What a relief, askye! Seriously. I am so glad they figured out the what's what and you'll soon be healthy again.
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They had to remove the tube from the bladder and replace it to fix the bladder reflux.
Hey, I had that surgery when I was a kid! (Only in my case it was the ureters that were out of whack - one side was longer than the other so they took a chunk out of it and sewed it into the other one.)
Sorry to hear it's still causing problems, though. I remember the endless parade of bladder & kidney infections from before my surgery, and they were the very definition of No Fun AT ALL.
I was 22 months old when the first surgery happened, but I grew up with an endless parade of infections and regular visits to the urologists office. Things seemed to work themselves out when I hit puberty but I've had recurring infections my adult life. My diet coke addiction didn't help this.
Ugh sorry about the cold turkey, askye but so glad you've got a diagnosis.
Okay Askye Update - They found out what's wrong with me!! Massive, massive infection in my bladder and kidney. No kidney damage, which is good, but evidentally my whole urinary tract (at least on one side) is infected. So they did an antibacterial wash of, well, everything. I have a EIGHTEEN day supply of antibiotics (Levaquin or however it's spelled).
Ugh. I'm so sorry to have been right about that, Askye. My SB causes me to have often kidney and ut infections, and it sucks. Feel better.
Glad to hear they can fix you, askye.
An answer is a good thing, askye! Yay for having relief in sight.
Bladder infections are NO fun. Glad we have antibiotics for fighting-the-ick-fu.
Married in a library? Sigh. Now that's what I call a righteously Buffistaesque venue.
Oh, yay, that's it's nothing bigger. Still NOT FUN AT ALL (I've had one kidney infection and it was terribly painful, and I have pretty high pain threshold.)
Cold-turkey caffiene-free sounds pretty traumatic. My utter sympathy.
askye, I am so glad they figured it out!!
eat a limited amount of dairy (not sure why the dairy)
High amounts of calcium cause kidney stones. Usually more than you could eat through dairy, but with your issues, you're probably more susceptable.