I have a major problem and maybe someone here has some advice.
For years and years (like 20 years), I have had ongoing UTIs and sometimes even kidney infections, which have been treated with antibiotics and then come back again later, only to be treated with antibiotics again. This all started with traumatic sexua| experiences as a teenager (rape, etc.), and I'm sure was made worse by bad lifestyle choices at that time, such as smoking, drinking alcohol and not eating right.
However, after my teenage years I cleaned up my act a lot, and stopped using any bad substances (cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, etc.) and even became vegetarian, started eating organic food, etc. Still the UTIs and kidney infections persisted and have always plagued me.
My lifestyle has just gotten more and more healthy over the years (though I'm no longer a vegetarian), and I really don't do anything that would harm the kidneys at all. The only thing I can think of is having sex with my boyfriend of many years, however we are both very clean and always drink water and pee after sex, etc. We are older now and conservative people, parents, etc., so this is not anything wild anyways.
I am 38 years old and still bothered by these things. I've done every natural thing imaginable, from chinese medicine to d-mannosse, to all the kidney herbs in a strong tincture and in teas, to collodial silver and iodine. In fact, I have spent so much time and money trying to treat my kidneys naturally that I have been almost ignoring a kidney infection for the last 2 years or so. I am just so sick of taking antibiotics and figure what is the point if it's just going to come back again anyways.
However I do realize that you should not let a kidney infection go this long, so I went into my naturopath who's also an MD the other day, and here is where the story gets weird:
She prescribed me an antibiotic called Cipro, which I went and got at a pharmacy. AFTER swallowing the first pill, I got on the internet and started reading about Cipro. It sounds like it is a terribly toxic drug, and people are saying that it ruined their lives. It also contains fluoride, a potent poison. After reading this info I freaked out and had a panic attack (I normally never take any drugs whatsoever, and drugs are very scary to me) and I did something really stupid. I tried to make myself throw up the Cipro pill by drinking a huge amount of salt water (something I read you could do on the internet). Unfortunately I didn't throw up much at all, and so I ended up with a large amount of salt (like almost 4 tablespoons of salt) in my system, and of course salt is very hard on the kidneys. Dumb, dumb, dumb, I know!
The next few days were hell, I was swollen with water retention, had lots of pain in both my kidneys which hurt whenever I moved my body, and could eat nothing but fruit. This happened last Friday, and I still cannot eat anything with salt on it, so I'm eating very little even now.
Anyways, I don't know what to do now. I still need to do something about the kidney infection, but I'm scared to take Cipro. My doctor won't prescribe anything else. I'm afraid I've further damaged my kidneys with the salt. Ugh. I made an appointment with another doctor for a second opinion, but that's not until next week, and they may just want me to take the Cipro anyways. Any advice?
Hey Rainbow Brite,
The first thing to do in your particular case is to LEARN to calm down. I've had panic attacks and they aren't fun. But, once I understood them, I began to work on myself psychologically and began to learn to control them. Years later, I've had none. I realized they were something that happened because I worried about things I had no control over anyway, so why worry.
Now, to get rid of an infection like this will take perseverance and drive. Remember that.
I have had infections in the past like this. Infectious agents are a peculiar thing. All they know how to do is eat and multiply. That's basically ALL THEY DO. So one must learn that to kill an infection completely, one must persevere until it's gone. No assumptions it will probably take at least a month of perseverance, but once it's gone, things will get better and your kidneys will heal.
Infections eat sugars of all kinds. Remember that. So, even eating organic cane sugar right now is a mistake. It's great normally, but not right now. Eat low carb food for now. Keep that food that feeds them lowered for now.
Secondly, let's fight the infection with the most powerful AND SAFE antibiotic on earth. Colloidal silver. Now before you have another panic attack and say "I've already tried that and it didn't work." Let's start over and understand WHY it didn't work. Remember I said drive and perseverance? Okay, DON'T BUY ANY ONLINE SILVER PRODUCTS. They are expensive and some of them are useless. Go to http://www.thesilveredge.com
and buy their micro particle silver generator. I own one and it's top notch. Start making silver following their instructions to a tee. Keep making as much as you can. Buy some brown quart bottles to store it in to keep it out of the sunlight. I bought some here: http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin1.html
buy the 32oz size. There will be 12 in a case. That's fine, it will cost a little over $30 bucks once shipping is figured in. Now, make it and keep making it ALL THE TIME. When you pour your last batch into a quart bottle, make more!
Now, drink 8 ounces of this 10ppm silver 3 times daily 30 minutes BEFORE each meal. DON'T DRINK OR EAT ANYTHING FOR 30 MINUTES AFTER DRINKING THE SILVER. Sit back calmly during this time and take your mind off of the problem. Learn to relax. Do this program for the next month. Yes, for the next 30 days, do this 3 times daily as described. NO IT WON'T BE TOO MUCH SILVER. Regardless of what you have read on the internet. I do this all the time when I have to fight off an infection and I HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE. Has never hurt my kidneys ever. Practically all of the misinformation on the internet about colloidal silver is posted by AMA (American Medical Association) doctors who hate colloidal silver, because it eats into their profits of prescribing useless and very expensive antibiotics like Cipro. STAY AWAY FROM THAT CRAP. The reason those antibiotics don't work, is because the infectious agent is slowly able to mutate and be able to get past those antibiotics. They mutate and become super bugs. They can't do that with silver. Silver prevents them from being able to multiply and also keeps them from being able to mutate. After all, guess who made it? God, he's really smart and knows how to make the best stuff.
One of the side benefits of taking silver for the rest of your life is you won't even catch colds or flus ever again.
Once the infection is gone, continue drinking 8 oz daily from now on.
I hope this helps.
Wolf
If these do not help then you need to get thorough testing including cultures and maybe cystoscopy to rule out other potential causes such as interstitial cystitis.
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Help! Major kidney infection/UTI left untreated for years... 
