More medical nonsense

[acelightning]

Well, I spent Saturday evening (23 February) in the ER. I woke up on Saturday with a pain in my right side, right next to my ribs, and I figured it was another kidney stone. So I got talked into to taking it to the ER. Well, it turns out it's just a UTI (urinary tract infection), not a stone, and they gave me antibiotics for it. And now I've seen a

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[spiffikins]

Last week, my friend S went to the Urgent care after spending a terribly painful night curled up - she assumed she had a UTI (that came on especially quickly) - but by the time she got to the doctor, it had gone away - so they think she actually had a small kidney stone that passed sometime early in the morning while she was waiting for Urgent Care to open.

Glad your pain is less and you are recovering!

[acelightning]

I never had any problems with UTIs when I was younger. I never had a kidney stone in my life before last April, and the consequences of the treatment I got for that included congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, a small stroke, and losing 60 lb over a 3-month span. Now all of a sudden I'm having all these things go wrong, and it's annoying. But, yes, thank you, I am recovering - that's something I've always been good at. I just hope I feel well enough to participate the time I get my next t'ai chi lesson!

[bkwrrm_tx]

My sympathies. I've been battling yet another E coli UTI with massive doses of Macrobid. This is my third one this year and I'm just sick of this neurogenic bladder bullshit.

Hope you feel better soonest!

[acelightning]

They didn't tell me what kind of bacteria I have, but they gave me Ceftin, which is pretty broad-spectrum, and the infection does seem to be diminishing, although I still don't feel 100%. I have to have a CT scan, an ultrasound, and some blood work done on Monday. But the only other times I've ever had UTIs were back when I was in college and on "the Pill". I hope you recover quickly too!

[achinhibitor]

Gaah, I hope this passes soon!

[acelightning]

I see what you did there ;-)

[stormdog]

Oh no! I'm glad you're ok!