Posted by dove on June 24, 2002, at 15:04:07
In reply to Re: UTI's - bladder infections and p-meds??? » dove, posted by medlib on June 23, 2002, at 4:11:47
>Not only are our body orifices ridiculously close together, our urethras are so much shorter than men's, for pathogens it's like comparing a suburban commute to a cross country trip.
>Thank you *so* much for the good laugh :o) Seriously, I needed the lovely ironic empathy-filled exposition on the rigors of surviving the infamous and recurring female UTI syndrome!!! Nothing satisfies my humourous side more than satirical analogies that hit the mark bang-on!
Re: fungal and yeast (candidiasis) infections, they looked into those and told me that these were definitively ruled out at this point. Sometime, during the second or third infection, I did indeed try fluconazole, which, BTW, had some nasty side-effects waiting for me. I'm doing all the hygienic behavior that supposedly discourages infections, along with the pre-emptive cranberry gluttony and metabolite-balancing fluid intake.
I'm also attempting to track the UTIs in tandem with my menstrual cycle (and my depressive symptoms, self-injurious contemplations, suicidal ideations, anxiety/panic levels, and plain old PMS symptoms), just to see what I come up with. So far, my calendar data shows a peculiar pattern for the UTIs. For the first 4 UTIs, they all began on the 5th of the Month, with symptoms resurfacing on the 20th. Since then, the UTIs show up between the 7th and 10th of the month and either again on the 20th or the following month on the 20th, like clockwork! So, I'm working on figuring out those particulars that the medical community finds apparently inconclusive and irrelevant.
I'll have to look into the "damned if you do and damned if you don't" hyponatremia, water/sodium connection, a complicated yet intriguing cycle of chaos one might say :o)
Thanks for your support and advice, I appreciate it *soooo* much. And you did a beautiful job clarifying the possible connections and various causative agents!!! And I too enjoy seeing your "handle" back on the boards :o)
dove
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