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Friday night I woke up in so much pain that I was crying - called the Dr on call, they said they can't prescribed any other pain meds over the phone, that if I was in that much pain I should go to the ER. I didn't go. Made it through the day Friday but on Saturday I was in a lot of pain and feeling dizzy so my mom took me to the ER. They said I was dehydrated so they gave me an IV of fluids. And a new pain medicine of Hydrocodone. They also said I had a mild UTI and wanted to give me antibiotics, I said no because I have a history of SEVERE C-Diff (most likely the cause of my MC). Went home and was feeling better on Sunday except I was having sever lower abdominal cramping, nothing like my original surgery pain. The cramping continues on til today so I made an appointment with my regular Doctor because I wanted to check up on the UTI. They took a urine sample and it turns out that there is Enterococcal in my urine and this is the cause of my UTI. Apparently this is in there because of my surgery, it happens when bacteria from the colon comes into contact with the bladder. My doctor said this doesn't typically happen unless there is a catheter used and to my knowledge there wasn't. After reading some on the Enterococcal I am freaking out because apparently its very serious and hard to get rid of. My doctor prescribed the antibiotic Macrobid to start out trying to cure the infection. She prescribed this because unlike most antibiotics it doesn't kill the bacteria, it only prevents it from growing - this is again due to my horrible horrible bout of C-Diff about a year and a half ago. I have also read that people have had awful experiences with the Macrobid as well, bad side effects I should say.
So my questions are does anyone know anything about Macrobid and its effects on us with MC?
Is it AT ALL possible to not take the antibiotic and get better from the UTI? (I'd like to note with this that I do not feel as though I have a UTI... no burning, no blood in my urine, no painful urination... only the on and off cramping. I am urinating very easily and it is clear as I am keeping up on my water intake).
Also I just had my third bowel movement since my surgery date on Thursday, this however is my second bout of D and sorry for the TMI it is yellow for the second time which has me panicking because that was the color of my stool when I had my C-Diff. I just cannot handle c-diff again, I start a new job in the morning and am literally freaking out.
Anyone who has ANY information I would appreciate it so much, I am holding out on this antibiotic until I get some answers on here. Please and thank you
