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Originally Posted by LJSDesigns
I am sorry about your grandma. UTI's definitely made the dementia worse in my mom's case, so I would believe there is a connection. I believe an infection can happen that fast, with no warning, and it can be painful and scary. Is a kidney infection as bad as a kidney stone? Kidney stones suck.
It is incredible how much sheets can hurt. I have a bone spur on my heel that I can't allow to touch the sheets because of the pain. I sleep with my leg bent and crossed over the other one so that heel never touches the sheets. The dang spur is wrapped around my Achilles tendon so I would need major surgery to get rid of it, so I just deal and sleep like a pretzel. But Tracey M is right, since I have lost weight the bone spur does not hurt as much. Except at night on the sheets. LOL
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My husband just got done dealing with kidney stones for the last month. It was terrible. We brought him to the ER 3 times, he had 3 surgeries, and he spent 3 overnight in the hospital. I would say the pain was probably equal to my kidney infection, but the difference was, I could fix mine with just a couple of rounds of strong antibiotics. I didn't need all the other stuff my husband needed and dealt with.
I sleep a little weird now, too. I cannot make that ankle go straight, so I tend to just bend at the hip. Not quite as pretzel as you, but not the way I used it. The not bending properly affects me the worse when doing yoga though. I cannot do some moves anymore and it's frustrating, but the surgery was still worth it.