Really not coping, please help.

[LittleFlo]

Hi all,

I've been on antiobiotics for a couple of weeks now for reoccuring UTI. I'm battling horrific nausea/heartburn/d*/constipation (sorry for graphics). My doc prescribed me some Omeprazole for the nausea/acid. I've just taken my first one now, as I'm feeling sick to my stomach. I have another week left of antibiotics, but I'm struggling to cope.

On top of that I had to do some food safety online course for my job and it went into graphic detail about FP - the causes, symptoms, etc so my mind is racing about v* even more and it's affecting me being able to eat certain foods.

I am really stressed about this. Up until the summer I had been doing so well with my phobia for years but because of this recent UTI/kidney problem (was hospitalized at one stage in June and v* was a symptom) I am being put on medication which is giving me this n* side effect, as well as n* being a symptom of UTI/kidney problems. I am seeing a specialist urologist next week who is keen to put me on low dose antibiotics for six months to stop me getting UTI's as it's beginning to damage my kidneys. It's good that they can treat it like that but I can't face more antibiotics that are going to make me feel this nauseous for six months. I will be sent over the edge.

Please can someone give some advice or reassurance? Thank you so much x

[AoD]

Hey, sorry you're feeling so ill. Did you check with your doctor to see if you could switch antibiotics? Might just be that those don't agree with you (but the downside of others is that they might be more toxic). Try to eat bland foods and yogurt to battle the heartburn, it'll help. You really ought to tell your doctor that you cannot guarantee your compliance to the treatment plan due to how ill it makes you, so perhaps they will prescribe something else to help with the nausea? I hope you feel better soon, I know it's not easy having to take medications that make you feel ill, but kidney damage can be a lot worse in the long run so it is worth it to get the treatment now.

[LittleFlo]

Thanks for replying I really stressed to my doctor about the side effects but he said it's really common with the ones I'm on, and I he wants me to give the anti-sickness a go. And tonight as I said I took the first one and it's helped a lot. But when I see the urologist I am going to discuss with him wether the low dose antibiotics have a strong likelihood of making me nauseous. Do you think it is worthwhile explaining my phobia to him, and/or my doctor? I mean I know that it's important I look after my kidneys - that's what's getting me though the side effects (that and the fact that I know if I don't take the antibiotics and get another kidney infection, I will have v* as a symptom anyway) xx

[Jess13]

Hi i dont know if this will help you but when i was 14 i had the same prob. I got uti all the time. And kidney infections. I saw a urologist and they did a procedure where they stretched my urethra. It was uncomfortable but quick. After i didnt get another uti for 8 years! Ask your dr about the procedure. Maybe it can help you. Good luck!

[LittleFlo]

Really? That's interesting. Thanks for the heads up - I am going to mention it to my doctor. I am due to have a cystoscopy (a camera going up my wee hole) to see what's going on with my bladder. Apparently it's really painful and they've offered me general anaesthetic - hopefully that doesn't involve too much n*! Xx

[MG-Mama]

You should discuss the side effects of the anaesthesia with your doctor. I recently had minor surgery and was worried about n* and v* from the anaesthetic. The anaesthesia they used was anti-n*, but they also gave me a script for scopolamine. It's a patch that you place behind your ear prior to surgery (the night before) and it prevents n* and v*. The patch lasts about 3 days. It worked well for me, no n* at all.

[LittleFlo]

Thanks I am at the urologist's today so will talk to him!