Urgh what a day (and a question about antibotics) (kinda tmi aswell...im a oversharer when stressed)

[Sara Grice]

Ok so I've had a bad night and a terrible day so far. I've been realy struggling recently with ..I think water retention is the term.. increased thrist and excessive urination and a swolen left ankle. Last night before bed I took a large drink, I'm proberly saying like 4 and a half regular sized mug full of water. Anyway around 3 clock i wake up realy needing the toilet. So was bursting so much that when I moved I'm embarrassed to say a bit leaked out.. as I walked to the bathroom and went to sit down on the toilet seat I got the worse abdominal pain ever, felt like something was gonna rip through my bladder, as I peed the worse pain went away and I was left with a dull sharp pain like someone had kicked me in the bladder. I decided I wasn't gonna risk the chances I may have ruptured my bladder and whent to A&E. Because after that I found I had trouble passing water when it was like niagra falls down their 20 minutes after a drink just a few hours earlier. My blood pressure was also high too but I think that's just white coat syndrome

long story short I've got a uti, weird to me because I didn't have any discomfort or pain untill last night just needing to pee alot.which i put down to my bg levels not being great.. I never considered a uti even though I have had them in the past..didn't feel like this.


Anyway they have put me on a course of antibiotics (co-amoxiclav) and I had to realy sike myself up to take the frist dose. I'm kinda nervous about how it's gonna effect my bg levels..it alsl

and am wary of the vomiting side effect.. what exactly do i do if I inject insulin and don't keep the food down..urgh

Has anyone ever been on this antibiotic and how did it effect you???

I also just feel awful in general hope the antibotics work but don't make things worse

 

[saffron15]

I haven't had a uti for years. Last July I had a pain in my bladder increased my water and bought and drank no sugar cranberry juice it resolved in 24 hours. I'm not type 1 and have only had antibiotics once eons ago. In this weather we all need to be hydrated. I'd say try not to panic, wait for answers here or check with a pharmacy or your team.

 

[Sara Grice]

I haven't had a uti for years. Last July I had a pain in my bladder increased my water and bought and drank no sugar cranberry juice it resolved in 24 hours. I'm not type 1 and have only had antibiotics once eons ago. In this weather we all need to be hydrated. I'd say try not to panic, wait for answers here or check with a pharmacy or your team.

I'm a anxious mess in genral but am trying not to panic....
Im just coming to the sad realisation that I haven't realy been taking care of myself as much as i should... so I'll lay it all put there

I have a bad habit of dermatamania (sp?) Picking scabs.... I told my diabeties team about this and they didn't seamed concerned. And I was warned about being careful of any foot injury. I sort of told myself the sores on my lower leg from picking didn't count cos it wasn't on my foot even when I know some of them have become infected...and definitely show signs on slow healing..I've got quite a few on there..

I realt started being careful with them about 5 days ago now when they got realy bad, cleaned and added dressing and they have shown great improvement but even around healed ones there is still redness and that's when I realy got concerned about my swollen foot aswell

so reached out to my doctors 2 days ago because of everything (the foot, the excsessive thrist, the random nausea I was getting and the spots on my leg) and he prescribed me some topical antibiotics for the leg and told me to just exercise my foot.

Then all this happend with the uti. He did tell me the antibiotics (co-amoxiclav) I'm on should work for both my legs and my uti I just hope it's strong enough. And my proberby irrational fear that I might have been going into sepsis or am going to lose my leg cos of my stupid bad habit...

honestly my first worry about sideffects seams trival now

 

[Inka]

I’ve taken Co-amoxiclav @Sara Grice I don’t remember it having any effect on my blood sugar, so if it did have an effect it could was very slight. Concentrate on looking after yourself and resting x

 

[Leadinglights]

I hope they sent a urine sample to the lab as with UTIs it is important to get the right antibiotic and it also depends on where the infection is as to which antibiotic will be effective. There are several different ones for those sorts of infection.
The one you have been prescribed is a combination of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid. It is a commonly prescribed for UTI. Another one is nitrofurantoin which is more effective for lower urinary tract infection.
If your infection doesn't improve in a few days then do go to your GP.

 

[Sara Grice]

I hope they sent a urine sample to the lab as with UTIs it is important to get the right antibiotic and it also depends on where the infection is as to which antibiotic will be effective. There are several different ones for those sorts of infection.
The one you have been prescribed is a combination of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid. It is a commonly prescribed for UTI. Another one is nitrofurantoin which is more effective for lower urinary tract infection.
If your infection doesn't improve in a few days then do go to your GP.

Yeah they did have to wait 2 days though sadly lol and I will. I never new utis where so painful, my last one was like a uncomfortable feeling..this one I feel like I've been kicked in bladder. So far got a mild tummy ache from the antibotics but no vomiting which I'm gonna take as a good sign. Here's to taking better care of yourself.

 

[Sara Grice]

I just feel a little lost, was starting to think things where going well..when my controll out of nowhere started to slip away and things thar normaly would have been fine where spiking me up to 15/16 (honestly looking back...my skin picking habit coming back proberly was the reason..just makes sense if I was fighting infections) my diabeties team I think took it was my honeymoon period ending but for a few days I started to see things go back ro normal once I took care of my leg. I guess I will see what happens with my levels after my course of antibiotics...but that's probably wishful thinking and they where probably right about my honeymoon period.

As I said my mental health was actuly doing better untill these past couple of days...it didn't feel so overwhelming but at the same time had trouble with my levels. It seams like when I get one in order the other is like "tike to have some fun!" Can I have both good mental health AND Decently managed diabties please universe?

Sometimes just coming here to vent helps me feel like I'm not alone in this. Therapy has been helpful too but the past couple of days have been a bit of a slip up that I will definitely talk over with her next session

 

[Teapot99]

I just feel a little lost, was starting to think things where going well..when my controll out of nowhere started to slip away and things thar normaly would have been fine where spiking me up to 15/16 (honestly looking back...my skin picking habit coming back proberly was the reason..just makes sense if I was fighting infections) my diabeties team I think took it was my honeymoon period ending but for a few days I started to see things go back ro normal once I took care of my leg. I guess I will see what happens with my levels after my course of antibiotics...but that's probably wishful thinking and they where probably right about my honeymoon period.

As I said my mental health was actuly doing better untill these past couple of days...it didn't feel so overwhelming but at the same time had trouble with my levels. It seams like when I get one in order the other is like "tike to have some fun!" Can I have both good mental health AND Decently managed diabties please universe?

Sometimes just coming here to vent helps me feel like I'm not alone in this. Therapy has been helpful too but the past couple of days have been a bit of a slip up that I will definitely talk over with her next session

Hey Sara,

I recently joined the forum today because I am struggling a lot with controlling my T1D's and I am struggling a lot with the anxiety side of it and hypo anxiety. Speaking to people on here has really helped me to not feel alone and I completely understand where you're coming from in relation to having a 'good mental health and well managed diabetes day'. I am hoping to speak to somebody through therapy soon, I am on the waiting list to see if it helps me. Look after yourself, we're all here to help and chat to you 🙂