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Posted 1/17/2010 5:06 AM (GMT -8)
My colon was removed in July and an ostomy bag was put in its place.. I'm still adjusting... However, I've been getting UTI's like no ones business. This is my 4th since July! Could it be my stoma thats causing it? I'm VERY clean about the bathroom process, I'll urinate THEN empty my pouch if needed.. I wash and disinfect my hands like a maniac. Yet here I am, frustrated with another UTI.
Before my surgery, I never had UTI's.. I can't figure this out for the life of me and I'm trying to get as much help as I can with out going to a doctor.. I'm a crohns patient with no insurance.. So, all suggestions are welcome before I go racking up more astronomical bills...

Also ignore my signature.. haha.. I'm not on any meds right now.
Posted 1/17/2010 4:24 PM (GMT -8)
I was the queen of the UTI's, so awful aren't they?? Ok...this is what I do now and haven't had a UTI for a long time. Go to your local pharmacy and buy some cranberry pills. You will find them in the vitamin aisle. Here in Canada "Webber Naturals" is a really good brand. We go to New Orleans alot, and last Sept. I bought "Nature's Bounty" brand. Follow the directions, usually 2 pills a day, depending on the amount of mg's. Hope it helps!!
Posted 1/18/2010 12:58 PM (GMT -8)
I used to be on a preventative daily for UTIs, because I got them so bad.  There are AZO Standard Cranberry tablets at Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens, taken daily to prevent UTIs.  Also, there are AZO Standard tablets to take for pain, if you have a UTI.

 

butterfly

Posted 1/18/2010 1:27 PM (GMT -8)
Didn't know they had pills but I drink lots of real cranberry juice when I think it's coming on.

I had my ileo is Aug. and have noticed urination feels different than before. Anyone else have push problems? Not incontinent but muscles aren't working the same. Anyone else notice this? Was wondering Kanditron if that could be part of problems?

When I go to DR. next I will try to remember to ask about it and let you know.
Posted 1/18/2010 5:24 PM (GMT -8)
Some additional things that might help: wear only white underwear, take showers and no baths, no fabric softeners, and void after intercourse.

butterfly

Posted 1/18/2010 6:16 PM (GMT -8)
what has possibly happened is that you got one in the hostpial, which is very commone fromthe cathether, and its never gone away completly.
Im not sure what meds they are giving you for it. I had an infectin a while back, and the dr wanted to give me a high dose that stays in your system a while, or is supposed to and i explained my ileo to him and he said, well we will try a different med. So its possible your meds arent getting absorbed or that you stil have the original UTI just never completly cured.
Posted 1/19/2010 7:03 AM (GMT -8)

Trigirl said...
Didn't know they had pills but I drink lots of real cranberry juice when I think it's coming on.

I had my ileo is Aug. and have noticed urination feels different than before. Anyone else have push problems? Not incontinent but muscles aren't working the same. Anyone else notice this? Was wondering Kanditron if that could be part of problems?

When I go to DR. next I will try to remember to ask about it and let you know.

Yes, my bladder feels different now than it did before all the surgeries. It feels full more often and feels different when I push. I think all the surgery and the catheter use affected it somehow
Posted 1/23/2010 9:07 PM (GMT -8)
ME TOO! I almost never got uti's. I had a nasty one after having my daughter, but i was on lots of pred.
so, first question: are you on pred?
since my surgeries. I feel like i always have a uti coming on.
Posted 1/23/2010 10:40 PM (GMT -8)
I was going to ask if anyone else was having issue's with urination. I feel like my bladder must have shrunk to the size of a pea. I drink a bit more then before Oscar but am ALWAYS having to go pee. What gives?

-Allie
Posted 1/24/2010 3:52 AM (GMT -8)
Well, ladies, unfortunately when our colons were removed and our body parts found new homes, all of our bladders moved to the same place mad my Gyn explained that when the rectum is removed everything kind of sinks down and gravity cannot quite do the job it used to...but as long as there isn't any pain (sex, urination) it shouldn't be a problem.

I don't have the UTI's (knock on wood!) but I have to really relax to pee...and when I have to go, I HAVE to go (especially after a few beers)!!!
Posted 1/24/2010 12:56 PM (GMT -8)
i still have a my rectum. they left it so i can have a j-pouch someday.
Posted 5/13/2021 8:20 PM (GMT -8)
Is it commen for males ages 52 to get urinary track infections? If turn what are the most common ways for men to get infection?
Posted 7/15/2021 3:03 AM (GMT -8)
Hello Kanditron

I had UTI's plague me thought my UC years and my doctor put me on a drug that stops the bacteria multiply and prevents infection.Its called Hiprex and its a game changer. The only UTI i have had in 3 years was recently aquired in hospital and this was because i hadn't been taking.

Active ingredient - Hexamine hippurate
Use - Hexamine hippurate is used to suppress or eliminate urinary bacteria associated with chronic or recurrent infection.

Hexamine hippurate helps to acidify the urine and maintain a low urinary pH.

Hiprex may be used for short or long term treatment.

Hope this helps
Posted 9/2/2021 1:27 PM (GMT -8)
HExamine hipperate changed the game for me too. Docoput me on 5 years ago andtbe only UTI I’ve had in past few years was acquired in hospital because i hadn’t been taking my meds.

Get onto it.
Posted 11/11/2021 9:00 PM (GMT -8)
Is this a supplement?

I use Uqora which is a supplement made up mostly of D mannose. It works really well. I take it 2 to 3 times a day though. My nephrologist feared we would grow our very own antibiotic resistant bacteria if we kept using antibiotics.

Clo

Post Edited (clo2014) : 11/11/2021 10:04:21 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 11/12/2021 9:28 AM (GMT -8)
@Clo, it is not a supplement, it's available by prescription only. I had no idea what it was so I looked it up.

Take care.
Posted 12/12/2021 7:45 PM (GMT -8)
Thanks for clarifying Straydog.

Clo
Posted 3/21/2022 4:02 AM (GMT -8)
I have been on Stelara for UC for two years. This past year I had 8 UTI’s! Finally went to a urologist who after numerous tests put me in Esterol cream. She also recommended a supplement called ‘Uquora Control’ like you I am a fanatic about wiping etc, cranberry pills and juice daily had not helped. So I purchased it. Not only have I not had a UTI my flare which had gone on for three months stopped. Clearly this could be a coincidence regarding my flare but I’ll take it! The only ingredients I see in it are high levels of vitamin D and green tea extract (caffeine removed) just wanted to share
Posted 2/25/2023 5:54 AM (GMT -8)
Since surgery for a caecal cancer and an ileostomy, I have had intermittent symptoms of urethritis/cystitis...probably partly related to poor hydration(and ME, a Dr!). Recently the frequency and urgency had increased so I asked for culture and sensitivity of a sample, The urine had become cloudy. It grew klebsiella(as I suspected it might!). I am now on my third course of antibiotics and 'we' cannot clear the infection!
My problems are aggravated by being bed-bound(24hr/day oxygen for advancing pulmonary fibrosis) and I am already on Palliative Care for that! I cannot stand/shower/bath. Changing/emptying my bag has to be done by others.
I can only micturate into a urine bottle(THAT is sterilised each day but I must still put my penis in the bottle and cannot wash first, when there is precipitancy). The co-morbidities probably mean I am self-contaminating. For others in something like my situation, I would urge drinking 2+L/day of water and 1L/day of a glucose + salt solution. Nothing will solve the problems attendant on using a urinary bottle when supine.
I have done a huge literature search for the benefits of Cranberry juice and there is NO proof that it is of value.
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