bg222
27-04-14, 16:13
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, just joined today. I came across this site while trying to find more info on health anxiety, which I've apparently developed in the last couple months.
Anyway, I decided to take the plunge and post on here since I've been having especially bad health anxiety for the last week or so.
I have had UTIs before, and I've always known because of the burning, stinging sensation when peeing. Getting on an antibiotic always helped pretty much immediately, and certainly within 24 hours I was feeling a lot better.
Well, after having some general abdominal discomfort and an urgency to pee pretty much right after peeing for the last 4-5 days, I went in to an urgent care place yesterday morning. I would have gone in earlier but I didn't have that characteristic burning/stinging sensation at all. They did the lab test and said yes, I had a mild bladder infection. They said the burning/stinging sensation is not always present with an infection.
Anyways, I started the antibiotic yesterday morning, so I've taken three doses now. I still have a very mild sense of needing to pee after just peeing (although admittedly I'm drinking lots of fluids per the doc's instructions). And more concerning, I still have a feeling of "fullness" or bloating or mild discomfort in my abdomen - mostly on the sides of the front and a little bit in my lower back. I know this can be related to kidney infections, which are often a lot more serious, so I'm freaking out a little bit. Why aren't my symptoms gone yet?? My instructions say to "seek immediate medical attention" (just that phrase alone makes me freak out a little bit) if the abdominal pain is worsening or if symptoms are not completely gone within three days.
Rationally I know things could take the full three days to go away, but I'm still worrying a lot. A friend of my family had a UTI/bladder infection diagnosis a few years ago and went home with an antibiotic, only to pass out with super low blood pressure a few hours later, go into a coma, and die after being taken off life support a week later. It was horribly sad and really shook me. She apparently had sepsis - infection of the blood. The idea that this could happen to me is totally freaking me out - I know more than it should - but I can't shake it.
My husband is really supportive but it's still just miserable to be sitting here enduring the anxiety and feeling totally wracked with fear as the minutes as they go by. I'm being so overly vigilant about whether my abdominal pain feels even the tiniest bit worse than before, is the pain different? Is it spreading? How am I feeling overall? Etc. Etc. Etc.
I guess I'm just hoping for some support through this forum, maybe some reassurance, etc. I know these thoughts are nothing new to a lot of people here.
Thanks,
B
Anyway, I decided to take the plunge and post on here since I've been having especially bad health anxiety for the last week or so.
I have had UTIs before, and I've always known because of the burning, stinging sensation when peeing. Getting on an antibiotic always helped pretty much immediately, and certainly within 24 hours I was feeling a lot better.
Well, after having some general abdominal discomfort and an urgency to pee pretty much right after peeing for the last 4-5 days, I went in to an urgent care place yesterday morning. I would have gone in earlier but I didn't have that characteristic burning/stinging sensation at all. They did the lab test and said yes, I had a mild bladder infection. They said the burning/stinging sensation is not always present with an infection.
Anyways, I started the antibiotic yesterday morning, so I've taken three doses now. I still have a very mild sense of needing to pee after just peeing (although admittedly I'm drinking lots of fluids per the doc's instructions). And more concerning, I still have a feeling of "fullness" or bloating or mild discomfort in my abdomen - mostly on the sides of the front and a little bit in my lower back. I know this can be related to kidney infections, which are often a lot more serious, so I'm freaking out a little bit. Why aren't my symptoms gone yet?? My instructions say to "seek immediate medical attention" (just that phrase alone makes me freak out a little bit) if the abdominal pain is worsening or if symptoms are not completely gone within three days.
Rationally I know things could take the full three days to go away, but I'm still worrying a lot. A friend of my family had a UTI/bladder infection diagnosis a few years ago and went home with an antibiotic, only to pass out with super low blood pressure a few hours later, go into a coma, and die after being taken off life support a week later. It was horribly sad and really shook me. She apparently had sepsis - infection of the blood. The idea that this could happen to me is totally freaking me out - I know more than it should - but I can't shake it.
My husband is really supportive but it's still just miserable to be sitting here enduring the anxiety and feeling totally wracked with fear as the minutes as they go by. I'm being so overly vigilant about whether my abdominal pain feels even the tiniest bit worse than before, is the pain different? Is it spreading? How am I feeling overall? Etc. Etc. Etc.
I guess I'm just hoping for some support through this forum, maybe some reassurance, etc. I know these thoughts are nothing new to a lot of people here.
Thanks,
B