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Yes, you are right pulisa. I do feel guilty about being a drain on the NHS and I do love the idea of being able to go to the Dr whenever I want guilt free, but at the same time I know it would add to my reassurance seeking. When I go to my Dr, I always make my anxiety the focus of the appointment and the physical symptoms as secondary to that, but at the same time I do of course worry that this will lead to them not taking the physical thing I am worrying about seriously. On the other hand, I think they are less likely to take me seriously at all unless I am upfront about my anxiety. Trying to even manage how I present this stuff to the Dr every time I have an appointment is exhausting in itself and I am always second guessing and wondering if I put it across in the best way possible, but then I think that's a common thought process for those of us with HA.
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I think you have an excellent understanding of your HA, Cattia. It's always difficult when you have an anxiety disorder diagnosis on your notes so you think the GP puts every symptom down to anxiety but a good GP who knows you won't.
I actually meant it would be very expensive seeing a private GP regularly. It's £100+ a visit where I live!
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Thanks pulisa. Yes it is expensive. It's £85 here or for £60 a month you can get ten appointments a year. It's also a long way from me (an hour to the nearest one). Guess I should just stick to the NHS. I've been so often lately it gets embarrassing!.
How is everyone doing today?
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I seem to be having less episodes of this. I put it down to pulling a muscle in my back/shoulder/neck last week which is very painful so my mind is totally on that right now.
Kind of backs up that this mind/stress/anxiety related. I've had somatic symptoms in the past like this.
/edit Urgency came back as soon as I typed this haha.
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Yes, every time I think about mine the discomfort gets worse! It's also interesting that when I linked these urinary symptoms to my cervical cancer worries, the cervix pain also increased!
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I can see how that happens. I didn't have pain until I read about interstitial cystitis, I've not really had pain since the doctor confirming I don't have that with the camera results.
I'm sat at work now and I don't think I actually need the toilet but my whole system seems 'nervous' down there.
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I’m really struggling today. Having side effects from the overactive bladder medication the gp started (nausea, dizziness, blurred vision), the urinary symptoms are as bad as ever & I have pain in my lower back & right hip. Catastrophising majorly about what might be wrong with me. Tried to speak to a gp but no appointments (face to face or phone) left. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I didn’t sleep well last night which doesn’t help matters either.
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I’m really struggling today. Having side effects from the overactive bladder medication the gp started (nausea, dizziness, blurred vision), the urinary symptoms are as bad as ever & I have pain in my lower back & right hip. Catastrophising majorly about what might be wrong with me. Tried to speak to a gp but no appointments (face to face or phone) left. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I didn’t sleep well last night which doesn’t help matters either.
What bladder medication is it? I've only had dry mouth from the first one I tried. I was exactly the same and have moments where I feel it again but I'm slowly making improvements. I also have the same problem with the GP and the reception staff are so rude it makes me more anxious.
If everything is ruled out I think the way out of this is to lose the fear of this. Which is hard as it's such a problematic symptom. The small episodes I had before I didn't worry and it soon went.
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I'm sorry you're struggling Emc. I was having a better day today until I went to the loo and it kind of feels dry in my urethra, like it's full of sawdust, anyone else have that? I'm sure the medication will settle down once you've been taking it a while and hopefully you won't need to take it long term, it will just give things a chance to get back to normal. Have you seen a urologist?
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I’m seeing a urologist tomorrow - hopeful for some helpful input because i’m Totally fed up now.