Okay, so the week of the 24th, I got a UTI. On Monday, I could start feeling the MS symptoms creeping up, and by Wednesday night (unfortunately hubby's b-day) it felt like a full flare. So I decided to check with my pcp and make sure I didn't have a UTI. Well, the results were mixed. I had frequent urination, but I'd been having that. There were leukocytes in my urine, but nothing else, so they sent it to be cultured. The culture ended up being contaminated.
I began to think it was both UTI and flare early on - because it was termed a "slight" UTI, and my MS symptoms weren't getting better - although after about 5 days some of them started to.
The day after my antibiotics stopped, I actually got a UTI symptom - discomfort after urinating. I wouldn't say burning, I wouldn't even say pain. But it wasn't comfortable. So back to the doctor I go. Again, leukocytes only in the urine, sent it in for culture. She put me on a different med this time, Bactrim rather than Macrobid. The MS symptoms are back, and aren't getting any better. I get a call yesterday - there's no bacteria from the culture. Most of the urinary symptoms I'm having right now are the same symptoms I had for weeks before the UTI - hesitancy, going without much coming out, etc.
I put in a call to my doctor, and she says I could have a neurogenic bladder, and need some medication for that. And as far as the MS symptoms, she's going to talk to the doctor and see if she wants to see me.
I began to think it was both UTI and flare early on - because it was termed a "slight" UTI, and my MS symptoms weren't getting better - although after about 5 days some of them started to.
The day after my antibiotics stopped, I actually got a UTI symptom - discomfort after urinating. I wouldn't say burning, I wouldn't even say pain. But it wasn't comfortable. So back to the doctor I go. Again, leukocytes only in the urine, sent it in for culture. She put me on a different med this time, Bactrim rather than Macrobid. The MS symptoms are back, and aren't getting any better. I get a call yesterday - there's no bacteria from the culture. Most of the urinary symptoms I'm having right now are the same symptoms I had for weeks before the UTI - hesitancy, going without much coming out, etc.
I put in a call to my doctor, and she says I could have a neurogenic bladder, and need some medication for that. And as far as the MS symptoms, she's going to talk to the doctor and see if she wants to see me.
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