Here I am at 5:00am PST on Momsview because I cant sleep since I woke up with a UTI. I've been up since about 4:15 and drank a TON of water hoping to urinate in out and get atleast 2 more hours of sleep. I have a long day! Grrrrr...... why couldnt my body wait til later?

By Trina~moderator on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 09:40 am:

Oh no! UTIs are NO fun! Get yourself to the doctor, girlfriend. {{{HUGS}}}

By Emily7 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 10:05 am:

I hate them too. Like Trina said make sure you get to the doctor. UTI's are nothing to ignore.

By Boxzgrl on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 10:20 am:

Well I never went back to sleep but im not really tired so thats okay. I usually never go the the dr. for a UTI unless it hangs around for a few days. If I drink tons of cranberry juice and water it seems to flush it right out. And they run in my family so I get them like every 2 months. My Mom and sister are the same way. But its worse when I wake up to them. I feel a little progress so hopefully it will be gone or symptomless by this afternoon.

By Kay on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 10:43 am:

I'm so sorry! I've had UTI's, but they're 'silent'...they're not painful, but they begin to do damage internally before I realize I have them.

Just remember that cranberry juice, while easing the symptoms, will NOT cure the infection. The infection needs antibiotics - don't delay talking to your doctor!

Untreated UTI's can lead to kidney diseases, according to my urologist.

By Eve on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 10:46 am:

Hope you feel better soon!

By Marg on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 11:10 am:

Melissa,
I hope you feel better soon. I've only ever had two in my life time and I don't know how you stand them. I had to go to the emergency room the first time.

By Paulas on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 11:21 am:

I used to get them about once every six weeks. I even had a stash of antibodics so I could get started right away.

I finally had minor day surgery and I've only had one since and the surgery was at least 8 years ago. It's awful, but I can't remember what they did. They explained things to me while I was still somewhat drugged up so I don't remember. I probably should ask to see my file some day. In any event, what they did was successful.

By Rayanne on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 11:28 am:

((((HUGS))))

I have never had one, but my sister gets them all the time and I can tell that they hurt just by the way she talks about it. I hope you feel better real soon.

By Boxzgrl on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 11:29 am:

Oh yes, the stash of antibiotics, i've got that! LOL! If its an antibiotic, i've probably got it! It was great when I worked at the vet because I hate taking pills and cephalexin works miracles for my UTI's and its also a common antibiotic for animals so I would just mix up the cephalexin suspension and take some. Not exactly legal but it worked, LOL!

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 - 04:46 pm:

How can you not go to the doctor??? I had one just recently and I was miserable. I was at work and trying to put patients in rooms and I had to keep running to the bathroom and then finally, trying to get a urine sample so I could send it to the lab. The doctor and I are running past each other as he's asking me if I'm allergic to anything, etc! LOL! It just hurt so much to pee! He gave me a script for pyridium, which somehow stops the pain (and turns your urine orange!) He gave me samples and I only had to take cipro for 3 days.