Re: UTI symptoms 1-2 weeks before period
From: Out (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 28 00:21:01 2002
Well Tina,
I had UTI's approximately MONTHLY. I had a complete hysterectomy May
17th 2002. Dr said that my endometreosis was grown to my bladder. Sure
explains why I had those "UTI's".
Glad it is all gone. Should have done this when my problem started. I
was fortunate though, my problem's really didnt' begin until the last 8
months. At least I didn't realize that I had had problems since I was a
very young girl with the painful periods. I always thought it was
normal to miss the first day of school every month because I felt like
my stomach was going to fall out at anytime.
Anyhow, things are gone. I have been fortunate to have my children, and
I feel like a million bucks!
Becky
At Mon, 27 May 2002, Tina wrote:
>
>I just last week went to the hospital for what I felt was one of the
>worst Urinary Tract Infections I had ever had. After spending 8 hours
>in the emergency room the Doctor told me to my surprise that my urine
>came back pretty normal. I was devastated as I have suffered from
>chronic uti's since age 8. I am now 26 and have been going through some
>other things as well. What concerns me is that I have been starting to
>notice a pattern right around the time of my period and the onset of
>what I think to be a uti. I am seeing a wonderful OBGYN
>and just got off the phone with him and told him what was going on. He
>thinks that many of my symptoms might be caused by endometriosis. I
>have always had painful deep penetrating vaginal sex(what I call feels
>like the guy is "botomming out") and have always had pretty severe
>cramps more on the left side. I have had more abnormal paps than normal
>and can't seem to judge just how long my period will last. I get
>severely constipated before my period and have diarrea during. I
>started my period when I was 9 and so I got a pretty early starting to
>all of this. I remember my mom taking me to the doc after my first 5
>periods telling him that I complained of sever cramps while on my
>period, his response was that it was probably just mental because women
>don't start to get cramps until after they have had their period for
>more than a year. So we just dealt with it the best way we could. Then
>when I was 16 and I didn't even know this until looking through my med
>recs. I had some procedure done where they dialated my cervix and
>checked for what the wrote as endometritis, which to my surprise was
>never followed up on. I then had my first child when I was 19 while I
>was pregnant in my 3rd month they froze my cervix due to a cyst that was
>growing there. After my daughter was born I had it removed via LEEP
>then the real heavy bleeding and even more painful periods came, Lasted
>for a few years and then stopped. About 2-3 months after the painful
>periods subsided there was a breif intermission about a month and then I
>became pregnant with my 2nd child. When my second child was about 4
>months old (no painful periods mind you) I found out I was pregnant
>again with my 3rd child. After he was born in March of 2000 I went on
>Birth control pills. The pills made me feel sick and after having tried
>many Birth control methods after my 1st child was born I decided to just
>wing it and if I became pregnant again after that birth I would have a
>hysterectomy, since I had a OB once tell me to get5 my child rearing out
>by the time I was 25 and then have a hysterectomy. So anyway I stopped
>the BC and about 2 months later not only did the painfull periods return
>but on came all the other symptoms I have already mentioned as well as
>in Oct. 2000 I started having severe Panic attacks which were enhanced
>about a week before my period. Im not quite sure what I feel I need to
>accomplish by telling you all my story but it is just as well to get
>input from others suffering from what my OB thinks I could have. On
>Thursday I am going in for exploratory laproscopy, I will keep my head
>high but I am puzzled as to why it has taken so long to get here. To
>everyone who suffers from this my heart goes out to you. God
>Bless.......
>
>--
>Tina
>
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