Thanks ladies. I'm not going in today. Had to give in due to high temperature first thing. Have had three of the antibiotics now so hope by tomorrow I will be feeling a bit better.
Hurdity - the strange thing is that with upper urinary tract infection you don't get any pain on passing urine in most cases. I just felt as if I was getting something flu-like for a few days. Achy and a bit shivery with a stiff feeling lower back and just thought it would either "come out" or pass. The shivers are a bit different to the normal shivers you get with a temperature. They are called rigors and one of the signs of this is that during the total shaking your fingers and toes go completely white and numb as the blood is taken into the core of the body. I found it really interesting how it all works - the doc was really great at explaining it all - and as she said "at least you know your hypothalmus is working well"
Rigors show that a bacterial infection is present in the body but obviously doesn't show you where it is. The last time I saw someone with them was my mum when she first picked up MRSA in hospital - it was her constant shaking one morning and inability to hold anything that alerted them to something being wrong even though she didn't feel that ill. It also happened to a work colleague when she was going down with bacterial meningitis. I must admit I was a bit scared when they happened to me!!
Pauline - thanks for the advice. I sent the sample off yesterday and the doc will get in touch if it is the wrong antibiotic for the infection but I might get some strips for testing once I have finished the antibiotics to check that all is back to normal.
On a funny note when I first got up and came downstairs I had that horrible just-about-to-pass-out feeling (prob due to the high temperature) and I ended up sort of lying on the kitchen floor until the feeling passed. My cat thought this was wonderful and made a right fuss of me before sitting on my shoulders and settling down for a snooze!
Taz x