I seem to have a UTI, but something I've noticed is that this might have been indirectly caused by the fibroids. It seems to me that the same fibroid or something like one of the fibroids, has been irritating my bladder. Theoretically it could be the same fibroid that has been increasing my menstrual bleeding, because of the location and positioning. Now, the thing is, I think what might have happened is that my bladder was irritated and due to this, not all urine was emptying, and as a result I was made more vulnerable to a UTI. I had another UTI like this 6 months ago (and nice to have the health blog, because this way I have record of the timing). It's a UTI that doesn't feel quite the same as usual.
I mean there's a burning pain right after urination completes, seemingly on the inside associated with the tension or whatever of the bladder completing urination. But the thing is also, in this UTI and the last one, I always noticed I was having progressively for a very long time more and more difficulty urinating in general. In fact, I've had this issue for so long and it's like it's been getting slowly worse. Sometimes it felt a little bit slightly awkward and painful when urination would complete and I'm certain that it's been inconsistent how often my bladder was able to completely empty. Only these 2 times, though, have I started getting the burning pain sensation. So now I see it's quite possible that the fibroid has been the cause of this mysterious ongoing bladder difficulty I've been having all this time, possibly about a year now. And that's just led to a couple UTI's as a result of that.
This really sucks to have to take more antibiotics right now. That's such a concern. After this huge wave of antibiotics at the hospital, I've had to take fluconazole 4 times to nurse out of candida overgrowth which I'm prone to, and I've been taking so much probiotics to keep on holding back a cold. Today for the second time I thought I was almost starting to get a cold and then I took more probiotics, and thankfully once again it worked to stop the sniffling. The type of probiotics I take are very powerful, 80 billion strain, and they are $30 a pack. Actually $32 on Amazon. It was a very special day when I found out Amazon has a way better price on these.
I used to pay $40 at the SDM but thankfully they stopped carrying it at SDM and SAFEWAY because it gets stolen a lot, and that led me to Amazon where they had the best price anyway. But still, it's hard to keep buying it this much when I'm using 3 a day right now quite often. I normally only take one a day cause that's all I can comfortably afford. The thing is, after all I've been through, the main concern is getting sick or getting a yeast infection as a result of this. But there's nothing that can be done.
What I'm going to do is get a prescription for the UTI but just give it one or two more days and maybe not take the antibiotics unless it's failing to somehow resolve on its own. Sometimes occasionally UTI's can resolve on their own. I'll just pray for that but if it's starting to get really bad, I'll have to just take these antibiotics. I would so much rather get a urine culture right now to be sure, since this is not just simple considering the fibroids, but I don't have time and Health BC recommends just taking the antibiotics instead of waiting in cases like this. Besides, it did work to resolve the burning pain last time.
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