okay help me lol...
Find a Conversation
okay help me lol...
| Thu, 09-18-2008 - 12:15am |
ok where do i start? we took a family vacation to jamaica last november. long story short i fell in love with a jamaican guy. i get lots of jokes about the movie "how stella got her groove back" lmao yes it was exactly like that. so since last november i have been back to jamaica 6 times! i live in baltimore. when i went back in june, i came home on a wednesday and on friday i felt a yucky UTI coming. called doc he called in the antibiotics. ok i didnt think too much of it. occasionally these things happen. now, i went again from aug17th - 31st. 4 days before i came home i felt the same yucky UTI coming on. so now i start thinking about whats causing this? is it the river i went swimming/had sex in? is it because for some reason i seem to never pee when i am there (i sweat so much instead lol )? or is it because my honey is not circumsized? i have had sex with a few partners but him being only the 2nd partner that was not circumsized. if it was the whole uncircumsized thing wouldnt i have gotten a UTI every time i was there? idk...what do you think? do i need to explain to him that he has to pull back his skin and carefully wash that area or what? i think he probably knows that but idk. is it maybe a bacteria that people in jamaica are immuned to but since it is new to my body it causes infection? sorry if this sounds stupid but just curious. UTI's are the worst and i will be leaving again on october 19th and would not like to have another....

Pages
Cystitis, Bladder & UTI's
Oh, another thing, after your first UTI, did the doctor do a urinalysis to determine which bacteria was responsible for it? This is also important, because the choice of anti-biotic will depend on that, and you need to have the right one. I also presume that youfinished all the anti-biotics prescribed, and didn't stop once you began to feel better? You have to finish them, or the bacteria that is still not killed off can become resistant to that anti-biotic and come back again as a new infection, often worse than the first one.Good luck, and take care of yourself. I would not wish a UTI on anyone, they are hell. Here is a thread where I talked about my last bout with it, you might find that of interest, too.
UTI, side effect of medication.
The information Nenu gave you is terrific.
Another thing that might be contributing to you getting UTIs is having a lot of sex during your visits. I wouldn't recommend stopping that (LOL), but do make sure your hygiene is taken care of.
They also make cranberry tablets (look in the vitamin section at the drug store). You might want to take those with you on your trips.
Click a Blinkie!
Happy at Home ~ Have Hotter Sex/Ask Laura Corn
Nenuphar covered it as well as any doctor could with great info that all doctors should give their patients.
Someone else mentioned "frequency" as a possibility.......there's a condition that my doctor told me about YEARS ago......called "honeymoon cystitis".
Glad to hear it is something that can clear up, Sakura!
Thanks for the info. I knew that you could become allergic to drugs used in the past, but had never heard of the syndrome you described. It's good to know about things like that!
Click a Blinkie!
Happy at Home ~ Have Hotter Sex/Ask Laura Corn
How fortunate you were that your attack of Stevens Johnson Syndrome wasn't worse than it was! The son of a very good friend of mine has so many allergies to so many drugs, and that is one of the things he has been afflicted with, so I have heard of it and how dangerous it can be.Stay healthy!
Wow, that's good to know about Bactrim. I've been taking it daily since April and will be stopping in October, and thankfully I haven't had any problems. Whew....
It is possible to get chicken pox twice, because I did. But then again, like all my doctors tell me, I'm the one oddball patient......
Proud Member and
I'd never heard of it either, and obviously a lot of doctors haven't.
Proud Member and
Pages