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It all began on the last two days of a wedding vacation in NC; I began peeing a lot more and I noticed some strain. I even joked with my husband that I knew it was a uti from the pool or hot tub and that we'd need to get to the doctor's as soon as we got home.
Well, I was told that I had some microscopic blood in my urine and that they would do a culture just to be certain but treated me with antibiotics for the week. After that week, I felt just fine.
Now, let me mention that during my vacation, I had an active outbreak of G. herpes. I knew that if I drank, had smoked, and laid in the pool that the infection would probably worsen, but it never hurt much before, and well, we were on vacation...my husband and I knew that we wouldn't have relations anyway since we were staying with friend in her room.
After about a month, the symptoms returned. I went to my gynecologist and she, without having any other explanation, gave me a second round of antibiotics--didn't work.
My family doctor as well as another urologist tried to tell me that it was simply overactive bladder-I couldn't believe it. Why did it start on vacation?
By this point, I was getting worried, so I made an appointment with a urologist back home (family friend) and he performed a cystopscopy; I'm not quite sure if it was hydro because it didn't hurt, but fluid was placed in my bladder...he said and I saw that my bladder looked perfectly normal. ???
A KUB was ordered as well as a renal US--normal. Urine culture--normal.
Now this takes us to October...when I lost any good days and felt the need to urinate all of the time, most of the time moderate, sometimes mild. I've seen another urologist who performed urodynamics--she felt that I didn't have OAB but possibly PFD since my vaginal muscles seemed tight to her.
So, here I am, in March. Since then I've had a broth culture--neg and bloodwork from a NP who claims that I have a form of a co-infection. I've been on antibiotics for a month with no help.
I'm seeing an infectious disease doctor this week, and I'm going to follow up with my main urologist again. He wants to do a biopsy.
I'm concerned that maybe the viral infection did this. Did I mess something up neurologically? I'm very confused. Any advice is appreciated!
29, teacher, from PA.
Well, I was told that I had some microscopic blood in my urine and that they would do a culture just to be certain but treated me with antibiotics for the week. After that week, I felt just fine.
Now, let me mention that during my vacation, I had an active outbreak of G. herpes. I knew that if I drank, had smoked, and laid in the pool that the infection would probably worsen, but it never hurt much before, and well, we were on vacation...my husband and I knew that we wouldn't have relations anyway since we were staying with friend in her room.
After about a month, the symptoms returned. I went to my gynecologist and she, without having any other explanation, gave me a second round of antibiotics--didn't work.
My family doctor as well as another urologist tried to tell me that it was simply overactive bladder-I couldn't believe it. Why did it start on vacation?
By this point, I was getting worried, so I made an appointment with a urologist back home (family friend) and he performed a cystopscopy; I'm not quite sure if it was hydro because it didn't hurt, but fluid was placed in my bladder...he said and I saw that my bladder looked perfectly normal. ???
A KUB was ordered as well as a renal US--normal. Urine culture--normal.
Now this takes us to October...when I lost any good days and felt the need to urinate all of the time, most of the time moderate, sometimes mild. I've seen another urologist who performed urodynamics--she felt that I didn't have OAB but possibly PFD since my vaginal muscles seemed tight to her.
So, here I am, in March. Since then I've had a broth culture--neg and bloodwork from a NP who claims that I have a form of a co-infection. I've been on antibiotics for a month with no help.
I'm seeing an infectious disease doctor this week, and I'm going to follow up with my main urologist again. He wants to do a biopsy.
I'm concerned that maybe the viral infection did this. Did I mess something up neurologically? I'm very confused. Any advice is appreciated!
29, teacher, from PA.
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