John you are so right. The same thing happened to
me, twice. The first time I had a uti and the er
doc had me take Keflex which I'm allergic to.
After I told him that he said ok we'll give you
something stronger by iv - that something was
Keflex! I asked what was going on. He said most
people are only allergic to a drug orally.
"You'll be fine". I could feel my body swelling
and no urine in my bag. I told him this and he
says - that's because you have a uti!?! After the
iv was empty, I said ok I'm leaving.
The second time the er doc said I had a uti that
had gone septic. They admitted me and started iv
antibiotics. Doc said I would be in the hospital
4 or 5 days. I felt fine so I said I'll give you
2 days. After the second day he said I was doing
much better but I should stay a couple of more
days. I said no thank you so against RTAMA, I
went home. My rule of thumb is, if I start to
feel worse the longer I stay in a hospital, that means I'll do better at home.
The last time I was in the hospital I didn't
follow my rule of thumb. I went in for an
adjustment of my vent. I was released 5 days
later weak as a kitten. I hardly ate the whole
time and lost half my body weight. On the day I
was to be released the intern came in and said I
would have to stay longer because they found
something strange in my blood - like I had
ingested antifreeze. What the Hell was she
talking about?! Then when rounds came along she
told the resident that they found Ketones in my
blood - Ketones for Gods sake. Was she an idiot?
I hadn't eaten for 5 days and she couldn't figure
that one out?!? I looked at the resident and he
explained to her why I had Ketones in my
blood/urine. I left that day. But I learned a
valuable lesson - never trust the docs - always
question why and then make up your own mind.
Dan
At 06:49 PM 9/1/2009, John S. said something that elicited my response:
In the 80's I had an indwelling catheter and
took antibiotics daily to prevent infections. I
was taking macrodantin. After about 7 months I
was having trouble breathing and i was not
producing any urine. Ambulance took me to the
hospital were they increased the macrodantin by
IV and began treating me for heart failure. I
asked to see the PDR and a nurse complied. the
side effects were identical to what was
happening to me. I had them remove the IV
medicine packs and refused any more antibiotics.
Within 6 hours I was urinating big time. 2
liters in 4 hours. Within a day my heart had
returned to normal and my breathing was
incredibly easier. You can become septic from
antibiotics that are taken over long periods of
time. It is important to understand how each
works and drugs that can turn to poison when
your system no longer removes them.
I ditched that urologist and went to a different
one who got me into bladder training. It may
never happen to others, but I wanted to relate
the importance of being able to recognize
antibiotic poisoning and toxic reactions. I'm
allergic to any drug in the macrodantin and keflex families.
My point is obvious I guess. just always get the
pharmacy PDR info on any drug and e careful. I
was within hours of dying when I started to
refuse treatment against medical advice (RTAMA)
from a doctor that was furious with me and
insisting that I needed an even larger dose of
what was killing me. The next day a resident
came in my room and told me my stubbornness kept me from the morgue.
I honestly feel that many of us using CMS
medical treatment are not getting the treatment
given to those with beefy insurance policies. I
hope this changes but I will always read the fine print as should we all.
If I had died it would have been listed as heart
attack due to Renal failure. I always wonder how
many of us die from the treatment we get from
people we trusted to "do no harm". Ultimately,
it is up to each of us to read and ask questions
about our health care and use our judgment.
Doctors aren't gods and mistakes happen all to often.
I hope what you take works for you as long as
you need it. I don't mean to scare or frieghten
you or any one else. I just want to relate an
experience I had because I did everything my doctor said without question.
KNOW YOUR ENEMA!
BEST TO ALL,
john
From: Merrill <merril...@cox.net>
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 5:33:23 PM
Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] SWEATING ONLY OR MAINLY IN CHAIR
Greg,
What is the antibiotic?
Merrill
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From: Greg [mailto:g...@eskimo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:20 PM
To: 'donald scott'; quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] SWEATING ONLY OR MAINLY IN CHAIR
I too take a daily antibiotic. I know most
people say not to do it, but I was getting
UTIâs every other week. Plus the symptoms
really were hard on me. I would sweat and get
fevers before the UTI was bas enough to show up
on tests. The Uro wanted to do a bladder
augmentation, but thought we should try this
first as a last resort. Since starting the daily
half dose, I have had 2 UTIâs in 4 years.
Greg
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Hi group,
I read some of the posts regarding the sweating
problem. I too have had this problem and ran a
bunch of test. The doctors where pretty stumped.
I think that I have finally figured out that
it's a UTI problem. When we sit up it puts more
pressure on the bladder which irritates the
bladder when it's already upset from the UTI. It
causes pain and then we sweat. I take a daily
antibiotic for urine and have no more sweating.
I may be wrong but it has helped me.
Good luck and great health,
Donald C5
