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Erin524 · 03-21-2013, 06:46 PM

Not on the antibiotics yet. My dad forgot to pick them up when he went to the store...so I sent him out again for the antibiotics and told him to bring back some Popeye's chicken while he's at it.

I'm hungry.

and now that the doctor told me that I probably have a UTI, I'm starting to feel it. Dang that power of suggestion.

EddieF · 03-21-2013, 09:02 PM

I doubt he can check b12, d, ect in office.
What's your red blood count?

Erin524 · 03-21-2013, 11:22 PM

he didn't tell me what the results were. They do have a lab. I'm going to call them in the morning to ask for some other antibiotics to head off the other kind of infection that the antibiotics for the UTI will probably cause, so maybe I can ask to talk to the lab department at the same time and see if they'll tell me what me bloodwork said.

Lynn · 03-22-2013, 02:52 AM

Good luck Erin - I hope this is all getting you closer to the answers you need to feel a LOT better.

Hugs

Lyn

Erin524 · 03-22-2013, 11:07 PM

I've gotten a few antibiotics into me, and I'm starting to actually feel a slight difference in the quality of crappiness that I was feeling. Slightly better quality of crappiness...or maybe not as crappy feeling. Still weak and fall asleep every ten minutes.

I really did not feel any of the symptoms of a UTI, other than the MS symptoms being really really bad. Now that I have a few antibiotics in me, I can tell I was feeling sick, and just didn't recognize the symptoms.

Sparky10 · 03-23-2013, 09:59 AM

Oh man, the only thing I miss about living in the South is Popeye's. Tried a Popeye's near Chicago and it just wasn't the same. Almost a good thing there isn't one near me.

Our bodies are weak and tired enough from trying to compensate for the effects of MS, any tiny bug or infection that joins the onslaught can enhance our symptoms. I say "can" because, of course, not all of us react this way. Erin, you might be having a psuedoexacerbation brought on by your body working extra hard to fight that borderline UTI. I hope that's all it is, and once it is out of your system you feel back to your normal!

tkrik · 03-23-2013, 11:46 AM

Hope you are feeling better today Erin.

It sounds like between the virus you had and the beginnings of a UTI, you ended up in either a psuedoexacerbation or exacerbation. I'm glad they did a urine test and caught the UTI early enough.

Remember, we can have infections and not feel it. I have a local MS friend who never feels when she has a UTI and has been hospitalzied many times due to such. Now, anytime her symptoms start to flare up some, she gets her urine checked just to be on the safe side. Also, like any other senory symptom, we can lose feeling in that area as well.