Thanks for responding Danny! I *never ever *ask for my urine to be tested for treatment unless the symptoms are so bad I can't stand it. I don't know as I have any stones or not. I had some sediment (very little) in my catheter that was taken out this morning which is very good for me. I have never had a kidney stone.
Severe symptoms like chills and sweats usually indicate that you have a fever which means that whatever bacteria you have that is causing it went into the bloodstream (systemic). I am thankful that I do not have those but the pain since October 11th has not let up very much & the Rocephin injections is what they gave me for what they found on October 21st for Proteus Mirabilis, MRSA & Acinetobacter Baumannii hoping that would work. There were some days and nights that the pain was not fair but more than enough days and nights that the severe bladder and lower back pain (that I am familiar with and always indicative of bladder infections that have not gone systemic) is beyond nightmarish. I just looked at the results and what is in there and what the bacteria is sensitive to (when antibiotics) and while I understand some of it I don't understand all of it. In other words, it says that "Enterococcus Species" (which is in my bladder) is sensitive to Cipro, Ampicillin and Nitrofurantoin while *Staphylococcus aureus* is sensitive to Tetracycline, Gentamicin & Cipro. But nitrofurantoin and vancomycin are also listed. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND is the less than sign (<) or the right-hand sign (>) in front of numbers. I do understand that S stands for sensitive and R stands for resistance. I just have to wait for them to get back to me which I was hoping was going to happen before the day is over today but it did not. ~Lori On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 4:10 PM Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Lori, We never really have any resistance but a bit of blood flakes or red > colored urine can happen right after the cath change but that is nothing to > worry about if it clears up a while later.....I know when I get my urine > tested or a culture- mine usually has about 3 types of bacteria but they > told me this can be normal and will not treat unless i'm having severe > symptoms such as chills, sweats or etc. Hope things get better for > you......You don't think you can have any stones do you? AS for the MRSA, > I'm not sure what may help with that OR if any type pic line drugs can help > that. Dan H.*** > > On Thursday, November 8, 2018, 3:49:59 PM CST, Lori Michaelson < > lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I had a suprapubic catheter put in in June of 2017 (last year). Only 5 > later a growth or polyp shut up against my bladder wall. I had a bladder > biopsy done in February of THIS year & it turned out to be superficial or > low-grade cancer so it was removed. The last time I had a cystoscopy for > my urologist to look in my urine everything looked fine. That was August > 31st of this year. > > I have also had back-to-back nosocomial infections (the two big superbugs > to make matters worse) that are commonly found in hospitals or clinics and > that is when they began to appear... the first one was after my urologist > wanted to be the first to change my catheter the first 3 months after > switching to an SP catheter and then they have just continued. They cause > severe bladder and kidney pain. They are also multi-drug-resistant. The > symptomatic bacteria (2 superbugs present at the same time) were treated > with antibiotic injections of Rocephin but the pain did not go away so I > had another urine culture done last Friday and just got the results today. > Enterococcus species and Staphylococcus Aureus - MRSA is what was found. It > is sensitive to very little drugs. > > I am currently awaiting 'what to do' from my urologist.. I just called > them to see if they got the results also and they have but the urologist > has yet to tell me what to do when he is not seeing patients and for his > nurse to get back with me. > > Just about every website says that SP catheters are supposed to cut down > on infections but I have had just the opposite happen. The catheter > changes are done with extreme cleanliness and sterility. My home health > agency nurse who does them has done many catheter changes and my live-in > caregiver watches her and sees that she is doing everything correctly. > > My question is: > > Has anyone experienced some resistance when trying to insert their > suprapubic catheter and/or had a tiny blood clot or tiny tiny blood flakes > (that quickly disappear) after a catheter change? > > Thank you! > > ~Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 39 years post > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
