Anyone with any experience of these things would appreciate advice please!!
The last month or so I’ve had a nightmare with what the GP stated was likely a UTI.
The very long story is - had some vaginal spotting had pelvic exam and swabs taken. Whilst waiting on swabs developed an achy pain left side up by ribs that moved into my side. Urine was a little like it had pieces floating in it. Back to the GP ago said urine had a little blood and white cells in so likely UTI have some nitrofuratoin and off I went. Took those for 5 days, urine cleared a little but blood and white cells still there (I got home dipsticks at this point). Then a few days later I feel horrendous no appetite and so sick, urine has tones of goop in it. I also then get a text to say “ you have thrush” which by this point is raging as I had it already and now it’s had some lovely antibiotics so it’s rife.
Walk in centre give me trimethoprim and tell me to do thrush pessary. 3 days of trimethoprim and the thrush is then out of hand and soooooo painful. The next day I get a sample or urine to my GO and they sent it to the lab. Do the one dose pessary that night and I wake up a few hours later with it burning and itching, go to the toilet and it falls out. So thrush is still raging so decide to try the cream, still burns and makes my need to pee all night which I assume is inflamed urethra maybe. I also start probiotics at this point as I assume the thrush is loving this situation. The next day after the pessary came the day I couldn’t pee, the urethra seemed so swollen that no urine would come out. I had drunk a litre but only a trifckle of pee would come out if that when I went; and boy did I need to go. Anyway I chugged yet more water and in the afternoon finally managed a real wee. Anyway in the toilet bowl (which I wish I had checked first) seemed to be 3 little dark hard gritty things. I fished them out (gross I know) and they felt really hard and gritty, like little pieces of gravel. Now I don’t know if they were in the toilet already, I don’t think so but can’t be sure. Anyway after this I was able to pee again.
Urine starts to clear still slight blood and white cells but this is decreasing.
So decided to do the 6 day pessary which is a lower dose, this plan seems to work better as no burning etc. Mild irritation when the chalky stuff comes out which makes me need to pee when it touches the urethra but that’s all.
Over the next 2 weeks the white cells and blood in my urine go! Hooray I think this nightmare is finally over (or nearly) and I’m diligently taking probiotics and drinking loads.
A week after it went off the urine sample comes back, small amount of blood and white cells but a significant and massive culture grown of candida! In my urine: I was told “oh probably contamination given you had vaginal thrush” and that was that.
So after 2 weeks of repair work and settling I’m still getting an ache in my side and down to my hip, up under my ribs and lower back. It varies in intensity and seems to be worse when moving. Off to the GP who says “might be your bowels unsettled after the antibiotics” let’s send more urine off and just double check the candida isn’t in the bladder as there is a chance it could be a fungal UTI. Off my urine went to the lab 4 days ago.
So I’ve even managed a few nights where I sleep through the night; I’m managing to eat a bit more normally again and feeling more positive about what has been a nightmare. Then two days ago notice spotting when wiping (first time in ages, on the mirena coil and post meno - had a scan last month which was all fine) then tiny amount of blood in wee and a tiny amount of white cells which I chalk up to the spotting. Next day spotting gone and urine clear again. Then last night at 1am I wake with the familiar need to pee feeling but not too much coming out. I also feel like I’m a bit itchy down there again. Have some discharge but hard to tell if normal as my thrush symptoms were not super obvious before. This morning I have more blood in my wee again. Of course this all happens on a Saturday when my GP is closed!!!! No sign of the results of my latest urine culture yet either.
So I’ve come to the following conclusions and I really don’t know what to do -
1. There is another UTI that maybe the ABs worked on last time
2. The UTI was a candida one all along, linked to thrush and the ABs made it worse
3. I potentially had kidney stones not a UTI and then thrush as a secondary issue caused by all the ABs
4. I have kidney cancer or kidney failure and I’m doomed
I have no history whatsoever or UTIs or anything so this is all new to me!!!! Problem is I don’t seem to had burning or stinging when I pee and I also don’t seem to get typical thrush symptoms.
Here I am on a Saturday not knowing what to do!? If I go to the GP out of hours I’m assuming they will pack me off with more ABs which might not be needed and might make it worse.
I am so fed up and so worried/depressed! Sorry for the long post can anyone please help? 😢
