Infection/Culture/Abx sensitivity testing

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OK- I just back from my Doc because of intermittant radiating pain

on my right side of 3 weeks duration (my right Kidney is not located

where it should be- mines in my pelvis shoved up against my uterus -

operated on in 1956 - but still functioning last time it was checked).

Ibuprofen didn't touch the pain, so I suspected maybe something else

going on- infection maybe?- although I'm not tired, and have no

fever - but I don't present like the population at large, and have a

high pain threshold. I've been known to be walking around with a 18K

WBC count in my past.

My urine was off the chart for leucocytes and I was in the state of

ketosis.. the ketosis he though was from fasting 14 hrs prior to

todays blood tests. That seems awfully fast to drop into that

condition (ketosis) to me - I'm going to do some reading on that.

For abx,

I opted to wait till the culture and abx susceptibility tests were

done - he thought by next Tues. so that I get the right abx. He'll

order a broad spectrum abx before then if I want one- I just have to

call him.

I've had this problem since I had the throat infection a month ago -

I wonder if it's the same bug somehow.... or a different one.

I also want to have blood drawn for Lyme testing before I go back on

any abx- so I'd like to hold off till Tuesday- I guess it depends.

But anyway- This is the Doc I see for Lyme - an ALTMD - and he

suggested culture and suseptibilty testing before I could suggest it.

(And he told me to eat something right away- so I'm eating now).

I'll keep you posted...

Looks like I'm never going to be " off " antibiotics for something or

another for longer than 8 months..

QUESTION:

This is the 3rd infection I've had since getting rid of my Lyme

symptoms and going off Lyme abx.

Is this a case of allowing sub-clinical populations to finally get

going after erradicating the major pathogen (I've read multiple

pathogens can keep each other in check) or is this something I

contracted recently?

Barb

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Those are good questions, Barb.

Perhaps going back to the pulsing you did for 18 months, once you get

past this, is not a bad idea.

Borrelia and babesia seem to have evolved to persist. I think your

pulsing idea was wise as it knocked them back without knocking you

out. But that doesn't mean they disappeared for good. You responded

so well to the pulsing. It may be that your immune system was keeping

them in check until a new pathogen (strep throat) came along, and

then they were able to regrow. I doubt it is that they, once

eliminated, allowed other meanies to come in much later.

>

> OK- I just back from my Doc because of intermittant radiating pain

> on my right side of 3 weeks duration (my right Kidney is not

located

> where it should be- mines in my pelvis shoved up against my uterus -

> operated on in 1956 - but still functioning last time it was

checked).

>

> Ibuprofen didn't touch the pain, so I suspected maybe something

else

> going on- infection maybe?- although I'm not tired, and have no

> fever - but I don't present like the population at large, and have

a

> high pain threshold. I've been known to be walking around with a

18K

> WBC count in my past.

>

> My urine was off the chart for leucocytes and I was in the state of

> ketosis.. the ketosis he though was from fasting 14 hrs prior to

> todays blood tests. That seems awfully fast to drop into that

> condition (ketosis) to me - I'm going to do some reading on that.

>

> For abx,

> I opted to wait till the culture and abx susceptibility tests were

> done - he thought by next Tues. so that I get the right abx. He'll

> order a broad spectrum abx before then if I want one- I just have

to

> call him.

>

> I've had this problem since I had the throat infection a month ago -

> I wonder if it's the same bug somehow.... or a different one.

>

> I also want to have blood drawn for Lyme testing before I go back

on

> any abx- so I'd like to hold off till Tuesday- I guess it depends.

>

> But anyway- This is the Doc I see for Lyme - an ALTMD - and he

> suggested culture and suseptibilty testing before I could suggest

it.

> (And he told me to eat something right away- so I'm eating now).

>

> I'll keep you posted...

> Looks like I'm never going to be " off " antibiotics for something or

> another for longer than 8 months..

>

>

> QUESTION:

> This is the 3rd infection I've had since getting rid of my Lyme

> symptoms and going off Lyme abx.

>

> Is this a case of allowing sub-clinical populations to finally get

> going after erradicating the major pathogen (I've read multiple

> pathogens can keep each other in check) or is this something I

> contracted recently?

>

> Barb

>