kidney infection / prostrate

davehead28 said:

avo hi all , im type 2 take metformin . last6 months had 3 urine infections. peeing quite a lot. no blood . but getting pain eventually went AE who said urine infection . also enlarged prostate. was reffered to urology had 2 mris / and ct scan and ultrasound. thought i had a tumour but thank god none found .i went hospital 5 weeks ago to have a cystoscopy. but admitted to hospital with severe kidney infection stayed in hospital for 3 days. felt so rough for 3 weeks couldnt work. i go to gym 2-4 times a week and lots of walking. strict with diet. readings been good for ages. now there all over the place. today ive had chicken avo wraps little mayo checked BS 8.4 2/ hours later. 1 minute 4-6 then go sky high. gp sent email saying BS got bad most probaly because severe infection. then sent another saying more tablets. which i dont really want.going back to urology soon to have cystoscopy not sure if all related anyone else had similar. many thanks

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If the 'wraps' you are eating are bread then check the amount of carbs they represent.
I happily control blood glucose levels by staying low carb - I think that kidneys are far happier when they don't have to deal with high levels of blood sugars by concentrating it in the urine, which can have the effect of nurturing infections despite medications attempting to control it.

davehead28 said:

avo hi all , im type 2 take metformin . last6 months had 3 urine infections. peeing quite a lot. no blood . but getting pain eventually went AE who said urine infection . also enlarged prostate. was reffered to urology had 2 mris / and ct scan and ultrasound. thought i had a tumour but thank god none found .i went hospital 5 weeks ago to have a cystoscopy. but admitted to hospital with severe kidney infection stayed in hospital for 3 days. felt so rough for 3 weeks couldnt work. i go to gym 2-4 times a week and lots of walking. strict with diet. readings been good for ages. now there all over the place. today ive had chicken avo wraps little mayo checked BS 8.4 2/ hours later. 1 minute 4-6 then go sky high. gp sent email saying BS got bad most probaly because severe infection. then sent another saying more tablets. which i dont really want.going back to urology soon to have cystoscopy not sure if all related anyone else had similar. many thanks

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"Strict diet"... Any idea how many diets are out there? Can you be a little more specific? Because quite a few people here wouldn't be eating wraps (unless they're the low carb kind from Atkins, WeCare or somesuch). There might be something to gained yet from a shift in diet. Just keep in mind that infections drive blood glucose up as well, and bacteria adore glucose in your urine to feed off... With repeated infections, it might be that your blood glucose is higher than you'd like it to be and things just keep spiraling. You can go for a low carb diet if you're not already (and loads of water to flush your kidneys/bladder), and/or add in more meds temporarily to get back to good. Get a new baseline to go from.

I'd whole-heartedly recommend a low carb diet though... No carbs = no UTIs, for me. Can't say anything about a prostate though, as mine never bothered me. (Being non-existant).

So, the contents of the wrap were excellent, (dunno if the wrap itself was as it depends on the brand), and you go to the gym and walk.... All of which is good. Let's see whether this forum can help make things even better!
Hope things improve soon!
Jo