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When i was 5 weeks pregnant i had to go to hospital as had bad pains and docs thought could be ectopic pregnancy. Pain turned out to be a cyst and bubs was fine but they found a water infection which i got anti-biotics for.
Anyway since then around every 4-5 days i get bad pains in my lower back and all around my left side, yesterday morning the pain was soo bad i could hardly walk, couldnt eat or drink because of my stupid morning sickness kicking in at the worst time ever so had no pain killers and husband was out with kids at dancing.
I had to ring my hospitals out of hours to see what i should do and they said they suspected a water infection because of the history. I had to phone my sister to come and get me as i couldnt even dress myself at the time, my dads car is dead so she took ages as had to get a taxi but by the time she got here Jay was home with the girls.
I got dressed and got a taxi up to the hospital were we waited for nearly an hour
I had to do a sample but because i had nothing that morning i couldnt go and there were no drinks machine around so that didnt help but eventually a lovely doctor got me some water from a back room and i managed to go and of course i have a water infection!
When the doctor looked at my file she said oh yes they found an infection at your 12 week scan but because you already take anti-biotics they didnt see the need to give you extra!
I am on life long erythromycin and have been since 2007 but when ever i get an infection or illness that needs treating i am always given extra medication as my oigional meds have obviously not been able to fight them off in the first place!
So basically i was left for over 2 weeks to let this infection get worse which is why my pain got so bad
I know the doctors that deal with pregnancies dont know too much about other health issues such as mine which i am told when i see my consultant but it just annoys me as the results were sent to my GP which i recieved as a letter yesterday after i got home surely they should have picked up on what normally happens!!
I think this thread was for a rant more than anything but im waiting for the anti-biotics to kick in to the pain will hopefully stop knowing it didnt have to go to this extent!
Anyway since then around every 4-5 days i get bad pains in my lower back and all around my left side, yesterday morning the pain was soo bad i could hardly walk, couldnt eat or drink because of my stupid morning sickness kicking in at the worst time ever so had no pain killers and husband was out with kids at dancing.
I had to ring my hospitals out of hours to see what i should do and they said they suspected a water infection because of the history. I had to phone my sister to come and get me as i couldnt even dress myself at the time, my dads car is dead so she took ages as had to get a taxi but by the time she got here Jay was home with the girls.
I got dressed and got a taxi up to the hospital were we waited for nearly an hour
I had to do a sample but because i had nothing that morning i couldnt go and there were no drinks machine around so that didnt help but eventually a lovely doctor got me some water from a back room and i managed to go and of course i have a water infection! When the doctor looked at my file she said oh yes they found an infection at your 12 week scan but because you already take anti-biotics they didnt see the need to give you extra!
I am on life long erythromycin and have been since 2007 but when ever i get an infection or illness that needs treating i am always given extra medication as my oigional meds have obviously not been able to fight them off in the first place!
So basically i was left for over 2 weeks to let this infection get worse which is why my pain got so bad
I know the doctors that deal with pregnancies dont know too much about other health issues such as mine which i am told when i see my consultant but it just annoys me as the results were sent to my GP which i recieved as a letter yesterday after i got home surely they should have picked up on what normally happens!!
I think this thread was for a rant more than anything but im waiting for the anti-biotics to kick in to the pain will hopefully stop knowing it didnt have to go to this extent!
