Friday, October 9, 2009

I'm in pain. Shocker.

Um...I didn't have to go to the Doctor's office this morning. The nurse called and said she talked to the Doctor; he insists the hospital always gives catheters to patients - but prescribed the antibiotic Cipro, which is often given to people with complex UTI's; people who've tried other antibiotics (like Bactrim) with little success, or people with UTI's caused by catheters. This is very cool. The only thing worrysome about it, is that there are some pretty scary sounding possible side effects. I'm at a very low risk for some of them, but there's one that is risky for people with low potassium levels, which I generally have. I'll try to eat more tofu, which has a lot of that in it.

I'm extremely tired. Tired from lack of sleep, and tired from all the pain I've suffered / am suffering. Mark is out getting the antibiotic which I need to take for 7 days. Mark said that most people take it for 3, but I did a google search for Cipro for 7 days and came up with tons of hits, plus others that took it for 10 days or more.

I hope I really do just have a UTI and that this medicine works for me, and that's the end of all this crap.

I know that antibiotics can make you feel pretty crappy, and this one sounds like it could potentially make me really crazy for the next week - but if it works, it will be worth it.

I'm tired but want to wait for my pill to sleep.

   posted by Bald Jason at 10:34 AM
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