Question for Women (again-Lol!)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:37 am

Honestly, I have heard that same story when my brother went to the doctor for a sore throat he had for 2 weeks!!! The doctor NEVER took a thoat culture and WHA-LA he STill had the sore throat!!! Being I am a nurse...I think doctors find it hard to do tests on people that have the same problems over and over....But with urine..and especially back pain...a doctor MUST TAKE A Urine culture!!!OMG!!! This should be standard procedure when a complaint such as yours is apparent......I play a little game when I DO go to the doctor(its just so much fun for me) I go in as a regular person first, a novice to medications, procedures and the whole sha-bang. UNTIL...he starts to diagnose me....THEN I SAY...Im a nurse!!! ONCE this MD said my cholesterol is high....right away he was throwing the pills at me......I said to him directly....NO NO NO...You didnt even discuss a diet and exercise with me.(thats when he found out I was a nurse) He probably thought to himself "well, if you are a nurse your cholesterol shouldnt be high if you know what to do." But he never took the time out to ask about my health habits..what do you eat, are you under stress...etc etc...the humanness was gone.......I cant stress that essential part of medical professionals. DONT BE AFRAID to ask them questions.(I personally like to play"Stump the smart physician) It helps me learn too. Most doctors WONT teach you about your body and what it does because now people have WEB MD, and Healthnet.com. I am hoping this isnt kidney related. Although I have never seen urine being fairly normal when the kidneys are not. Too bad you didnt ask for that cortisol blood test. creamcheese

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:44 am

Book of Psalms....forgot to ask when was the last time you saw your Gynecologist? Did you ever have a abdominal ultrasound done? I shouldnt ask you personal stuff like this...so I will just depend on your giving me info at your leisure thats really a privacy issue..so I will leave you on that note...... creamcheese

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:00 am

Hey Creamcheese,
I just sent you a PM. Thanks!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:26 am

Hello Book of psalms

I am sorry to hear that this is not clearing up for you. I have taken bactrim before. It is a heavy duty antibx usually used to treat UTI.

Drink lots of fluids you want to wash this out of your kidneys also it can make you sun senstive. I don't know what part of country you live in but try and stay out of the sun or be protected. Bactrim can make you more suspectible to burns.

Hope you feel better soon.

Take care and God Bless.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:25 pm

Hi Bna,
Thanks...I am sorry that this has not cleared up either, but they seem to think the med was not strong enough or something, I am not sure. I am just trying to stay positive. I am thinking I messed up also when I stopped taking the Macrobid because I remember getting worse and now I am still having symptoms.

So you have taken Bactrim? Okay, I did notice that it said stay out of the sun. I am in NC so right now it is really not very sunny at all. The weather is warming up and we have had a few sunny days but today was actually a little rainy. I noticed I have slight headache also after taking it earlier. Actually, Cipro and Macrobid gave me headaches. I guess that is one side effect I definitely have had from these types of drugs.
Thanks a bunch Bna!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:03 pm

Hello Bof P.....I guess God put the thought about the OTC test in my head just to help you because that's something I've never really thought of before! Anyway, I hope you can get rid of this for good this time and feel better. I will be praying for you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:32 am

Thanks can'tdance, I really appreciate that.
I had some side effects from the new med they gave me yesterday for this so once again, I am heading to the pharmacy to get ANOTHER med! I feel like I am on a roller coaster!

I definitely need the prayers!