Shadowhawk
10-04-19, 00:23
So, this is a bit unnerving, so I wanted to see what people have experienced.
The last few days I have had what I came to fear were UTI symptoms (rare in a guy, but not impossible). Finally dragged myself to urgent care, and of course did the pee test. But, after the physical exam and questions, the doc said nothing seemed wrong, and the pee test was totally clean (no protein, blood, or white cells).. in fact it was totally normal aside from ketones (but as I am doing keto, that is expected. Lol..).
They took the sample to culture, but didn't prescribe anything and just told me to wait. So, why the anxiety? My symptoms..
I had (at least thought) I had some pain/burning with going.
I have abdominal pain
I have back pain
Now, the problem is, I always have back pain (my weight loss came too late to save me from some problems). I showed them where the pain was (lower spine) and how it was worse when flexing, and they felt that the location and type didn't indicate kidney problems.
It's just easy to get worried that something is being missed, and I am trashing my kidneys as we speak. It is also nerve wracking for me, as this last year (start of my divorce and severe anxiety) has brought about a ton of various abdominal and back pain, associated to things like IBS; it's hard to tell if this pain is different from other pain, or where the pain is coming from. Is it my back throwing things off else where? Are my ab pains causing me to tweak my back?
Of course, after they asked about the back pain and if it was spreading, I feel like it is... but it could also just be me over thinking it (or just overall sore muscles everywhere).
Damn... sorry for rambling, just wanted to get all the thoughts out. Anyone deal with something like this?
The last few days I have had what I came to fear were UTI symptoms (rare in a guy, but not impossible). Finally dragged myself to urgent care, and of course did the pee test. But, after the physical exam and questions, the doc said nothing seemed wrong, and the pee test was totally clean (no protein, blood, or white cells).. in fact it was totally normal aside from ketones (but as I am doing keto, that is expected. Lol..).
They took the sample to culture, but didn't prescribe anything and just told me to wait. So, why the anxiety? My symptoms..
I had (at least thought) I had some pain/burning with going.
I have abdominal pain
I have back pain
Now, the problem is, I always have back pain (my weight loss came too late to save me from some problems). I showed them where the pain was (lower spine) and how it was worse when flexing, and they felt that the location and type didn't indicate kidney problems.
It's just easy to get worried that something is being missed, and I am trashing my kidneys as we speak. It is also nerve wracking for me, as this last year (start of my divorce and severe anxiety) has brought about a ton of various abdominal and back pain, associated to things like IBS; it's hard to tell if this pain is different from other pain, or where the pain is coming from. Is it my back throwing things off else where? Are my ab pains causing me to tweak my back?
Of course, after they asked about the back pain and if it was spreading, I feel like it is... but it could also just be me over thinking it (or just overall sore muscles everywhere).
Damn... sorry for rambling, just wanted to get all the thoughts out. Anyone deal with something like this?