still get sore throats and UTIs !!

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lizzie17
lizzie17 Member Posts: 548
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Amazing, but with all we deal with I feel grateful to have a bacterial infection in my throat and a urinary tract infection going into kidneys --both at the same time.

It really is one's perspective, because I thank God they are not talking about a cancer.

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  • Pinkpower
    Pinkpower Member Posts: 437
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    I know what you mean.
    I know what you mean. Everyday is a gift.

    Lupe
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    Pinkpower said:

    I know what you mean.
    I know what you mean. Everyday is a gift.

    Lupe

    hope you feel better, that
    hope you feel better, that stinks. I guess we get a different perspective once having had cancer but stilllll..............................!
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
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    Hope this helps!
    Yes, it gives us a very different perspective.

    About UTI's, I had problems at menopause with them. I hate cranberry juice, so I began taking a cranberry capsule (available at any drugstore in vitmin section). End of UTI's. Cranberry has a chemical that coats the bladder lining (like teflon) so bacteria can't adhere and grow.

    In the study below, participants took one cranberry pill 2 X day. I just take one a day and it has worked for me for >8years.

    My mother-in-law was plagued with UTI's (which presented as confusion--common in elderly). We added the twice a day regimen for her and no more UTI's. An ounce of prevention....

    From the AAFP:

    Cranberry for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections
  • lizzie17
    lizzie17 Member Posts: 548
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    CypressCynthia said:

    Hope this helps!
    Yes, it gives us a very different perspective.

    About UTI's, I had problems at menopause with them. I hate cranberry juice, so I began taking a cranberry capsule (available at any drugstore in vitmin section). End of UTI's. Cranberry has a chemical that coats the bladder lining (like teflon) so bacteria can't adhere and grow.

    In the study below, participants took one cranberry pill 2 X day. I just take one a day and it has worked for me for >8years.

    My mother-in-law was plagued with UTI's (which presented as confusion--common in elderly). We added the twice a day regimen for her and no more UTI's. An ounce of prevention....

    From the AAFP:

    Cranberry for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections

    thanks
    I should be drinking cranberry juice or having a pill. The weird part is that the doctor thinks it is the same bacteria in both places, at the same time. Still have a fever...

    but, i agree, an ounce of prevention :)
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
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    lizzie17 said:

    thanks
    I should be drinking cranberry juice or having a pill. The weird part is that the doctor thinks it is the same bacteria in both places, at the same time. Still have a fever...

    but, i agree, an ounce of prevention :)

    Lizzie .. I tolerate drinking cranberry juice .. when I mix
    it with water .. Having dealt with kidney stones recently, cranberry juice is something I drink everyday -- for preventative measures. Our bodies are tired, fatigued after our chemo, RAD's and surgeries - so anything we can do to help with the healing and prevention - I am for it!

    3/4 water to 1/4 cranberry juice .. Helps .. otherwise, the pills work as well.

    Best of Luck .. I too, am fighting fever, and cold after spending the last week -- at church observing, Passover .. Ugh, go figure!

    Vicki Sam
  • Alexis F
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    carkris said:

    hope you feel better, that
    hope you feel better, that stinks. I guess we get a different perspective once having had cancer but stilllll..............................!

    Hoping that you feel much
    Hoping that you feel much better really soon!

    Lex
  • lizzie17
    lizzie17 Member Posts: 548
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    VickiSam said:

    Lizzie .. I tolerate drinking cranberry juice .. when I mix
    it with water .. Having dealt with kidney stones recently, cranberry juice is something I drink everyday -- for preventative measures. Our bodies are tired, fatigued after our chemo, RAD's and surgeries - so anything we can do to help with the healing and prevention - I am for it!

    3/4 water to 1/4 cranberry juice .. Helps .. otherwise, the pills work as well.

    Best of Luck .. I too, am fighting fever, and cold after spending the last week -- at church observing, Passover .. Ugh, go figure!

    Vicki Sam

    more bloodwork and urine today!!
    My fever doesn't seem to go away, but my throat feels fine. Its my back and sides that are so tender indicating it is in my kidneys now, and with the fever. And my swollen glands.

    Right now just drinking lots and lots of water and wishing my overall "yukkiness" would just go away.

    Hope you feel better soon!

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