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[ShadowkillXNA]

Last Tues the 8th, I started getting flu like symptoms.
Friday I went to a emergency clinic who sent me to the emergency room with a UTI and possible sepsis.
Left the emergency room Sat morning with oral antibiotic and a diagnosis of UTI, kidney infection but no sepsis.
Mon 14th hospital called and told me to get back to the emergency room because according to test results the infection can only be treated with injectable antibiotics. I was admitted into a room that night.
This morning Wed 16th I was told I have e. coli. Being treated with invanz.
I might be here another week.
This sucks and thanks for listening to my whine.

 

[PSYGN]

I'm glad you're able to get it treated, hope you have a speedy recovery!

 

[Zelduh]

Could it be from the new food illness outbreak that is causing massive amounts of products to be recalled?

 

[West Texas CEO]

Could it be from the new food illness outbreak that is causing massive amounts of products to be recalled?

That's exactly what it is

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Not according to my doctors.
That's listeria, i have e coli.

 

[gow3isben]

Last Tues the 8th, I started getting flu like symptoms.
Friday I went to a emergency clinic who sent me to the emergency room with a UTI and possible sepsis.
Left the emergency room Sat morning with oral antibiotic and a diagnosis of UTI, kidney infection but no sepsis.
Mon 14th hospital called and told me to get back to the emergency room because according to test results the infection can only be treated with injectable antibiotics. I was admitted into a room that night.
This morning Wed 16th I was told I have e. coli. Being treated with invanz.
I might be here another week.
This sucks and thanks for listening to my whine.

Why a whole week? Just have them throw a midline in your arm and do once daily IV therapy outpatient. Invanz is daily dosing. The majority of people with resistant E coli do this so they don't have to spend 1-2 weeks in the hospital if they are feeling ok.

Note: Just friendly advice don't take this as seriously as it if it were your doctor. Ask them first.

 

[reinking]

Hang in there. I hope you recover quickly.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Why a whole week? Just have them throw a midline in your arm and do once daily IV therapy outpatient. Invanz is daily dosing. The majority of people with resistant E coli do this so they don't have to spend 1-2 weeks in the hospital if they are feeling ok.

Note: Just friendly advice don't take this as seriously as it if it were your doctor. Ask them first.

The doctor did mention the possibility of sending me home to finish the antibiotics if I recovered enough in the hospital the next few days.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

Spending time on GAF has been proven to adversely affect health outcomes. Hope you feel better soon though!

 

[John Marston]

Yes being in the hospital sucks but you're being treated with top notch modern medicine.

Have someone bring you a couple of books, a tablet or a Switch and you're all set.

Get well soon!

PS: Ask for a sponge bath if the nurses are cute.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Last hospital visit I just smashed out Mighty DOOM on my phone with a wireless controller. Good times. Too bad they cut the game even if you bought it, asshats.

Get well soon and hopefully not too bored.

 

[Calico345]

I'm sorry to hear this is happening to you. Get well soon!

 

[8bitpill]

Take some edibles and make your stay as weird as possible.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Last Tues the 8th, I started getting flu like symptoms.
Friday I went to a emergency clinic who sent me to the emergency room with a UTI and possible sepsis.
Left the emergency room Sat morning with oral antibiotic and a diagnosis of UTI, kidney infection but no sepsis.
Mon 14th hospital called and told me to get back to the emergency room because according to test results the infection can only be treated with injectable antibiotics. I was admitted into a room that night.
This morning Wed 16th I was told I have e. coli. Being treated with invanz.
I might be here another week.
This sucks and thanks for listening to my whine.

It seems strange to me that when they took your studies, why didn't they mention the results to you that same Friday?

Why were you discharged without laboratory studies...

Didn't you have a physical examination???


Why did they give you ertapenem if that medication is too strong.

 

[Jinxed]

PS: Ask for a sponge bath if the nurses are cute.

Hopefully you get well soon, not being home while sick is really hard

 

[mitch1971]

Don't make it worse by reading GAF. /s

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

It seems strange to me that when they took your studies, why didn't they mention the results to you that same Friday?

Why were you discharged without laboratory studies...

Didn't you have a physical examination???


Why did they give you ertapenem if that medication is too strong.

When I was discharged sat morning from the e.r. they were confident that I had a uti and kidney infection. They sent me home with an oral antibiotic.
Then the hospital called me with the urinalysis results mon night and told me to get back to the e.r.
I think they said they had to grow a culture from it?
The doctor told me this morning that they were treating me with invanz because I have the most antibiotic resistant version of e coli.
I don't know anything about this stuff, I've just been listening to the professionals.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

When I was discharged sat morning from the e.r. they were confident that I had a uti and kidney infection. They sent me home with an oral antibiotic.
Then the hospital called me with the urinalysis results mon night and told me to get back to the e.r.
I think they said they had to grow a culture from it?
The doctor told me this morning that they were treating me with invanz because I have the most antibiotic resistant version of e coli.
I don't know anything about this stuff, I've just been listening to the professionals.

How odd... But hey, you're better now, right?

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

How odd... But hey, you're better now, right?

Yea I'm feeling a little better than yesterday, still feel pretty shitty.
And I looked up some things about testing for e coli.
They do in fact grow a culture from urine to figure out exactly what bugs are in you, which explains why I got the call from the hospital Monday night with the results and telling me to get to the e.r.
However, I don't know why they didn't just admit me Sat during my visit to the e.r.

 

[gow3isben]

The cultures take a few days to get back no point in admitting someone on the very low chance he has a very resistant and rare bug and flood him with a shotgun med from the start

They did their due diligence and kept an eye on results and called you back though

 

[sono]

Speedy recovery, get well soon,

 

[jufonuk]

Last Tues the 8th, I started getting flu like symptoms.
Friday I went to a emergency clinic who sent me to the emergency room with a UTI and possible sepsis.
Left the emergency room Sat morning with oral antibiotic and a diagnosis of UTI, kidney infection but no sepsis.
Mon 14th hospital called and told me to get back to the emergency room because according to test results the infection can only be treated with injectable antibiotics. I was admitted into a room that night.
This morning Wed 16th I was told I have e. coli. Being treated with invanz.
I might be here another week.
This sucks and thanks for listening to my whine.

Speedy recovery. I just hope your bill isn’t too high (if you live in the states that is)

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I have the most antibiotic resistant version of e coli.

Bruh, where the f did you catch that? It’s not exactly that common for a male* to get a septic UTI from such a bug.

*taking a wild guess at your gender here, yeah

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Yeah, it does suck. Not much more to add. Feel better and take it easy, dude. It's a tough time that other people can relate to, at least.

 

[Trilobit]

The doctor told me this morning that they were treating me with invanz because I have the most antibiotic resistant version of e coli.
I don't know anything about this stuff, I've just been listening to the professionals.

It's sort of scary to think of what will happen when there's no effective antibiotics left. We'll be flung a hundred years back in time.

Hope you have a Switch or other handheld to pass the time. Or that your unit has cute nurses you can joke around with. You could say "E. col-I need E. col-U "

 

[Artoris]

Yes being in the hospital sucks but you're being treated with top notch modern medicine.

Have someone bring you a couple of books, a tablet or a Switch and you're all set.

Get well soon!

PS: Ask for a sponge bath if the nurses are cute.

what if you get an erection

 

[BlackTron]

If you have the toughest form of e-coli and they're going scorched earth antibiotics you might want to get in some serious probiotics before you start eating burgers and pizza again.

S. Boullardi (Florastor) is invulnerable to antibiotics (it isn't bacteria), antagonistic to e-coli and would help prevent anything else bad from taking over in the absence of all your killed gut bacteria. But it goes away when you stop taking it. For rebuilding you need a solid broad spectrum probiotic.

Sugar and redined carbs like white bread feed bugs like e-coli while veggies feed bugs that rebuild a defense that keeps them from gaining control. Good luck...

 

[jufonuk]

It's sort of scary to think of what will happen when there's no effective antibiotics left. We'll be flung a hundred years back in time.

Hope you have a Switch or other handheld to pass the time. Or that your unit has cute nurses you can joke around with. You could say "E. col-I need E. col-U "

Next time she sees him

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Hate the smell.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Not according to my doctors.
That's listeria, i have e coli.

If possible, can you share your laboratories and urine culture with us?

 

[AJUMP23]

ECOLI!

The call went out and you responded with getting treated. Get better.

 

[12Goblins]

I'm guessing ESBL?

 

[Putonahappyface]

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Bruh, where the f did you catch that? It’s not exactly that common for a male* to get a septic UTI from such a bug.

*taking a wild guess at your gender here, yeah

You're really going to do this shit in this thread?
Grow up.

Straight male if anyone cares, besides the asshat I'm quoting.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

You're really going to do this shit in this thread?
Grow up.

Straight male if anyone cares, besides the asshat I'm quoting.

Dude, cool down! No offense was meant. I wasn’t sure who I was dealing with, that’s all.
Hope you get well soon.

 

[GymWolf]

Edit: ok better avoid jokes, heal soon buddy.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Dude, cool down! No offense was meant. I wasn’t sure who I was dealing with, that’s all.
Hope you get well soon.

Don't make ridiculous comments like that in the first place and you won't get replies like the one you did.
Ok, I'm moving on now.
Have a good day.

 

[dave_d]

Last Tues the 8th, I started getting flu like symptoms.
Friday I went to a emergency clinic who sent me to the emergency room with a UTI and possible sepsis.
Left the emergency room Sat morning with oral antibiotic and a diagnosis of UTI, kidney infection but no sepsis.
Mon 14th hospital called and told me to get back to the emergency room because according to test results the infection can only be treated with injectable antibiotics. I was admitted into a room that night.
This morning Wed 16th I was told I have e. coli. Being treated with invanz.
I might be here another week.
This sucks and thanks for listening to my whine.

Nah, feel free to complain. I can empathize. I mean years ago I got stuck in the hospital for almost a week due to a nearly year long illness where something attacked my liver.(Yeah they never figured it out and they checked for a TON of things. Main symptom was basically for most of that year I was throwing up constantly plus tons of exhaustion.) I was there to get a CT on my liver and they took one look at my INR (how well your blood clots, it think it was something like 2.7 or 2.8. No I wasn't on blood thinners) and admitted me until they could get it into a more normal rating. Apparently they were worried I might bleed to death or that I might need an emergency liver transplant due to fulminant liver failure. That was not a lot of fun.(From all the blood work they do or how hard it is to sleep in your hospital room since they don't let them get really dark.) Oh I should also point out I was pretty jaundiced too.(Which pretty much means I can't donate blood even though that whole episode ended up curing me of my trypanophobia.)

 

[EviLore]

Get well soon.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Yes being in the hospital sucks but you're being treated with top notch modern medicine.

Have someone bring you a couple of books, a tablet or a Switch and you're all set.

Get well soon!

PS: Ask for a sponge bath if the nurses are cute.

Agreed…especially the sponge bath part

 

[cash_longfellow]

The longest I’ve ever stayed was three days…luckily the food was good where I was at, but overall I hated it so much. Feel better quickly OP.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

man! I hope you get better soon! i had some hospital runs when i was younger and i would bring comics and books to kill the time, because at the end you get used to the procedures, it's all that damn time doing nothing but lying on a bed that gets to you!

wish you a good recovery!

 

[Mossybrew]

When you're in the hospital for more than a day or two it gets really weird. It's like, it's own world with its own rules, you start to feel really isolated from the outside world. The shitty TV on the wall becomes your lifeline, because you will grow weary of looking at your phone. Time moves at a different pace inside, nights have their own strange reality with nurses coming and going, never getting a full night's sleep on the weird hospital beds.

 

[dave_d]

Oh where’s my manners. Get well soon

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Update: Still in the hospital. E. Coli is in my urinary tract and kidney.
Been here since mon 14th, they tell me I could be here another 5 - 9 days.
Mon 21st they are going try to set me up for home antibiotic infusions.
I've requested nightly doses of xanax for anxiety. I've been getting pissed AND having anxiety over this shit.
Also, my blood sugar has been really high through all this (I'm type 2 diabetic) but they've been giving me insulin all week and not metformin which I normally take.
They finally gave me metformin today after 6 days, guess what happened?
My blood sugar dropped like a rock in a pond. Why they weren't giving it to me all week I have no idea.

 

[digital_ghost]

Update: Still in the hospital. E. Coli is in my urinary tract and kidney.
Been here since mon 14th, they tell me I could be here another 5 - 9 days.
Mon 21st they are going try to set me up for home antibiotic infusions.
I've requested nightly doses of xanax for anxiety. I've been getting pissed AND having anxiety over this shit.
Also, my blood sugar has been really high through all this (I'm type 2 diabetic) but they've been giving me insulin all week and not metformin which I normally take.
They finally gave me metformin today after 6 days, guess what happened?
My blood sugar dropped like a rock in a pond. Why they weren't giving it to me all week I have no idea.

Hope you get better soon. Prayers for a speedy recovery .

I've been in the hospital quite a few times. Mostly mental hospital but I've been to the regular one for surgery when i broke my femur, and had reoccurring uti. I was a kid but it sucked. Full body cast in a hospital bed at home for months. We just got rid of cable tv too. I wasn't able to walk for quite some time.

For the uti the doctors had to stick a tube up my penis and deliver antibiotics. Very painful. I stopped having uti after that.

I don't think you will have to go through that hopefully.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Hope you get better soon. Prayers for a speedy recovery .

I've been in the hospital quite a few times. Mostly mental hospital but I've been to the regular one for surgery when i broke my femur, and had reoccurring uti. I was a kid but it sucked. Full body cast in a hospital bed at home for months. We just got rid of cable tv too. I wasn't able to walk for quite some time.

For the uti the doctors had to stick a tube up my penis and deliver antibiotics. Very painful. I stopped having uti after that.

I don't think you will have to go through that hopefully.

I don't think I will, but thanks for the nightmares lmao!
Sorry you had to through all that man.

 

[Trilobit]

Update: Still in the hospital. E. Coli is in my urinary tract and kidney.
Been here since mon 14th, they tell me I could be here another 5 - 9 days.
Mon 21st they are going try to set me up for home antibiotic infusions.
I've requested nightly doses of xanax for anxiety. I've been getting pissed AND having anxiety over this shit.
Also, my blood sugar has been really high through all this (I'm type 2 diabetic) but they've been giving me insulin all week and not metformin which I normally take.
They finally gave me metformin today after 6 days, guess what happened?
My blood sugar dropped like a rock in a pond. Why they weren't giving it to me all week I have no idea.

How have you passed the time there except with neogaf? Hope you get better soon!

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

I've only been in hospitals for one nighters.

Loved the hot nurses and morphine.

But reading those stories. Yeah I can imagine. =(

Hope you've a speedy recovery <3

 

[RJMacready73]

My last stint in hospital was a right doozy, got stuck in the senile old man's ward that permanently smelt of shit, had constant fights with the imported Nigerian Night Nurses over their treatment of said old men, they where being right cunts, day time nurses where all lovely Irish lasses who took my complaints seriously but unfortunately due to staffing issues there wasn't anything could be done so I made sure those fuckers treated the aul lads with respect even if half of them hadn't a clue where they where, when I finally got the nod from the doc to leave I packed up my shit there and then and left, when I got home my private medical insurance paid me £100/night for being NHS so got a cheque for £700 which was a nice surprise infected gallbladder, worst fucking pain imaginable was told it was comparable to labour by the nurses, honestly could beleive it, the drugs I got to counter the pain where some seriously good shit