Just say NO to UTIs. (a pity party for the sick)

[TheNames]

Alternately the I'm sick and I want to talk about it thread.
I've got what I think is a urinary tract infection and if I don't feel better by tomorrow morning I'm going to the doctor.  Dizzyness, aching, and burning pee just aren't high on my list of Fun Symptoms.
More frightening than my fever is the fact that this picture comes up on a google image search for urinary tract infection:

[terror firma]

..is that commondant lassard?

[John]

I am also sick.

[TheNames]

If my diagnosis is correct then my privates are full of E.Coli, so don't go telling people about this. Otherwise I will never have success with the ladies (again?).
I might have to play a 1hour set friday night with this problem. Oddly enough, I also plan to go check out a friend's art gallery opening that night. This friend is currently experiencing the same problem that I am experiencing.  UTI's are running rampant. Watch OUT!
John, do you have a UTI, a turn-of-the-season bug, or otherwise?

[crystalcakes]

drink lots of cranberry juice.  like more than you think is humanly possible.
and water.  just those two things.  and go buy some "azo tabs" at the pharmacy.

i think UTIs for boys are really rare.

[mackro]

i think UTIs for boys are really rare.

*ahem*, a certain bacterium wearing a hoodie with a giant "G" wants to argue with you on that.

[mackro]

(and its name does not phonetically sound like "Gone, Aria!", of course)

[TheNames]

A) It is not from teh sex.
B)"UTIs are rarely seen in boys and young men"  (from http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/utiadult/#risk )

[John]

I got a cold and I hate it so much

[Steve]

all i have to say is fuck post-nasal drip.

[El_Josharino]

Myself and just about everyone I know have come down with colds also.  I think it could be due to Saturday night when a large portion of us went out to eat and my friend Ben tried to eat a salad with all of our forks.  Simultaneously.  (And I think he sorta had a cold, but I imagine that could have gone without saying at this point.)  But that spectacle was totally worth getting a cold for a few days.  But I digress.  Back to the urinary tract stuff.

[Marie]

Don't hold your pee, friend!  Dad was wrong!  It doesn't yield bladders of steal, it yields UTIs!

[Andrew_TSKS]

...not to mention a higher likelihood of needing depends later in life.

[Polite for two]

drink lots of cranberry juice.  like more than you think is humanly possible.
and water.  just those two things.  and go buy some "azo tabs" at the pharmacy.

i think UTIs for boys are really rare.

AZO Standard is excellent to control the pain (and to turn your toilet bowl the most lovely shade of orange!) but don't expect it to cure your UTI. You really must go to the doctor for antibiotics or you could risk kidney damage. Also cranberry juice won't do much for you after the fact. It's a good preventative measure (something about making the bladder an unfriendly place for germs) as long as you stick to the sugar-free kind.

I've had many of these blasted things since i turned 18, the first of which nearly caused me to miss my high school graduation. I hope you feel better.

[crystalcakes]

oh definitely.  i just meant it as a way to control the pain until you can reach a doctor.  

and to the person who said they did the same thing before a drug test- you're right!  both reasons cause a need to cleanse everything from your system and cranberry kills bacteria.

i was on a road trip across the country and i got nervous about my kidneys so i wanted to flush them.  ( i went through some bad shit with my kidneys and UTIs in the past few years) and so we stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere texas and loaded up on the cran late at night.   the cashier said "ooh, someone's got a drug test in the morning".  

also, i drink 10 glasses of water a day.

[TheNames]

I passed my first kidney stone last night.  I'm assuming that was the cuase of the UTI. I'm feeling amazingly better now, but still drinking lots of water and cranberry juice. If I get a nasty fever again I'll go to the doctor, but otherwise I'd prefer not to.
my heart goes out to john, steve, and josharino. I will send you some good karma.
(i used to be addicted to coca cola and i gave it up on bastille day. i think the stone is my body's way of cleansing itself of all the shit i used to put into it)

[jebreject]

i have a cold 110% of the time.

[TheNames]

I'm Sorry.  

[nati1107]

ouch!  
i passed a kidney stone 2 years ago.  worst experience *ever* since i was in school and for "some reason" at the student clinic they would not give me painkillers -- they said: "you might be passing a kidney stone" --
nevermind the UTIs i had before, nevermind the blood in my urine, nevermind the nausea i felt for two weeks, or the pain in my stomach on which the kidney pain first reflected, nevermind the emergency room visit where they said i had an ulcer! -- they just thought i *might* be passing one.
then, the only urologist in tallahassee did not take the school insurance, and my parent's only covered in south florida... so the next day i flew to south florida, with my stone, and i finally got to the doctor the next day... and by that time i had passed the little thing... and my urethers were destroyed!
the names, you'll be sore for the next two weeks.  i could barely walk, and forget going up stairs... my kidney was sore for a long time after.
and talking about being sick... i just missed a whole week of work thanks to an upper respiratory tract infection.  no fun when you are coughing up blood, today i'm thankful i can breathe.