Bacterial Infection After Tubal Ligation
Jun 30, 2013
I had a tubal ligation 7 years ago when my troubles began. I am married and have been in a monogamous relation ship. About a month after the procedure I came down with a horrible bacterial infection. I had NEVER experienced anything this severe. I was weakened with fever and felt flushed not to mention the strange unpleasant smelling discharge that went with it. I was treated with antibiotics and returned to normal. A few months later I noticed my cycle being very painful. I would get cramps like a hot coal a week before my period and during ovulation. Basically leaving about a week of feeling alright before it picked up again. Extreme pain in ovarian area..diarrhea, hot and cold sweats and mental surges similar to a bad acid trip. Not being accustomed to these kind of periods, I returned to the same OB. By this time I had had 3 bacterial infections which could not be determined because I am other wise the perfect picture of health. I had already taken a trip to the ER where all they could find was that I had a fever and was screened multiple times for std all coming up negative. After a year of missed work..weight loss and a new addiction to painkillers, the insurance I had finally approved a hysterectomy. I had a partial hysterectomy, leaving the cervix ovaries and the tubes. I had six months of relief until I came down with a bacterial infection that would not go away. My OB had retired by that time and the new one would not even recognize that I was having a problem. Finally, after loosing an extreme amount of weight and constant fevers. My P.C.P put me on two different types of antibiotics: Doxycycline and Flagyl. This kept the infection "at bay" meaning that I had the symptoms just not so bad as to put me out of work. I was on the antibiotics continuously for six months. The infection grew and ebbed. Finally puss filled cyst formed on my right ovary. Because there was no name to the bacteria my new O.B didn't want to be aggressive with this. I asked my PCP for a referral to a gyn surgeon who told me "I will take your cervix out because you want me to" He wanted to do it outpatient but I begged him to admit me for 24 hrs of IV antibiotics. He agreed reluctantly. The next time I saw him was the 2 week check up. He told me that my cervix was infected. The biopsy showed that it was an 'aggressive bacteria' so he ended up removing my right ovary and one third of my left. He also told me that I was correct about the infection and asked me if I wanted to see a disease specialist. I asked him if it could return and he said "I don't see how..your cervix is closed and ." He did give me pictures from the surgery showing the infection. I was so glad to put it behind me. Three years went by with no symptoms occurring whats so ever until about 5 mo ago. I started to notice pain in my remaining ovary. I returned to an OB (after not seeing one for those three years) I had set one up after the surgery. I had the office get the records from the surgeon 3 yrs ago but when I arrived and asked the nurse she said she would have to look further into it. Turns out the Dr didn't have anything on me. Denied my symptoms and refused antibiotics. Same test were run( all STDS and a blood pannell even diabetes and were neg.except trace blood in urine.) She told me people abuse antibiotics. I was sent away. Two months later I have lost 30lbs. I had a ct scan through my pcp's office by another Dr who refused to comprehend my story. (My usual PCP was out of the country) All I she would go off of was my current symptoms and not even glance into my records nor care. I had a fever of 100f which had been going on for weeks. The same smelling discharge. The ct showed my glands were swollen my groin and my stomach was not accepting food. I was sent to a GI doc but I had to wait a week to see him. My CDC blood panel was still normal,although I knew whats was effective I was refused antibiotics again. Three days later I went to the Hospital and finally was given anti-b's. A five day course of cipero. Within 24 hrs I began to feel human again. I changed PCPs and was able to get in with a new one within 24 hrs. I came in with all my contact info for records of the surgeon, the original P.C.P. By this time my GI appointment was the next day. He have me an additional antibiotic to take along with the Cipero. The Gi put me on a liquid diet because I had not had a stool in a while and appeared to be a problem with the Gi area above my diaphragm. It has been a week and a half sense then. The antibiotics have been effective but symptoms of sore throat, blisters on back of throat returned last night. I know this is a long post..I am looking for ANY information or help. Other than these problems I have been healthy and prefer to avoid self diagnosis. On the flip side I am devastated.
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I first want to start out by saying that I had a tubal ligation after my twins were born 12/13/2006. I have four living children and one still birth.
My period was due to start on Tuesday (December 4th) it is now Friday (December 6). On Monday I had some very light spotting for a few hours and then it stopped. My period has yet to start. I know that there is a rare chance that the ligation did not take. How long should I wait before calling my ob doctor? What things should I keep an eye out for? Any suggestions would be great as this is scary to me since I know that there still is the chance for a tubal pregnancy and do not want to think of my children having to go through life without me.
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If I go through 2 rounds of antibiotics for BV, what are the chances that I still have it? I still have similar symptoms...but my only symptoms have only ever been vaginal burning. Or do I have a yeast infection?
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This started about a few days to a week ago, I began to get this itchiness at the opening of my vagina. I of course thinking its nothing at first, however over a few minutes it became a problem. It began to get worse over the course of time, the irritation and itchiness began to bother me constantly. I would go to the restroom often to clean myself and still feel dirty. I noticed that I've been having more discharge than usual and it was a little different as well. The color wasn't the usual clearish white range I'm use to. It was a light yellowish cream color and was a bit thicker. I began to worry and eventually started looking up a few things. I want to believe its just a yeast infection but you know how the internet is, a lot of things but never enough information to get an idea.
I want to get a clear idea if anyone has been through this and what they were told it was.
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I've been with the same person for 13 years now, we are monogamous. About 2 months ago, I started out what I thought was a yeast infection, truth be told I have never really had one up until this point, they weren't something I got at all. First i'll say i had been taking minocycline for my skin, i didn't take it everyday, just when my acne was flaring up, i had been taking at this time, to get my skin cleared up for the wedding. I went and got some monistat, which didn't help at all, this all occurred right before my brothers wedding. I'm assuming it was from the stress of the wedding, so anyway after dealing with monistat, and it not going away after 3 weeks I went to stat care, and they diagnosed me with BV. I took flagyl and it cleared up. I was normal for probably 2 weeks. UNTIL I got my period. So after the period I had that slight itch again, so 2 days later, i thought it was back. ( I should mention that in those 2 weeks that i was normal, i had a gyno appointment, my pap, and hpv test can back normal at that time) So i go back to stat care (I'm only going to urgent care because it takes 3 freaking weeks to get an appointment with my doc) So he looks at my urine again, and tells me there are no "clue cells" but he did see a bit of yeast. At this point i was also diagnosed with a sinus infection. So basically the doctor told me to leave the yeast go (which i guess is easy to say if you're a man that isn't leaking stuff from a private orifice of his body...( i don't know why he didn't mention to treat with monistat) but basically he told me to live with it for 10 days while on amoxicillin, because he said it would just come back after the antibiotic. So he also prescribed me diflucan. Diflucan, has not helped me one bit. Is this normal for many? I thought it might be weird since i have never taken it before. At this point I've been dealing with this for a month and a half. Also, i started the amoxicillin i went and got some ultimate flora, maximum strength for vaginal health with over 50 billion cultures. Which I've been taking religiously since i put the first amoxicillin in my mouth. (can i double up on these, and take 2 per day?) Anyway, so i take the first diflucan, and 3 days later no help. I did notice the symptoms ease up a bit, but still not gone. So i took a second diflucan and nothing... still the same crap. So i call my doctor who is aware of what's going on and he prescribed me 100mg of diflucan two times a day for 10 days. This seemed to be helping, the symptoms seemed to have eased up but never went away fully. I want to mention, I'm also on weight watchers so i have been eating basically lean protein and veggies for the past month or so. Lost 10 lbs, but anyway, I'm on my 7th day of the smaller does of diflucan, I'd say things were going okay up until last week when i got my period again. Things were okay during that time, my period ended just Saturday, and wow it's like an explosion down there now. I used pads which i normally never do, but didn't want to mess up the good that i was seeing. So Saturday was pretty bad, yesterday i notice things were back in full swing. I don't have much itching or irritation, just this annoying discharge that wont stop. I feel like I've been on my period for 2 months straight now. I wonder if maybe my yeast cleared up, and now im back to bv? Can leaving the yeast untreated cause bv? Can you have both at the same time? I can't figure out why this diflucan isn't working. I've never even taken it before this last episode. So last night i woke up and had this hard lump, it almost felt like a swollen vein, right to the upper left of my clitoris, it's not on the lip, but on the soft part of the skin between the clitoris and the outer lip, it really does almost feel like a long vein that is swollen, it's not so hard today, but it's definitely causing swelling, not enough to make me in pain, I'm just confused as to why it's there. I'm finally coming up on my obgyn appointment i made which is a week from today, and I'm getting to the point where i can't take it anymore and might just go back again to the stat care doctor because I'm sick of wearing these stupid pads, i feel like i have a wet diaper all day long. (also wearing the pads is causing boils on the inside of my butt cheeks, and thighs, from where the pads are rubbing. I'm one big bunch of miserable here. I have tried everything, except douching, i don't want to mess up the "flora" anymore than it is. Last Thursday, at my wits end i also went back to the health food store and picked up (from my research on the internet) cranberry, rephresh pro-b, folic acid, garlic, magnesium, evening primrose oil, Echinacea, I also was already currently taking vitamins, D, C, B, and a multi, i just added these other things to my routine, in hopes something would help. I'm lost, i don't get why out of nowhere i would have issues with this, first of all, and 2, i just don't know what to do with it anymore. Ever since the beginning of this I've been wearing 100% cotton undies, i have always wiped from front to back, i just don't get it. So currently this is what i take first thing in the am, I'm taking ultimate flora (1 capsule, and rephresh pro-b 1 capsule) can i take 2 of each of these per day, until it's cleared up? Can you overdose on probiotics?
Then i take my diflucan about an hour to an hour and half after. At lunch i take my multi, b, c, d, garlic, folic acid, and evening primrose. At dinner i take evening primrose, d, Echinacea, cranberry, and magnesium. I take my birth control at least an hour after that, and my diflucan in the evening. I try to leave at least an hour between everything so that i don't get interactions. I read about drinking baking soda water, but don't know how to do this, and not sure if i want to throw something else in the mix. I'm just very confused. I'm going on a vacation this year in 2 month, the first vacation I've had in 8 years, and i don't want this mess ruining it.
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I was getting oral sex from my bf and he was also fingering me after I noticed my right Liberia minora lip was swollen. Do you know anything that could help the swollen go down?! I'm only 15 . It was my first time getting oral so I concluded that the swollen lip was bleeding but then after I showered I noticed it was coming from my vagina in the last two weeks I took Plan B three time and my dr stayed it might delay my period so, I'm currently not sure if have a tear in my vaginal walls bc he could have done it while fingering me or if I just got my period.
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I'm 27 yrs old and this is my fourth baby.. I wanted to have my tubes tied but I also wanted to know how effective it is.. I really don't want anymore kids but I don't want the IUD even though it's for ten years .. my husband doesn't want me to get it but I feel that it's because he wants more kids, btw my third and this one are his.
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I am 38 years old and have had my tubes cut and burn. My cycle is 30 days and last 4 days. It is a heavy flow and most of the time clots are present but this month it came the day it was supposed to. On time. Only it was & is watery red/brownish, have lower back pain and cramping, headaches, nausea, very bloated. My boyfriend said I look like I was 3 months but lol I know that can't be. Please help. My flow is 4 days but on day 5 & still spotting. Not enough to use a pad or full a tampon. What could it be? I'm a very fertile before I had my tubes done I have had 7 pregnancies and 5 live births. But if God blesses me one more time I will be so happy and so will my boyfriend. We both want a baby together.
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I'm a 35 year old who had a tubal ligation a little over 4 years ago, this month I had my period but not when I was suppose to and it was very light which i usually never am, I've been xtra moody and my breast very tender can I be pregnant?
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I had my tubes tied 2 1/2 years ago and my cycle had been regular up until this month. I'm 9 days late and my breasts are sore, I'm always tired, minor cramping, nausea and constipation. Could I possibly be pregnant even though I had my tubes tied or is it something else?
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I'm 28yrs old,have 4 children and had unwanted tubal ligation surgery in 04/2013,according to my surgeon i had 2 inches cut off each tube and was not able to conceive ever again,im now 19weeks pregnant and am still scratching my head as to how in the world this could have happened with the type of surgery i had.how is it possible to get pregnant after having tubal ligation?
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I am a 29 year old who 6 months ago had both my tubes tied and an ablation i have still had my period every month since i did this and have in recent months lost a lot of weight and have been feeling sick with everything i do and eat for a few weeks now i have very tender breasts as well and am concerned about being or falling pregnant again i have 3 beautiful girls my youngest being 6 and my eldest being 12 but made my choice due to the trauma of losing babies hand over fist with my last partner , my new partner would love me to have a baby but i am very worried about the health risks to both me and any potential baby who do i speak with about this as my gp is no help here at all and neither is my rn do i need to try and get hold of a specialist ?
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i was forced to have a tubal ligation 5 years ago by a very abusive ex and now my husband and i want a baby is there anything i can do to ensure i get pregnant. I am not rich and can not afford to get the tubal reversal done. please help me with any suggestions that you may have. Thank you
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I'm 38 yr old had a tubal ligation done 12 years ago and have a positive on both a home pregnancy test and a urine test done at doctors office. I'm 10 days late on menstrual cycle, what should i expect? I'm afraid to get my hopes up that I might have a lil miracle in the oven. And no i haven't had a reversal surgery done nor any other type of fertility treatment.
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I had 3 kids at 19, and had my tubes tied at 21. I am now 41. My husband and I stopped having sex for 4 years, and recently we started again (just a month ago). I noticed my monthly was a week late in Feb. and have yet to start this month. I was having issue when I urinated and went to get it checked, they gave me something that turned my urine orange. I have been wanting fried egg sandwiches, and noticed this morning that the dog food, (I feed every morning) made me so sick smelling it, then I got cat food on my hand and about vomited. Could it be possible that I am preg? Could this really happen. I have been having mood swings and crying spells as well. Menopause?
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