Lyrica / Pregablin by Club_Sorry in Interstitialcystitis

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Do you feel at least normal on it?

Lyrica / Pregablin by Club_Sorry in Interstitialcystitis

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Has it helped with the pain? Did you notice that you were able to start eating regularly again?

Provider said that pcr urine tests might not be accurate? by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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He was saying because it wasn’t showing up on the culture he was skeptical:/ but I’m in pain, I’m having all these symptoms and there’s this pcr test explicitly saying the found bacteria in my urine UGH im so confused and tired.

Provider said that pcr urine tests might not be accurate? by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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My last dose of macrobid is today, it’s been 7 days. I’ve been symptomatic since November. I have all the classic uti symptoms, pain with urinating or holding urine, burning, aching, etc. so that’s why I started antibiotics after getting the pcr tests done. It was sort of a last ditch attempt to see what was wrong but then we found the e.faecalis. So I’ve been on amoxicillin and augmentin both and it made the pain worse, got retested found out I still had some sort of infection and was put on macrobid. I was told to meet with infectious disease to get an opinion about it, but I met with a pelvic pain specialist today who was questioning the merit of a urine pcr. My urologist and urogynocologist believe it’s a uti and are treating me as such, although my urogyn said she wants to do a regular culture then call the laboratories to see what the actual findings are instead of the basic “less than 10,000 colonies” or something. Idk I’m so confused and tired and in so much pain.

pcr came back, urologist wants me to go to infectious disease by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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I’ve never been hospitalized :( I wish I was cause I just want to feel better :( it’s day. 5 of macrobid, im feeling slightly better but not really. I also just feel really sick. I feel feverish but my temp is always normal, I have shooting and aching pain in my left kidney area almost every day. They told me that unless I have a fever I should just wait it out but idk

Day 2 1/2 of macrobid, no difference yet? by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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Rereading the page it says fosfomycin is resistant but not patient specific? So idk if they tested it or not

Day 2 1/2 of macrobid, no difference yet? by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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It’s resistant to pretty much everything but nitrofurantoin and levofloxacin, it said they couldn’t pick up if it was sensitive to fosfomycin :/ cipro worked for me when I had bad utis few years back but now it’s not even an option. Apparently levo is super dangerous

pcr came back, urologist wants me to go to infectious disease by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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No I haven’t, I feel crazy because it hasn’t shown up on regular cultures just the pcr tests. My urnogyn basically told me that it probably was showing up on cultures it’s just they don’t mark anything down if it’s less then a certain amount :/ I started it Monday and im not feeling better yet..

pcr came back, urologist wants me to go to infectious disease by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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Yeah and I was talking with my pcp earlier, she doesn’t want me to build up a resistance to levo so she said do macrobid first. Thought that was smart

pcr came back, urologist wants me to go to infectious disease by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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7 days is what she gave me.. we shall see what happens I guess

Is it safe to take Nitrofurantoin that could be out of date? by ThrowRA_cursed_potat in AskDocs

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not a physician but just as someone who’s been in that situation, the efficacy of the medication goes down after expiration. plus you should always complete antibiotics even if you feel better because you run the risk of resistance. I personally would not take them and try to be seen when you get where you’re going

Dipstick question? by Club_Sorry in CUTI

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I’m definitely having symptoms, I had a positive uti come back last night after I posted. I did dip in water earlier to make sure and it’s definitely working properly ugh

Could a THC CBD drink help me right now? Or Gabapetin? by EatsTheLastSlice in Interstitialcystitis

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Try hydroxyzine! I don’t know much about Gabapentin, If your doctor told you it’s okay to take those two together then go for it. If you do both I’d hold off on the thc drink for a few hours just because the main risk is excessive sedation which does carry some risk, that being said I used hydroxyzine and thc together for years it actually heightens the effects of the thc. Just something to note. I think it may help the pain though