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2 lots of antibiotics, still have UTI symptoms

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KatyMac · 06/04/2009 21:37

So I have UTI
5 days something or other
5 days trimethoprim

& a clear sample at the hospital (well it has pus but no infection)

So why do I still feel so crap?

I have urgency, frequency, I keep wetting myself , back pain & now thrush

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:27

Water or peach juice

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 07/04/2009 22:32

It'd ditch the peach, it's slightly acidic. I'd also swap the water. When I drink H2O it does funny things which mean I'm on the loo for the next hour and it comes out in drips frequently.

Try: Fruit tea, decaf coffee, hot chocolate, you can get low sugar lemonade, blackcurrent juice. You do normally get fluid from food aswell.

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:34

No low sugar anything artificial sweeteners cause all sorts of problems

I thought coloured juices were worse (hence the avoidance of my fav ribena) - I will revert

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:36

Off to bed (after I do another wee at least it stops at night - thought I get up once or twice to drink)

I still think it is something to do with my blood sugar

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 07/04/2009 22:37

You can water it down so it just has a smidgen of black current. I water down juice (orange/apple/pineapple), they have less acid in them this way and do not make me attached to the loo. Decaf coffee/tea, hot chocolate are also good. You don't have to stick to juice and water.

Water really is bad for some.

FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 07/04/2009 22:37

Could be blood sugar. have they not checked it?

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:40

weak tea is ok
coffee never (makes me heave)
as would chocolate (unless they make one without milk)

I have a lot of soup

water without anything makes me pass out/get dizzy dependant upon when I last ate

My blood pressure is low & my urine always negative to sugar

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:40

I thiink it's al connected

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:41

& possibly with my ME & IBS too

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 07/04/2009 22:43

IBS would give you constipation/diarhhoea. Constipation can cause UIT's as it squishes the bladder.

Have they not done a fasting blood sugar blood test?

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KatyMac · 07/04/2009 22:45

No

I am going to write it all down - get a doubel appointment with my GP & try & sort it out

UTI
I drink more than I used to plus I am getting up at night to drink
Weeing lots
Not being able to drink water without getting dizy
IBS
ME
Low Blood pressure

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 07/04/2009 22:49

Maybe find a GP you've not seen before? A fresh opinion?

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KatyMac · 08/04/2009 07:46

Sorry I went off to bed

Maybe a different GP is an idea - there are certainly enough of them at the practice

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