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OH NO! TIMBY HAS RETURNED! LATEST UPDATE.

mikeyB said:
Your kidneys are probably just irritated by the back pressure that occurred when you were corked up. I’m sure everything will settle down. I used to work in urology and that temporary renal disturbance occasionally happened in men, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t happen in ladies.
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I hope that is the case Willowlass and you're 100% asap xxoo
 
wirralass said:
I'm writing on this thread as I believe this topic is related.

I wasn't feeling at all well on Tuesday and Wednesday suffering stomach pains and the ol' waterworks department wasn't working as it should.

Thursday evening following a call to 111 I went to Out of Hours to keep the 00:10hrs appointment that had been made for me and which was the earliest they could give me!

I arrived there at 23:45hrs to be told by a grumpy receptionist that there was a waiting time of at least 2hrs!😱 Long story short, I waited three hours before I was seen by the only Doctor on duty. She examined me and said I needed to be admitted immediately suspecting Acute Urinary Retention. She rang the Urology ward to find a bed for me but there wasn't one. So she referred me directly to A&E with a referral letter to have an immediate scan and said I would be seen at once. So I trotted off to A&E with my eldest daughter in tow and we waited 20mins before I was eventually seen by a Triage nurse who took my B/P and temperature plus the usual questions: What medications am I on: When did I last pee and how much did I pass. By that time I had only passed about 10mls since 21:30 on Wednesday (The previous day) and I was in excruiating pain.

From there I was taken to an assessment bay and left to sit back on the bed watching nurses and police attend a drunk who had spewed all over himself and the floor next to my cubicle, sorry TMI🙂

Then a young male vampire came along to take my bloods. 4 phials in fact then left us to admire the view in A&E and watch how busy the nurses & doctors were running around like headless chickens.

About an hour or so later I was taken to another part of A&E. I was expecting to seen by a Doctor but no. A nurse came and took my B/P and temperature then left. After what seemed an eternity, another nurse came along to perform the scan. She raised her arms up while she squeezed a large tube of gel with both hands and proceeded to watch the gel drop on my stomach. She then began the scan. A moment later I was begging her to stop. She'd pressed so hard on my stomach that it caused me such agonising pain that it made me cry. The next thing is she was almost running away from my bed saying she was fetching a Doctor. At last. He performed the scan in a very gentle manner. About 20 mins later I was given an Antibiotic tablet called Trimethoprim 200mg. Within the hour my waterworks decided to behave a little but not fully.

After another wait of about one hour or more I was wheeled by a porter to a Medical Ward on the second floor ~ and a Bay of 5 patients all possibly in their mid 80's ~ 90's. My bed was third on the right by a window and at 7am I was served breakfast. Cornflakes and two rounds of wholemeal toast & butter and a cup of tea.

About 11am a Urologist Consultant came to see me. He examined me then explained that the blood tests showed I had a UTI ~ and not Acute Urinary Retention as originally suspected and said the UTI was secondary to the Cystoscopy Check I'd undergone on Monday last. He said he was prescribing a 3day course of Trimethoprim 200mg and if I wanted to go home then he would be happy to discharge me that afternoon to recover at home.Wonderful. I doubt I would have slept had I stayed as all the old dears were snoring for England! It was like a mad house in there!😱:D

I have now finished the course of Antibiotics which I'm well pleased about coz they made me feel really horribly yukky ~ oh and as an add on ~ the old waterworks are functioning how they should now🙂 I have to go for a blood test on Thursday for renal function as I have raised Creatinine ~ whatever that means!

Both my daughter and myself were in grave need of sleep ~ we were like walking zombi's by the time I was discharged some 14hrs after I first checked in at the Out of Hours Surgery!!

That's how I spent last Thursday and Friday but pleased to say all's well that ends well!!

WL
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Wishing you well WL. Sounds like you experienced A&E in full over-stretched mode but glad they were able to give you the antibiotics to help. I’ve had 2 courses of Trimethoprim this year and they’re pretty effective.

Best wishes for resolving this issue and hope things are in full flow again in time for Christmas x
 
And so......whilst I was AWOL for a few months I had another annual Cystoscopy check in August 2019. I mentioned to the Urologist that I had suffered a UTI secondary to my last Cystoscopy so he immediately gave me intravenous antibiotics before he began the procedure. Better safe than sorry eh? Ten minutes later I was given the all clear that no baby TIMBY's were lurking in the waterworks chamber!! Yeah! Big sigh of relief. Next Cystoscopy check August 2020.
WL
 
wirralass said:
And so......whilst I was AWOL for a few months I had another annual Cystoscopy check in August 2019. I mentioned to the Urologist that I had suffered a UTI secondary to my last Cystoscopy so he immediately gave me intravenous antibiotics before he began the procedure. Better safe than sorry eh? Ten minutes later I was given the all clear that no baby TIMBY's were lurking in the waterworks chamber!! Yeah! Big sigh of relief. Next Cystoscopy check August 2020.
WL
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That is good new @wirralass you must be so relieved. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the Antibiotics do their job.
 
Great news WL. Long may you be Timby free!
 
Excellent news and long may it continue. (((hugs)))
 
You won't believe this but I received a letter today from Urology informing me that my appointment on the 20 December @ 08:45am (First I'd heard of it!) has been cancelled!
The letter went *on to say that my new appointment is on 20 December @ 08:45am!!!!!!!! Whaaaattf!!!!!
It's of little wonder that patients turn up for appointments only to find they had either missed their appointments or arrived on the wrong day!
Seems the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing!!!
I'll ring Urology on Monday to ask which appointment should I attend ~ the 20 December OR the 20 December!!!
WL
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wirralass said:
You won't believe this but I received a letter today from Urology informing me that my appointment on the 20 December @ 08:45am (First I'd heard of it!) has been cancelled!
The letter went *on to say that my new appointment is on 20 December @ 08:45am!!!!!!!! Whaaaattf!!!!!
It's of little wonder that patients turn up for appointments only to find they had either missed their appointments or arrived on the wrong day!
Seems the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing!!!
I'll ring Urology on Monday to ask which appointment should I attend ~ the 20 December OR the 20 December!!!
WL
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Sorry for laughing WL
 
wirralass said:
You won't believe this but I received a letter today from Urology informing me that my appointment on the 20 December @ 08:45am (First I'd heard of it!) has been cancelled!
The letter went *on to say that my new appointment is on 20 December @ 08:45am!!!!!!!! Whaaaattf!!!!!
It's of little wonder that patients turn up for appointments only to find they had either missed their appointments or arrived on the wrong day!
Seems the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing!!!
I'll ring Urology on Monday to ask which appointment should I attend ~ the 20 December OR the 20 December!!!
WL
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LOL that made me laugh, gawd. Good luck with the phone call Wirralass 🙂
 
Glad you had all clear from timby, hope your appointment on the 20th, if you have one, goes well.
 
Ljc said:
That is good new @wirralass you must be so relieved. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the Antibiotics do their job.
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Thank you Ljc ~ I'm always apprehensive prior to having the procedure, dont know why coz I've had plenty of 'em. Thankfully the anti.B's did the trick.
WL
 
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