MagicMadjeski
24-02-16, 20:10
Hi all you lovely people!
I'm hoping someone can enlighten me regarding my current urinary tract infection issues which I can't stop obsessing worst case scenarios and reading Dr. Google to the point I'm fearing everything from kidney failure to sepsis! Luckily I start my CBT in the next few weeks to address my obsessive thoughts and health / death anxieties.
So the short story is, last week I got classic UTI symptoms for the 2nd time in 12 months and went to the GP for tests and antibiotics. The dip test revealed nitrates etc and he gave me Nitrofurantoin for a week. I also sent off for urine culture before taking the antibiotics but they came back as negative! The classic UTI symptoms are getting a bit better but still there so GP and now prescribed me Cefalexin for 2 weeks. I've also done a second urine culture which again came back as negative. The past couple of days I have been getting back ache along with the occasional bouts of chills but no other symptoms and I'm afraid it has spread to my kidneys.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or could put my mind at ease that since these cultures came back as negative the infection should be gone... Thank you!
I'm hoping someone can enlighten me regarding my current urinary tract infection issues which I can't stop obsessing worst case scenarios and reading Dr. Google to the point I'm fearing everything from kidney failure to sepsis! Luckily I start my CBT in the next few weeks to address my obsessive thoughts and health / death anxieties.
So the short story is, last week I got classic UTI symptoms for the 2nd time in 12 months and went to the GP for tests and antibiotics. The dip test revealed nitrates etc and he gave me Nitrofurantoin for a week. I also sent off for urine culture before taking the antibiotics but they came back as negative! The classic UTI symptoms are getting a bit better but still there so GP and now prescribed me Cefalexin for 2 weeks. I've also done a second urine culture which again came back as negative. The past couple of days I have been getting back ache along with the occasional bouts of chills but no other symptoms and I'm afraid it has spread to my kidneys.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or could put my mind at ease that since these cultures came back as negative the infection should be gone... Thank you!