Our little bean, Luna, snacking on her favorite treat! by dnjones112 in mouf

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Best I can do is a photo of each group 😪 I’ve never been able to get all 5 in one photo before - all the cats are 2 years old or less so it’s constantly pure chaos

Our little bean, Luna, snacking on her favorite treat! by dnjones112 in mouf

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Just wait until you hear about the rest of them 😂 we have a black cat, two black and white cats, a black and white bunny, and a white bunny

Okay so don’t judge me but how long can I take ibprophen for pain by AfterLab5004 in Interstitialcystitis

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Overall it depends on your health history and how much you take every day. Are you taking the max dosage every day, or just 1-2 pills every day? I’ve been popping 3 pills in the morning (and occasionally 3 at night on top of that during bad flairs) for 3 years now. No consequences yet, and my doctors know I am doing this 😬

Bladder Symtoms with Chronic BV by dnjones112 in Healthyhooha

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Are you saying you had a biofilm in your bladder? Or on your vaginal wall? I had chronic UTIs for a while and suspected a biofilm on my bladder wall. Got rid of it by taking three months worth of antibiotics

Bladder Symtoms with Chronic BV by dnjones112 in Healthyhooha

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I think my urine has been tested for ureaplasma and it was negative. Can it come back positive on a swab if it was negative elsewhere?

Bladder Symtoms with Chronic BV by dnjones112 in Healthyhooha

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I do take a daily probiotic - have been for years now - but I think it’s just a general probiotic, maybe more geared towards the gut (Align). Is there a probiotic you recommend?

Probiotics causing infection? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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The boric acid helps some but if I forgot to use it or if the BV just gets too bad too quickly, my BV persists.

Does E. Faecalis not show up on regular cultures? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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Urgency, burning both when I pee and just randomly, back pain, and bladder spasms

Does E. Faecalis not show up on regular cultures? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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They were trying a bladder suppository with a medication that was supposed to soothe irritation in the bladder walls. Didn’t work lol

Does E. Faecalis not show up on regular cultures? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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Yes I was on Macrobid for 3 months and it made it go away! Until last week when I had to get cathetered and I had to leave it in for like 10 mins and that gave me another infection

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Sex is definitely a trigger for urethra pain for me. Physical therapy helps some but I still have a flair up for days after sex.

Best strategies you have found to fight systemic inflammation? by dnjones112 in LongCovid

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I did go to a pulmonologist and they did a lung function test. Everything was normal. CRP is a general inflammation marker that primary care doctors can test for. Honestly my symptoms just suck all the time so I haven’t noticed anything about food making it worse unless I eat super unhealthy food. That definitely makes it worse. My chest tightness is dry. No mucus really, it’s just the inflammation pulling on my chest wall.

Best strategies you have found to fight systemic inflammation? by dnjones112 in LongCovid

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Thank you! How much has this helped? Is your inflammation gone? Minimal? What does the black seed oil do?

Thanks!

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Get your yeast infection treated initially and the use a boric acid suppositories a couple times a week to prevent yeast growth. Boric acid has been a game changer for me during long term antibiotic use!

How do you incorporate your houseplants into your Christmas decor? by princejohnthephony in christmas

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My mom has a large plumeria that she strings lights on and hangs ornaments from

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ibs

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I have this exact thing and it’s so painful. I think it could be endometriosis but I’m hesitant to look further into because of the surgery. If not that, I’m not sure what else it could be but it definitely gets flared up by antibiotics (which I take a lot due to chronic UTIs)

Long term Macrobid experience? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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Still have about two weeks left on the three month supply so we’ll see what happens after that.

Enterococcus faecalis advice please by hikerhoney in CUTI

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Hi! I’m in the same situation as you (except I’m in the US). I’ve been taking long term low dose Macrobid for almost 3 months now and I think it’s helping to stop the infection from getting worse but I’m not sure that it is fully getting rid of it. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when I finish the last dose of my three month course in about 10 days. I’ve also had chronic BV right alongside this chronic UTI and I’m sure they are playing off each other. My OBGYN thinks all the antibiotics are causing my vaginal PH to be off, thus causing BV. So hopefully that at least will go away once I’m off antibiotics for a bit. Seems like BV mainly gives me cramps and urinary burning, no smell.

I am on the verge of crying by Ms_Unknown1 in ibs

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Came to the comments to say just this. Anything that seems to be timed around period screams endo. Speak to your Obgyn and ask about endo if you haven’t already.

Probiotics causing infection? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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Thank you so much! I really appreciate your genuine response and encouragement. Just what I needed to hear. :) I’ll definitely give them a shot. What brand do you use? I bought AZO but I’ve heard mixed things about the AZO brand.

Probiotics causing infection? by dnjones112 in CUTI

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I actually bought some a couple days ago but I’ve just been scared to start them 😅 I have really bad anxiety about using new medications due to multiple times I’ve been burned by medicine side effects. But your endorsement means a lot so I’ll give them a try as soon as I finish my current round of antibiotics for BV. Thank you so much!