Thanks for your replies ladies and the hug 🤗 much appreciated
Interesting article from the daily wail although the majority was good science the bit about how the sufferer said she was on an antibiotic that is resistance proof don't believe that, and a culture always should be done as just prescribing a broad spectrum antibiotic doesn't work for example one of theGP's at my practice prescribed abroad spectrum AB for over the weekend while my results came back and I ended up in A&E as I was getting progressively worse where the doctor inA&E checked the results from the last culture which showed that this antibiotic would not make any difference as it wasn't sensitive to the organism so she put me back on the ones that had come up as sensitive which is weird cause you would have thought the GP would have done the same thing but there you go 😄
Hi GreenECLECTUS28 I saw your comments earlier in the week and also read the Daily Mail article. I had early symptoms of a UTI a month ago just as I was due to go on holiday. i saw an out of hours doctor and he gave me a 7 day course of Nitrofurantoin which I didn't really want. It had really bad side effects including the aching limbs. On my return I went back to the GP to get a urine test done. Most symptoms had gone but I wanted to be sure as I have another holiday starting this week.
A week ago a pharmacist rang me and said that there was still a trace of infection and she wanted to give me more of the same drug. I was surprised because I had no symptoms then. i said I really didn't want more and explained that I did have a course of Trimethroprim to take away on holiday as a back up in case symptoms returned. i get no side effects with this AB. Interesting point in the article about taking the sample mid flow. Perhaps I didn't do that.
In my case part of the problem is psychological. I always get UTI symptoms when I am due to go on holiday and straight after the pharmacist call, i started feeling symptoms again! Just minor discomfort. Now they have cleared up so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I had a cystoscopy and scan for kidney stones followed by a nephrology appt. a year ago. i got really stressed over it but nothing was found.
I really hope that things get better for you. I really felt for you on reading your account.