My granny has been really having a
difficult time lately and I am seeking
some advice or trying to see if anyone has
the same symptoms.
My granny is in her 70s and the past year
has been hard on her. No matter what time
of day or night she gets unbelievably
strong urges to go to the bathroom. To
the point that she shakes just to try to
control the urge because if she got up she
would urinated on herself. I've been to
her specialist a few times and he tried
different medication, the last was flomax
but it helped nothing. In fact it made
the urges more often. Then she developed
a urinary track infection and was put on
antibiotics. Believe ior not the but
antibiotics made her quality of life so
much better to the point where she was
using one diaper a day as to 10.
I went to her visit after the UTC which
was diagnoished in the ER and told the
doctor...he said he suspected it because
her bladder has some kind of residual
forming and he was hoping to clear that.
It didnt really hit home and I wanted to
do some research.
He put her on a low dose antibiotics once
a day at night to see how that would help.
Also I want to point out that 6months ago
she contracted e-coli and when she was on
the antibiotics she said she was in heaven
because she was able to go to the bathroom
and not wet herself.
Also I want to point out that when the
urge passes and she goes to the bathroom
she can sit there for 20minutes and only a
little will come out..then she gets up and
within 20minutes or more again a strong
urge. As you can imagine it is extremely
frustrating for her
is anyone out there on a low dose of
antibiotics? anyone have similar
problems?
