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Knight Advanced Member Posts: 1,407 Post Likes Received: 773 Date Joined: August 2013 Injury: T10 Paraparetic with CES & CMS Date Injured: July 21, 2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 18, 2015 13:08:52 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Knight on Jan 18, 2015 13:08:52 GMT -8 I had my first UTI last month, but that was from severe dehydration because of the stomach flu. Now I must drink some more water and perhaps some lemonade!
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Knight Advanced Member Posts: 1,407 Post Likes Received: 773 Date Joined: August 2013 Injury: T10 Paraparetic with CES & CMS Date Injured: July 21, 2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 19, 2015 4:56:32 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Knight on Jan 19, 2015 4:56:32 GMT -8 Jan 18, 2015 17:54:47 GMT -8 DJ said: Orange juice should be good too Knight Can't drink the stuff. The citrus hits my stomach and comes right back up. ick
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DJ Administrator STAFF Posts: 8,162 Post Likes Received: 2,829 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: C6 - ASIA B Date Injured: June 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 19, 2015 13:44:55 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DJ on Jan 19, 2015 13:44:55 GMT -8 Jan 19, 2015 4:56:32 GMT -8 Knight said: Jan 18, 2015 17:54:47 GMT -8 DJ said: Orange juice should be good too Knight Can't drink the stuff. The citrus hits my stomach and comes right back up. ick Oh, that's not fun.

richard New Member Posts: 12 Post Likes Received: 13 Date Joined: January 2015 Injury: T5 complete Date Injured: 1980 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 21, 2015 9:58:42 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by richard on Jan 21, 2015 9:58:42 GMT -8 I'm not into supplements but do use cranberry capsules to try help fit the war we wage against the dreaded UTIs.
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Hard to say. When I get concerned about my bacterial count I step up the water and cranmax. The neurogenic bladder that is managed with catheter or has persistent residual urine in bladder will almost always test positive, at least it does for me. I was taking antibiotics far to often. Haven't taken any for UTI recently so maybe it helps but that's a "sample study of one" . Urologist at Lyndhurst advises to only treat if there's blood in urine or high temp. Wondering what do others use as a benchmark for taking antibiotics? Richard

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Jan 22, 2015 7:22:07 GMT -8 richard said:

Hard to say. When I get concerned about my bacterial count I step up the water and cranmax. The neurogenic bladder that is managed with catheter or has persistent residual urine in bladder will almost always test positive, at least it does for me. I was taking antibiotics far to often. Haven't taken any for UTI recently so maybe it helps but that's a "sample study of one" . Urologist at Lyndhurst advises to only treat if there's blood in urine or high temp. Wondering what do others use as a benchmark for taking antibiotics? Richard

Honestly richard, that's what pissed me off about Robson clinic at Lyndhurst. Wait till there's blood in the urine are you kidding me? I've heard that before and I think it's rediculous. Any time I notice cloudiness, sediments, darkness or a different smell in the urine, I send out a urine sample for testing.

I started off taking cranberry supplements but I switched to d-mannose which is essentially the same thing but stronger.

Butiki Advanced Member Posts: 2,270 Post Likes Received: 1,154 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: L 3 ASIA B CES Date Injured: 16/11/2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 22, 2015 15:20:30 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Butiki on Jan 22, 2015 15:20:30 GMT -8 To be honest DJ and richard, I have lost faith in cranbury capsules and natural supplements.
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Butiki Advanced Member Posts: 2,270 Post Likes Received: 1,154 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: L 3 ASIA B CES Date Injured: 16/11/2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 22, 2015 18:51:06 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Butiki on Jan 22, 2015 18:51:06 GMT -8 No coke zero since November and only the odd beer now and again DJ, really the only things I drink now is lots of water and one coffee each morning.
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richard New Member Posts: 12 Post Likes Received: 13 Date Joined: January 2015 Injury: T5 complete Date Injured: 1980 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Jan 23, 2015 11:12:40 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by richard on Jan 23, 2015 11:12:40 GMT -8 DJ. The trouble I had trrating UTIs that Robson resulted in me being resistant to some of the first line antibiotics. We need to know what's best for each of us.

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DJ. The trouble I had trrating UTIs that Robson resulted in me being resistant to some of the first line antibiotics. We need to know what's best for each of us.

Yeah after every visit there I'd get a UTI so I've just given up on them.

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