The Dreaded UTI
On April 21 I had routine bloodwork and urinalysis done for an upcoming checkup. The following Wednesday I was contacted by my doctor's office telling me I had a urinary tract infection and that they were calling in a prescription for me. I had noticed on Monday or Tuesday a burning sensation just as I would finish peeing. The idea of UTI did flash through my brain so the call on Wednesday made sense. After 10 days on Augmentin (plus a weekend) I went back for another urinalysis. Several days later I was told I had another UTI, this time Pseudomonas, not the Klebsiella from the first one. This time I have had not any typical UTI symptoms and question that I actually have an infection. Since I rarely form a really good urine stream I'm probably not getting a good midstream clean capture. More than likely some of the urine had run off my leg before ending up in the cup. Thus, my "infection" could be due to culture of bacteria that are external contaminants. If I don't come up clean after this round of antibiotics I may have to insist on catheter capture of the urine sample. Goodness knows it's not healthy to be on antibiotics long term.
posted by Nicole Thomas at
1:58 PM
1 Comments:
just tripped over your blog, congrats on the successful surgeries! i had a similar over-antibiotic-prescribing experience a couple years back, almost certainly due to a non-clean capture sample (i never filled the Rx and was fine). it's a little annoying when you have to second guess doctors, but i'm glad to hear someone else out there bemoaning antibiotic-happy docs.
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