??UTI??

When i went to the ER in january i had major amount of blood in my urine and left side pain. They said it was kidney stone. Well i survived that ordeal. I was in the er in february with LRQ pain. Turns out to be chronic inflammation and constipation. Later i found out i also had SIBO. When i got lab results the urine cultures indicated some blood and protein and a lot of mucus. They stated no uti. But now i have pain in urethra even when i dont pee. Im already on an antibiotic that would cover uti. So what could be going on. I googled mucus in urine and it points to UC

Bucko, so sorry that you had been through a lot. How long did this urethral pain last? I once had this severe stabbing pain you describe. My GI ordered a urine culture but it came out negative. He was amazed and couldn't figure out what was wrong. By the time I received the results, the symptoms had resolved on their own. No test or scan done afterwards showed any problems. It could be just something temporarily and would resolve on its own.

Could you go to an urgent care and get a urinalysis?

They can do a scan to test for a fistula, but it may or may not work. My test was pretty uncomfortable: they inserted a catheter tube, and then filled up the bladder with water and tracked if it leaked out anywhere. Peeing cold water afterwards was probably one of the weirdest sensations ever, lol.

Please do go to the ER to get checked out. A friend of mine with lupus got a UTI and she didn't get to the doctor until she had a fever and chills and pain, which means it's in the kidneys. She ended up going septic from it because it was too strong for oral antibiotics, and was hospitalized for a week and got put on IV antibiotics. She's STILL on IV antibiotics with a PICC line and it's been 6 weeks, and they still don't have an end date for them.

Not to be all doom and gloom, but with our immune systems suppressed, it can get quite bad.

Oh ouch!! That just sounds miserable. Maybe also ask about the possibility of intersticial cystitis (I know I spelled that wrong). It's basically like Crohn's or IBS of the bladder.

That's frustrating that you can't get it until Monday. Did the ER doctor at least give you some IV antibiotics while you were there to tide you over until Monday?

Oh geez, that's really bad. My friend couldn't eat with her kidney infection, or even keep down sips of water, which is bad when you're trying to flush out a UTI. I can't remember, do you have a good PCP or GI? You may need to call the on-call doctor, explain the situation, and ask what to do.

I just had an unusual experience. As always when i wake up in the morning i gotta go pee. So off to the toilet i go. But when i try to pee nothing would come out. So i push like im having a baby and i finally start to pee. I had to continue really pushing to pee. It took a long time to empty my bladder. Should i call the dr cause i must have some serious inflammation? I cant get my antibiotics til monday? Has anyone else had this experience?

You could die from a bladder that's too full.
When my grandma was suffering from Stage 4 colon cancer, her bladder didn't empty and no one caught it until she was in a coma!
As soon as they emptied out her bladder, she got better!

I have a follow up with my pcp today.

I'm so sorry, that sounds awful.