IS THIS A BLADDER INFECTION - Cancer: Bladder Message Board

CuteChica · 01-21-2003, 10:15 PM

Is this a bladder infection?
I have had them a lot...
I am sexually active.
I drink cranberry juice and try and go to the bathroom before and after except last week i didnt go after.
And we did, have sexual intercourse for quite a while.
It doesnt hurt and i dont get a sensation on my pubic bone when i go to the bathroom
but it almost feels like my bladder is numb to the feeling of having to go. I only feel like i have to unless I REALLY REALLY DO.
And my back(lower)sides hurt... kinda

paulb · 01-22-2003, 03:15 AM

The only way you will ever know if it's a UTI - go see the doctor today and have a MSU performed. I posted the [url="http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/Forum116/HTML/001573.html"]instructions[/url] for taking a Mid-Stream Urine specimen on this board a while back.

If it proves positive, and given that you pee after, and take a big drink and shower before you have sex, you may actually need to have some antibiotics to take each time you have sex. Sounds strange, but apparently it works in difficult cases!