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Re: COULD ENDO CAUSE E-COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA INTO THE BLADDER?!!!HELP!!!!
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Apr 20 16:14:41 2007
Jillian-and whomever else can help me. My son is almost 3 now-could my
husband have had a UTI for that long and not know it? And wouldn't it
come back with the same bacteria? My UTI's have been different
bacterias. The flank pain gets worse or is onset with my period, and a
day before I bleed continuous, there is blood only in my urine-usually
small clots, or slimely strings of blood (I know it is gross-but need to
address this with my doctor and not sure how). I think my doctor feels
I am a hypochondriact-or doing this to myself intentionally. I am
hoping there is someone out there that has had the same thing-recurrent
uti's (that do show bacteria, when a culture is done) with endo that has
been linked to the endo, and how did you approach your doctor with your
issue? I welcome anyone elses advise as well, I just need to know-15
months seems accessive w/o any additional tests-unless the doctor is
right and the only way in the world without a doubt-is wiping wrong.
Thank You so much-I am so desperate and frustrated.
At Wed, 18 Apr 2007, jillian wrote:
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>personaly, ive never had that problem with my endo. i know pregnancy
>def. leaves you more susceptible for uti's. if you were having sex
>while you were pregnant, maybe you passed it t your husband and now
>ya'll are just switching it back and forth. look into gettig him to
>take the anti-biotics at the same time you are and see if that works. it
>worked for me. it may seem like it goes away for a while bu w/o killing
>the bactria from both of you, it will aris again eventually.
>
>At Wed, 18 Apr 2007, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I AM SO ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED. WHEN I WAS 15 I STARTED TO HAVE PAINFUL
>>PERIODS, AND WOULD BLEED FOR WEEKS. WHEN I WAS 16 THEY FOUND A CYST ON
>>MY OVARY. WHEN I WAS 17 (AFTER SEEING A TON OF DOCTORS) THEY DID A LAP,
>>AND FOUND A SMALL SPOT OF ENDO, AND CAUTERIZED IT. FIVE YEARS LATER I
>>WAS IN DEBILITATING PAIN-WOULD CURL UP AND CRY, MY PREVIOUS DOCTOR MOVED
>>SO I NEEDED TO FIND A NEW OBGYN-THE ONE I FOUND WAS AWESOME & DID THE
>>LAP SURGURY AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY FOUND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT-I HAVE NO
>>IDEA WHAT STAGE IT WAS (NEVER KNEW ENDO HAD STAGES) BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH
>>TO GO ON LUPRON INJECTIONS FOR 6 MONTHS (THAT SUCKED). AFTER THE LUPRON
>>WAS OVER I WENT ON BIRTH CONTROL FOR 6 MONTHS, AND AFTER 3 WEEKS OF
>>BEING OFF THE PILL I WAS PREGNANT. I NURSED MY SON SO I DID NOT HAVE A
>>PERIOD FOR ABOUT A YEAR AFTER HE WAS BORN.
>>
>>NOW FOR THE LAST 15 MONTHS I HAVE HAD 8 UTI'S-NOT ALL OF THEM WITH THE
>>SAME BACTERIA EITHER-SOMETIMES IT IS E-COLI AND OTHERS PNEMONIA (SORRY
>>IF SPELLED WRONG) THERE COULD BE OTHER BACTERIA AS WELL-MY RESULTS ARE
>>OFTEN DISCLOSED TO ME AS-YOU HAVE AN INFECTION. OKAY SINCE I COULD GO
>>TO THE BATHROOM ON MY OWN WE WILL SAY AGE 2 OR 3 (I AM 28 NOW) I HAVE
>>NOT CHANGED HOW I WIPE-FRONT TO BACK, BEFORE THIS TIME I HAD MAYBE ONE
>>OR TWO UTI'S MY WHOLE LIFE. AFTER MY SECOND INFECTION IN THE LAST 15
>>MONTHS I HAVE BEEN USING BABY WIPES AFTER DEFECATING TO AVOID BACTERIA
>>FROM ENTERING MY URINARY TRACT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT WORKING. AT MY
>>LAST VISIT-BEFORE THIS 8TH ONE WAS FOUND (WHICH WAS ONLY RUN BECAUSE I
>>HAD GIVEN THE SAMPLE BEFORE THE DOCTOR EXAMINED ME) THE DOCTOR SAID HE
>>DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL ME-IT COULD BE STRESS, GRAVITY, MY RECENT
>>PREGNANCY (MY SON IS ALMOST 3). HE SAID HE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE EVERY DAY
>>MUCH SICKER THAN MYSELF SO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL ME. HE
>>WOULD RUN THIS CULTURE SINCE I ALREADY GAVE IT. WELL THIS MADE ME CRY-A
>>DOCTOR WHO I THOUGHT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH-AND WHO WAS USUALLY VERY
>>GOOD TO ME SEES THIS AS A PETTY VISIT MAYBE HE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY-BUT
>>IT HURT-IT WAS NOT PETTY TO ME-WHEN I CANNOT FUNCTION, AND CANNOT PLAY
>>WITH MY KIDS, OR DO REGULAR CLEANING AROUND THE HOUSE-IT FLAT OUT ANGERS
>>ME. WELL I STARTED TO PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER AND STARTED TO THINK-COULD
>>THIS BE RELATED TO THE ENDO-MY FLANK PAIN IS EITHER ONSET OR INCREASED
>>AT THE TIME OF MY PERIOD, AND THE VERY FIRST DAY OF MY PERIOD I COULD
>>USE A SANITARY NAPKIN AND NOT BLEED ON IT AT ALL, BUT WHEN I URINATE I
>>PASS CLOTS AND THE URINE IS QUITE BLOODY, ALSO I AM A LARGER GIRL, BUT
>>THERE APPEARS TO BE MORE GURTH TO MY RIGHT SIDE THAN MY LEFT (DURING MY
>>PELVIC THE DOCTOR SAID EVERYTHING FEELS FINE AND MY RESULTS WERE NOT
>>ABNORMAL, BUT I NEVER HAVE HAD AN ABNORMAL PAP-YET I HAD A SIGNIFICANT
>>AMOUNT OF ENDO.
>>
>>COULD THE E-COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA THAT TYPICALLY LIVE IN THE STOMACHE
>>BE SPILLING INTO MY URINARY TRACT WITHOUT IT HAVING TO DO WITH MY HYGENE
>>PRACTICES? I HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE CLINIC FOR A URINE TEST UNLESS I HAVE
>>SEVERE FLANK PAIN, CHILLS, FEVER, AND NAUSEA-AND EVEN THOUGH MY KIDNEYS
>>WERE HURTING LIKE A SOB-ONE OF THE RESULTS AT THE HOSPITAL SAID THERE
>>WAS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF INFECTION. I AM CURRENTLY ON DETROL FOR AN
>>OVERACTIVE BLADDER-RECENTLY PERSCRIBED AND HAVE BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS 8
>>TIMES (HOW CAN THIS BE GOOD?). I FEEL LIKE THE DOCTORS THINK I AM DOING
>>THIS TO MYSELF-IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY CHILDREN I NEED TO CARE FOR & LOVE
>>SO MUCH-I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. IF I KNEW FOR SURE THAT E-COLI
>>AND OTHER BACTERIA INDEED COULD ENTER MY URINARY TRACT BECAUSE OF ENDO-I
>>WOULD DEMAND ANOTHER SCOPE-MY LAST ONE WAS 5 YEARS AGO (SAME TIME AS
>>BEFORE WHEN THERE WAS A SMALL SPOT CAUTERIZED TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT) I
>>DO NOT KNOW IF MY DOCTOR WILL DO IT OR NOT-HE SEEMS TO THINK WITH HIS
>>ACCURACY AND THE TREATMENTS I HAVE HAD-THAT ENDOMETRIOSIS JUST ISN'T
>>THERE ANYMORE. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVISE-IF THIS IS POSSIBLE
>>AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 15 MONTHS-I THINK IT SHOULD GET TAKEN CARE
>>OF SOON (AND PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I AM NOT CRAZY & NOT DOING THIS TO
>>MYSELF).
>>
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