put me on a month of Cipro to knock out a terrible infection, then she had me on 1 Macrodantin after sex along with 1/2 of a Cipro at night. I did that for a few months and didn't have another bladder/uti until now.
I don't want to live on antibiotics, but I am so frustrated.
Does anyone out there take a small dose of antibiotics to keep the UTIs away?
Right now I am living on Hydrocodone. I can't keep doing that. I am so frustrated.
After 2 weeks of pain, I finally got in to see her and she said I didn't have an infection but would send it off for culture. That was on a Thursday. In the meantime she gave me steriods to help with the inflammation and pain killers.
Then, her nurse called me Monday night and told me that I did have an infection after all (no really?!) They called in 7 days of Ampacillin. I've never taken this for a UTI.
I realize that I am also having a flare, but my flares only last 2 - 5 days and are gone. I get bladder and UTIs very easily when I have flares. Then it just starts a visious circle of bladder inflammation and infection until I get the infection knocked out.
My old uro had to put me on a month of Cipro to knock out a terrible infection, then she had me on 1 Macrodantin after sex along with 1/2 of a Cipro at night. I did that for a few months and didn't have another bladder/uti until now.
I don't want to live on antibiotics, but I am so frustrated.
Does anyone out there take a small dose of antibiotics to keep the UTIs away?
Right now I am living on Hydrocodone. I can't keep doing that. I am so frustrated.