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askye at 04:15pm on 12/01/2010
askye at 04:15pm on 12/01/2010 I haven't updated in a very long time. I realized that I've really pulled away socially from people and I'm just being more hermitish. But I've had this on going health issue of the very vague "pain in my side"
Which, after several tests, is kidney and bladder infection. Really bad infection. They went in and did a cystoscopy and after seeing the infection did an antibacterial wash of , well , just about everything. The really horrible pain I had was my kidney due to the infection. I don't know how long I've had this infection (I was too groggy to think to ask) but I'm guessing since October. I did have one round of antibiotics for a UTI but evidentally that didn't help. So now I'm on 18 days of antibiotics.
I also realize that I wasn't taking care of myself and my Diet coke addiction is not a good thing. I *say* it's about 4-6 cans per day but it's more than that on some days. Because I'll go to a restaurant for dinner and I can drink 3 glasses or so. On top of the 4 or so I have during the day.
Not to mention the fact I drink very little water. So today is my first day of caffiene free. I think the nurse said i could have soda or tea once in awhile,but I know myself. I've tried to drink just one a day and that didn't work. I think the longest I've gone is 1 week without soda. And then I had one, just for the occasional soda, and I was back to the diet coke addiction.
So far no headaches so this is good.
Anyway, after my antibiotic course I'm going to have a second procedure, there's a pocket in my bladder that is causing the problems so they'll go in and cauterize it and that should stop the infections.
One thing I thought was weird was at the appointment at the uroligist's office they did a pee test to check for infection and it came back negative. But the nurse yesterday (if I remember correctly) said that depending on what's infected a simple pee test won't give accurate results.
I'm also wondering how often I've been having infections and for how long. I'm hoping that after this I won't feel so tired and run down all the time. I just don't have a lot of energy lately and I'm sure having something like this going on doesn't help the way I feel.
Which, after several tests, is kidney and bladder infection. Really bad infection. They went in and did a cystoscopy and after seeing the infection did an antibacterial wash of , well , just about everything. The really horrible pain I had was my kidney due to the infection. I don't know how long I've had this infection (I was too groggy to think to ask) but I'm guessing since October. I did have one round of antibiotics for a UTI but evidentally that didn't help. So now I'm on 18 days of antibiotics.
I also realize that I wasn't taking care of myself and my Diet coke addiction is not a good thing. I *say* it's about 4-6 cans per day but it's more than that on some days. Because I'll go to a restaurant for dinner and I can drink 3 glasses or so. On top of the 4 or so I have during the day.
Not to mention the fact I drink very little water. So today is my first day of caffiene free. I think the nurse said i could have soda or tea once in awhile,but I know myself. I've tried to drink just one a day and that didn't work. I think the longest I've gone is 1 week without soda. And then I had one, just for the occasional soda, and I was back to the diet coke addiction.
So far no headaches so this is good.
Anyway, after my antibiotic course I'm going to have a second procedure, there's a pocket in my bladder that is causing the problems so they'll go in and cauterize it and that should stop the infections.
One thing I thought was weird was at the appointment at the uroligist's office they did a pee test to check for infection and it came back negative. But the nurse yesterday (if I remember correctly) said that depending on what's infected a simple pee test won't give accurate results.
I'm also wondering how often I've been having infections and for how long. I'm hoping that after this I won't feel so tired and run down all the time. I just don't have a lot of energy lately and I'm sure having something like this going on doesn't help the way I feel.
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