Dear bladder: plz die kthx. Love, me

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Or, have I had a 5-year long bladder infection?

Basically, in a nutshell, back in 2001 I found myself peeing way too frequently. A trip to the doctor, a urine test and some ultrasounds later, it was determined there was nothing wrong. So I went on my merry way, taking my frequent (usually ranging in frequency from 1/2 hour to 2 hours) pees with me.

Fast forward to earlier this month. The peeing is getting more frequent. It takes me over an hour to fall asleep because I have to keep on getting up and peeing (last night I went about 15 times). There is no burnination, no Trogdor to cause me to cringe in pain. There is just an overwhelming urge to go. So I went to the doctor last week. We talked a bit, but I couldn’t give a sample there because I go to the bathroom so much there isn’t enough pee at one time for an adequate sample. I get a sterilized cup to take home, give my sample in the morning right when I wake up so there’s enough there (never mind I got up twice in an 8 hour sleep). My daddy, bless his soul, accepted his Esteemed and Honourable Mission and took the cup of refrigerated pee to the doctor because I had to go to work before they opened.

Cue me getting home after work yesterday. Our Caller ID says there was a call from the doctor, but someone answered it. I ask my dad, the only one who was there to answer it, what it was about. I suspect it is because he’s a big coward (he had an appointment that morning but chickened out and cancelled), but he refuses to talk about it. So I leave it at that, while giving him the evil laser eye treatment behind his back.

So anyway, I wake up this morning, and Mom tells me Dad finally remembered what the call was about. Yeah, the results said I have a bladder infection and the doctor called some antibiotics into the pharmacy.

THANKS DADDY!!!111oneoneone I really could have used those antibiotics yesterday, as I squirm in my seat writing this. But wait, you say, delaying a bathroom break gives you bladder infections! But wait, I say, I went less than an hour ago! And sometimes you just gotta hold it, because I really don’t feel like having to get up and go 3 times in 10 minutes at work because it makes me look like a slacker. Shhhhh, the IT department hasn’t busted me yet!

Oh yeah, I’m a bit apprehensive about this whole infection thing in the first place anyway. I’ve been on my fair share of antibiotics for strep and ear infections over the last two years and there was no change, unless there just wasn’t enough antibiotic to attack all my bodily infections. I’m just hoping this works, because I’m not looking forward to my road trip at the end of the month. I can’t even go an hour and half without having to pee in a vehicle (kinda like some people’s home=pee radar)!

So, in conclusion, I hate my bladder but don’t have enough vitriol to Pit it.

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That’s really weird - I pee a lot too and I’ve got no infection. I get sick a lot but I seem impervious to infections down there. Never had a UTI or bladder infection, I’ve only ever had ONE yeast infection (damn penicillin)…nothing. And I pee on the range of every ten minutes to forty minutes. Long car trips are hell.

And yet I crap only once every few days. Probably because I’m dehydrated from pissing so much water.

~Tasha

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They gave your results to your dad? I hope you authorized your doctor to leave messages with health info at that number.

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Damn, that sucks. I tend to go a lot (I theorize I have a small bladder), but damn.

Feel better soon, kushiel.

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I don’t think where the OP lives they have a HIPPA like law

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:slight_smile:

Remind me not to park near your house.

Here’s hoping your little reservoir dries up some.

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Get your blood sugar checked…

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I still live with my parents, and we’ve had the same family doctor since before I was born. I really have no idea about HIPPA here - I know mental health professionals don’t ever disclose things without permission though. I haven’t filled anything out in years at my family doctor, but maybe some form somewhere says something. I think it’s just an assumption on the part of the doctor and his nurse since I’ve almost always gone with my mom there.

And thanks for the good wishes, everyone.

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I have. Normal blood sugar all around, which I wasn’t expecting. My mom’s a borderline diabetic but she doesn’t seem to care, so I’ve used her monitor, after I got that normal result, to check my sugar throughout the day. Weird, that, that I don’t seem diabetic or overly hypoglycemic. I thought the sugar machine at my doctors’ office was malfunctioning. :smiley:

I apparently just have an “active” bladder. Liquids run through me, while solids take forever.

And yes - kushiel, good luck. I hope it clears up. That’s a mean kinda nasty.

~Tasha

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I’ve seen commercials on TV here for some kind of medication for “overactive bladder” which was described as a frequent, urgent need to urinate…here, I found it. It’s called Vesicare maybe that would help.

Also, I got a UTI when I was on vacation (that was fun) and the doctor not only perscribed antibiotic but another medication to help with the frequent urination thing. Can’t remember now what it is but it turns your pee bright orange while you’re taking it. It’s also available OTC here under the brand name Uristat (though at a lower dosage than the perscription)

Good luck.

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You should ask your doc about “interstitial cystitis”. http://familydoctor.org/717.xml

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I have an appointment fora urologist in late September, and my doctor noted it on the referral.

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Unless she’s a minor. (I don’t know how old she is.)

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That bright-TANG-orange pee was caused by a drug called Pyridium, when I had to take it for a UTI about five years ago. Stained everything it came in contact with. I have never been more careful wiping in my life.

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I remember the TangPee. I have had two UTI’s in my life. The first was very fast and horrible. It spread up to my bladder and a kidney in about 3 days. I was in the hospital for over 10 hours and out of work for 3 weeks.

The second I’ve apparently had for quite a while. I have no trouble peeing and no pain or burning. No symptoms whatsoever. But, at my physical last week, I was told I had one. My pee didn’t turn to Tang this time though.