New Issue: Have serious UTI going on

Purgatory,
You know, I understand life isn't fair, and I have read a lot of bad (and some good) news here lately. But what you have had to go through is just off-the-books unfair. As everyone else will say, I hope you have a speedy recovery from this UTI. You are a good man, and deserve much better than this.
Northfoot

Totally agree with Northfoot......hoping this clears quickly so you can get the next step accomplished.
Terry

Best of luck fighting off the UTI.

Thanks, guys. If it isn't one thing, it's another with me, but that has been my journey from day one. I am ready mentally for this surgery, sure don't want it delayed on account of this. I have 4 1/2 days to be on the meds, so hopefully it will get me out of the danger zone before next Tuesday.

david

Mary, thank you for your kind thoughts. I have thought of you at times, and hope that you are recovering and coping well as you can since Willie's passing. I still admire his strength and fight, he set a good example to me and to others.

david in sc

Sandy,

I didn't make the connection when were at lunch today. I kept blaming it on the heat, I was burning up the whole time we were at the resturant. I remember at one point, I was pretty close to passing out, felt kind of detached. My uro's nurse called me late this afternoon with details of the UTI, she said if I had any indication of a fever, to get right to the ER, because of my Urostomy and the potential danger to my kidneys. I brought my wife up to date, in case something goes wrong. While picking up the antibiotics at CVS, I took my BP, and it was very, very low for me, it was 116/55. Perhaps while I felt light headed and weak all evening.

I enjoyed our lunch today, sorry I wasn't feeling a bit better, there was lots more to talk about.

And for any of our other Upstate South Carolina (western SC) friends at HW, you are all welcome to join us when we try to do a monthly local lunch together. We can have our own smallest GFMPH meets, lol.

Was really good to see you again,

David

thats the deal billy, my bladder, fried that it may be, is out of my urinary plumbing, so its not even there to help protect from UTI's, an out of control infection will make a bee line to my kidneys, so that is where the danger lies. hoping it clears up in a couple of days.

david

Oh David, one thing after another (or even before another). Perhaps that is why you have been getting bladder spasms. I still believe you have no bladder cancer, and if there was betting allowed on this forum, I´d bet it all. Certainly many people will be praying for you on your surgery date...

mel, unfortunately, no. that's part of the catch-22. i feel know symptons, the stoma and conduit have no nerve endings, so there is nothing to feel. fever would be the only possible sympton that something isn't right, so i just have to take these meds right on schedule and hope for the best. don't want to end up in the hospital with a bad kidney infection.

spec lady - unfortunately, since my bladder isn't connected, the spasms cant be related to the UTI. thanks for your thoughts

ms worry, same answer. the UTI is in the urinary conduit that was built which ends in a stoma, there is no physical connection between that and my "old" bladder

David,
That's not what you wanted or needed. Here's hoping the meds work.

I'd be very frustrated if I'd gone all through the pre-op only to have to deal for something like this.

Hang in there.

To Quote Rosanna Rosanna Danna...if it ain't one thing then its another! Good luck Bro.

I came scary-close to having severe bladder/urinary problems last year due to a creeping residual pc tumor trying to engulf my bladder. Luckily some radiation took care of it for now, but it looms in my future.

My best wishes go out to you.