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I have been out with my own UTI for some time and am just getting a chance to respond to some of the e-mails. I hope you're able to get over this UTI pretty quickly. I agree with Lori that you need to look for another position ASAP. A doctor that waits that long to respond to something as serious as what you have is either incompetent or seriously negligent. Take care and hopefully you will be able to go on your vacation. Quadius On 10/3/07, Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI, LorI, Yes we have had a lot of uti problems last few years. While you were off the list or unable to respond---I wrote about how I also had my 1st bladder stone removed just this past Febuary, it was large about a golf ball size, So I don't know what is causing my infections now...I was hoping after that things would go well for a long time. The Lab my insurance uses is INCOMPETENT ! always throwing my culture out saying ( more than 1 organism ) So last week I made them write MUST TEST FOR ALL ORGANISMS...because I have a supra pubic catheter and ALWAYS have more than 1 . This time they did it correct and found out yesterday it is Pseudamonas..I called 1st thing this morn but still have not heard from my Urologist as to what to do? The other 2 times in years past he told me wait and see what happens, and both times I was rushed to the emergency with Autonomic Dysreflexia feeling like I was gonna die...Also my bloodstream was infected and my white blood cells were almost gone, I was so weak I could hardly sit up. I'm so confused NOW--I don't know if I should wait or if It can possibly get better OR will the past repeat.? We changed my catheter today and flushed with acetic acid..my wife stayed home from work to help do all this. To tpo it all off---We had a vacation to Branson Mo, planned with family members for 4 day's the 20th to 24th of this month! My wife and other family had this scheduled for a year...I sure hope I don't cause it to be messed up. Oh well such is life...I hope this will work out soon. Take care and thanks for all the advice from all you on the list.!Dan H. *Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. *Neither have I *but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder *for years and kept growing.* Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these
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I know Lori I'm really late responding to this, but I am just getting back on my feet again (so to speak). I have been suffering from a UTI which has had me pretty much paralyzed (get it? Paralyzed! Is everyone laughing? sadly probably not.) For much of the last week. Last year I suffered from three UTIs myself and I found that be multiple stones I had a my bladder were causing the repeated infections. This is the first UTI I have had in quite some time that I wasn't able to get under control myself. It really threw me for a loop and I am just thankful I didn't require IV medications to get this thing under control. However, I'm not totally out of the woods yet. I'm still pretty weak, beginning stronger. Everyone has written on here about how to get the pH balance down, so I won't go into that again, but I have noticed since I have been able to get mine down I have had virtually no sediment in my urine and therefore have required less frequent catheter changes. Although, my doctor just told me I definitely shouldn't be going a month without changing the catheter. I had always heard it was common in most cases to go a month without changing a SP catheter. Stacy, I am so sorry you're going through all of these trials and tribulations. I have been having difficulty with my bowels since I took an antibiotic in June. I occasionally get everything under control with the use of probiotics and dieting, but seems like any little thing would throw me off. Ironically my bowels have been feeling wonderful since I started taking Cipro for this UTI. I am now starting to suspect that I probably had some sort of bad bacteria in my bowels which were causing a lot of the irritation. It's good to be back. I'll talk to you all later. Quadius On 10/2/07, Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. *Neither have I *but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder *for years and kept growing.* Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get quite serious... you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at you or preaching to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor does! Tough love if you want to call it that. :-) I was so upset when I got a Pseudomonas infection AFTER having my bladder stones out and my doctor was not happy either. *I*
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Clip Ironically my bowels have been feeling wonderful since I started taking Cipro for this UTI. Clip This happens to me as well. Crazy isn't it? Keith/34/C4-5/NJ-11yrsPost ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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HI, LorI, Yes we have had a lot of uti problems last few years. While you were off the list or unable to respond---I wrote about how I also had my 1st bladder stone removed just this past Febuary, it was large about a golf ball size, So I don't know what is causing my infections now...I was hoping after that things would go well for a long time. The Lab my insurance uses is INCOMPETENT ! always throwing my culture out saying ( more than 1 organism ) So last week I made them write MUST TEST FOR ALL ORGANISMS...because I have a supra pubic catheter and ALWAYS have more than 1 . This time they did it correct and found out yesterday it is Pseudamonas..I called 1st thing this morn but still have not heard from my Urologist as to what to do? The other 2 times in years past he told me wait and see what happens, and both times I was rushed to the emergency with Autonomic Dysreflexia feeling like I was gonna die...Also my bloodstream was infected and my white blood cells were almost gone, I was so weak I could hardly sit up. I'm so confused NOW--I don't know if I should wait or if It can possibly get better OR will the past repeat.? We changed my catheter today and flushed with acetic acid..my wife stayed home from work to help do all this. To tpo it all off---We had a vacation to Branson Mo, planned with family members for 4 day's the 20th to 24th of this month! My wife and other family had this scheduled for a year...I sure hope I don't cause it to be messed up. Oh well such is life...I hope this will work out soon. Take care and thanks for all the advice from all you on the list.!Dan H. Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. Neither have I but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder for years and kept growing. Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get quite serious... you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at you or preaching to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor does! Tough love if you want to call it that. :-) I was so upset when I got a Pseudomonas infection AFTER having my bladder stones out and my doctor was not happy either. *I* finally found the answer on the Internet. To be brief... I found out that by me eating a banana a day... that amount
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I've had uti's and have had to take iv drugs bc the only med by mouth would interfere with my current meds. I just do them at home. I have another uti bc of the accidents from the antibiotic I'm on. I tried the acidophilus and it isn't helping. I even took extra pills and still didnt help. I'm sick of the repeated accidents and infections bc of them. One would think it would counteract itself since it is a powerful broad spectrum antibiotic but nope. I hope things getting better for you, Stacy - Original Message From: Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 1:56:21 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Psuedamonas UTI Hi all...I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only I.V. drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very depressing, Has anyone else had repeated serious UTI's such as Psuedamonas??? We are wondering how many times one can use the I.V. drugs for this before getting resistant to them...I don't know what options there are..I will ask my Uro Doctor but he seems to not know a lot on the subject. Thanks, Dan H. Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz
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Try and look at www.sciwire.com as the nurse maybe able to answer your question, _ From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:56 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Psuedamonas UTI Hi all...I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only I.V. drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very depressing, Has anyone else had repeated serious UTI's such as Psuedamonas??? We are wondering how many times one can use the I.V. drugs for this before getting resistant to them...I don't know what options there are..I will ask my Uro Doctor but he seems to not know a lot on the subject. Thanks, Dan H.
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Stacy, acidophilus will do nothing for the infection. It is to replace the good bacteria that the antibiotics is killing off along with the bad bacteria. KK Remember: life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes...
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Hope you get better soon also Stacy, this quad life can get us down at times, but all we can do if fight and take it one day at a time and hope to get thru our current struggles and back to better days. Dan H. Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had uti's and have had to take iv drugs bc the only med by mouth would interfere with my current meds. I just do them at home. I have another uti bc of the accidents from the antibiotic I'm on. I tried the acidophilus and it isn't helping. I even took extra pills and still didnt help. I'm sick of the repeated accidents and infections bc of them. One would think it would counteract itself since it is a powerful broad spectrum antibiotic but nope. I hope things getting better for you, Stacy - Original Message From: Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 1:56:21 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Psuedamonas UTI Hi all...I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only I.V. drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very depressing, Has anyone else had repeated serious UTI's such as Psuedamonas??? We are wondering how many times one can use the I.V. drugs for this before getting resistant to them...I don't know what options there are..I will ask my Uro Doctor but he seems to not know a lot on the subject. Thanks, Dan H. - Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.
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Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. *Neither have I* but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder *for years and kept growing.* Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get quite serious... you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at you or preaching to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor does! Tough love if you want to call it that. :-) I was so upset when I got a Pseudomonas infection AFTER having my bladder stones out and my doctor was not happy either. *I* finally found the answer on the Internet. To be brief... I found out that by me eating a banana a day... that amount of potassium was severely altering the pH of my urine. It was staying too alkaline (7.5 or more) when it should be much more acidic to keep the bugs away (ideally a pH of 6). After I stopped eating bananas... wala! I have not had an infection since! Who would have ever thought? My doctor was unsure why we could not get my pH number lower even by taking cranberry capsules, drinking cranberry juice and other acidic juices. She (my Urologist) was pretty impressed that I was able to find out the information that I did. My body was not going to be able to take many more infections and the bugs were just getting stronger and stronger and that would ultimately lead to my demise. That is the second time the Internet information has saved my life. Anyway, Danny... please heed my advice to go get a damn new doctor! Also, have your pH checked if you have not already. If your urologist is competent, as well as the medical technicians who tested your urine, they should be able to provide you with what your last pH was during the culture. Just call and ask because it is usually part of the lab report. If not... insist on finding out even if you have to give them a new specimen and ask for that specifically. Good luck buddy! Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/2/07, Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Hi all...I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only I.V. drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very
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In my previous email... there were a bunch of Dragon typos/errors I hope you can tread through. I shoulda proofread but was in a hurry. It typed position instead of physician and in instead of and, etc, etc. I apologize for my haste. Lor :-) On 10/2/07, Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Hi all...I have had a bad UTI for a month now, I just got the results of a Urine Culture today, and they told me I have psuedamonas bacteria infection and are going to contact my Urologist because only I.V. drugs can fight it. Since i've had a supra-pubic catheter put in 7 years ago --- this is the ( 3rd ) time i've had this type bacteria, that will probably require I.V. drugs once again. It is very depressing, Has anyone else had repeated serious UTI's such as Psuedamonas??? We are wondering how many times one can use the I.V. drugs for this before getting resistant to them...I don't know what options there are..I will ask my Uro Doctor but he seems to not know a lot on the subject. Thanks, Dan H.*
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You are a pretty good detective Lori, I salute your efforts and successes. I had about 6 utis last year, 3 of them requiring hospitalization and fancy new (to me) drugs Zosyn and _Vancomyosin_ (http://www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/114/9/1181.pdf) , and finally in November I told the doc to remove what I thought was the offending part. I had been using a condom catheter since 1967 and figured it was doing me just fine even tho it allowed me to retain about 300 cc in my bladder. I was sure foleys were a much bigger possibility for introducing utis into my system. Now since my _orchiectomy_ (http://www.beavercleaver.net/orchiectomy_slides.htm) and the use of a foley (a bunch of them actually) since 11-2007, I have had only 1 or 2 minor utis. I now seem to be noticing cleaner output since using collidal silver, alka seltzer, and vinegar some great home remedies for _Bladder Infections_ (http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/bladder.htm) . Dave In a message dated 10/2/2007 12:52:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. Neither have I but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder for years and kept growing. Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get quite serious... you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at you or preaching to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor does! Tough love if you want to call it that. :-) I was so upset when I got a Pseudomonas infection AFTER having my bladder stones out and my doctor was not happy either. *I* finally found the answer on the Internet. To be brief... I found out that by me eating a banana a day... that amount of potassium was severely altering the pH of my urine. It was staying too alkaline (7.5 or more) when it should be much more acidic to keep the bugs away (ideally a pH of 6). After I stopped eating bananas... wala! I have not had an infection since! Who would have ever thought? My doctor was unsure why we could not get my pH number lower even by taking cranberry capsules, drinking cranberry juice and other acidic juices. She (my Urologist) was pretty impressed that I was able to find out the information that I did. My body was not going to be able to take many more
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I always hesitate to write a long e-mail and diatribe but is sometimes to get all the information across... it has to be done that way. Yes... the one IV antibiotic that was used on me for was Zosyn as well. I think for Proteus. Vancomycin has been around for approximately 10 years. So many doctors as well as the spinal cord injured population hold by their statements that indwelling Foley catheters are more opportunistic for bacteria. But I have to disagree. For the first 20 years of my injury within indwelling catheter... I only had about four or five UTIs. The doctors were always so surprised. It wasn't until I had boulders in my bladder that I began to have problems. In the near future I will write about lab technicians and lazy ones and how we can suffer from their laziness. It occurs so frequently that if patients really knew what was going on in the laboratories they surely would not be paying for doctors or medical anything! Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are a pretty good detective Lori, I salute your efforts and successes. I had about 6 utis last year, 3 of them requiring hospitalization and fancy new (to me) drugs *Zosyn* and Vancomyosinhttp://www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/114/9/1181.pdf, and finally in November I told the doc to remove what I thought was the offending part. I had been using a condom catheter since 1967 and figured it was doing me just fine even tho it allowed me to retain about 300 cc in my bladder. I was sure foleys were a much bigger possibility for introducing utis into my system. Now since my orchiectomyhttp://www.beavercleaver.net/orchiectomy_slides.htmand the use of a foley (a bunch of them actually) since 11-2007, I have had only 1 or 2 minor utis. I now seem to be noticing cleaner output since using collidal silver, alka seltzer, and vinegar some great home remedies for Bladder Infections http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/bladder.htm . Dave
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Quoting the website: No Scalpel Vasectomy by Beaver Cleaver D.C. Bilateral Orchiectomy Procedure This procedure has the potential of adding 14 years to the average male life expectancy by significantly reducing the risk for prostate cancer and totally reducing the risk of testicular cancers. (however professional body builders using this technique in conjunction with steroid therapy for the purpose of body sculpting, are at somewhat greater risk to develop prostate cancers because of the increased hormone levels being introduced). No scalpel? What were the 2cm incisions made with. Beaver Cleaver D.C.? You're putting me on! Bill C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Age 57 Leesburg, FL Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Psuedamonas UTI You are a pretty good detective Lori, I salute your efforts and successes. I had about 6 utis last year, 3 of them requiring hospitalization and fancy new (to me) drugs Zosyn and Vancomyosin , and finally in November I told the doc to remove what I thought was the offending part. I had been using a condom catheter since 1967 and figured it was doing me just fine even tho it allowed me to retain about 300 cc in my bladder. I was sure foleys were a much bigger possibility for introducing utis into my system. Now since my orchiectomy and the use of a foley (a bunch of them actually) since 11-2007, I have had only 1 or 2 minor utis. I now seem to be noticing cleaner output since using collidal silver, alka seltzer, and vinegar some great home remedies for Bladder Infections . Dave In a message dated 10/2/2007 12:52:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. Neither have I but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder for years and kept growing. Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one really cares about your well-being! This quack that you keep going to has not been very helpful... has he? Therefore, because these things can get quite serious... you better get real proactive real fast. If I sound like I am yelling at you or preaching to you... maybe it is because that I care more about you than your doctor does! Tough love if you want to call it that. :-) I was so
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I included the link only because it had an explanation and pictures. In my case i think they actually used a brick and a large hammer. Dave In a message dated 10/2/2007 3:29:41 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quoting the website: No Scalpel Vasectomy by Beaver Cleaver D.C. Bilateral Orchiectomy Procedure This procedure has the potential of adding 14 years to the average male life expectancy by significantly reducing the risk for prostate cancer and totally reducing the risk of testicular cancers. (however professional body builders using this technique in conjunction with steroid therapy for the purpose of body sculpting, are at somewhat greater risk to develop prostate cancers because of the increased hormone levels being introduced). No scalpel? What were the 2cm incisions made with. Beaver Cleaver D.C.? You're putting me on! Bill C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Age 57 Leesburg, FL Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Psuedamonas UTI You are a pretty good detective Lori, I salute your efforts and successes. I had about 6 utis last year, 3 of them requiring hospitalization and fancy new (to me) drugs Zosyn and _Vancomyosin_ (http://www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/114/9/1181.pdf) , and finally in November I told the doc to remove what I thought was the offending part. I had been using a condom catheter since 1967 and figured it was doing me just fine even tho it allowed me to retain about 300 cc in my bladder. I was sure foleys were a much bigger possibility for introducing utis into my system. Now since my _orchiectomy_ (http://www.beavercleaver.net/orchiectomy_slides.htm) and the use of a foley (a bunch of them actually) since 11-2007, I have had only 1 or 2 minor utis. I now seem to be noticing cleaner output since using collidal silver, alka seltzer, and vinegar some great home remedies for _Bladder Infections_ (http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/bladder.htm) . Dave In a message dated 10/2/2007 12:52:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Danny, You and I have been talking (around 2 years now?) about the chronic UTIs that we both have been plagued with. But it seems like you have not had very good luck with competent doctors. Neither have I but I finally found out that the culprit were those very big, big bladder stones that had been sitting in growing in my bladder for years and kept growing. Anyway, you said that you have had a bad UTI for a month now! If it is bad then I must assume it has gone systemic and you have been running a fever with severe chills for a whole month? Something does not sound right. Not to mention being extremely dangerous!!! In other words... what the F***? have you or the doctors than waiting on/for? After a whole month... you just got urine culture results today which only take three days (on the outside)? Just before, and after, having my bladder stones removed a year ago this past May... the bug that came after me twice in 2 months was Pseudomonas. It is one of the worst ones and both times I had to be treated with IV antibiotics via a PICC line at home. Again, you and I have discussed these ongoing UTIs both on list and off list. There must be some source, or culprit, causing your chronic infections. Mine was bladder stones but it has to be a process of elimination kind of deal. And only you know your body best! You already know that I have had repeated serious UTIs such as Pseudomonas. Yes, it is very depressing not to mention life-threatening. And going through an entire month ... how in the world did you let it go that long if it WAS so BAD? My fevers that bad really quick and I thought I would die before ibuprofen in some sort of antibiotic began kicking in. Then finding out that Pseudomonas has been growing in there the whole time? I would began to think that your urologist OR even your regular physician... sits around reading comic books rather than trying to help you! As far as how many times one can use the IV drugs before the bug gets resistant to them it is really academic if you NEED them anyway. My greatest fear with all my troubles ALSO was the fear that the bugs were growing more and more resistant. After all... when you have to resort to IV antibiotics... that is scary enough! There is nothing left to resort to. This is what leads me to think that your position does not give a rat's ass about your well-being. How you describe it... this is dead serious and something not to just brush off again and again. Also, like I have told you so many times... you might need to travel to get a better urologist and one
