UTIs Suck
Filed Under (Freakin Idiot!) by Amy on 11-04-2007
I’ve got a full-blown urinary tract infection. Weee! It came on so suddenly, too! I went to the bathroom in the late afternoon and noticed a very slight burning towards the end and I thought, “Oh man, I hope I’m not getting a UTI.” I went on to enjoy the family at my dad’s birthday celebration, but, not even an hour later, I was on the road to major pain, complete with aches and pains and general malaise. I went to the drug store to buy some cranberry pills and look for anything else that I could buy to help, but didn’t find much. We went home earlier than usual from the party because I felt so ill, and the entire ride was sheer agony. I almost peed my pants before I made it in the door, too. The whole time I kept thinking that I couldn’t believe how fast it all happened.
I went to the bathroom as soon as we walked in and Rob came to the door as I was crying out in pain. He I might have to go the ER, but I was reluctant to go that route. I sent him to Walgreens, instead and he came back with some pills from the pharmacist (OTC) to take away the pain when peeing. They helped almost immediately, but I still felt like crap. This morning was more of the same, so I called the doctor on call and she called in a script for Cipro for me. Hopefully I’ll be on my way to good urinary tract health (I’ve been reading too many medicine packages! hee!) soon. I don’t do sick well.
Amy, I hope you are feeling better. I’ve never had a UTI, but I hear they hurt like hell. Sorry :(
So is your pee orange?
I hope you’re feeling better FAST!
My pee is totally orange! How come everyone knows about this orange pee stuff already? I never heard of it!
Cranberry usually does the trick for me after a couple of days. And i up my water intake. Hope you’re feeling beter soon.
It’s probably diva cup related…
WTF-EVA!!! Diva Cup - pishaw!
Ugh I hate UTI’s they are just so frustrating sometimes. I had them chronically for about a year, I swear someone would sneeze and I’d have a UTI no matter what I did, ate, or drank! I started taking a cranberry supplement every day and I haven’t had one since I started doing that! So the cranberry must do something, thank goodness.
For at least half my life (im 29) I experienced regular UTIs. Eventually I was quick to realize (self diagnose) when one was coming on. I was lucky to have a wonderful doctor, whom trusted me to diagnose myself, and had prescribed me cipro ahead of time. My experience is this: If you take 1 cipro at the onset of a UTI, it will knock out the infection before it even starts, furthermore, you only end up taking 1 cipro as opposed to an entire antibiotic regemend, which usually ends with a yeast infection - yay! Hope this helps.