taiamarie
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Okay, it’s time to vent. I might as well get straight to the point - the past year I have dealt with chronic bladder infections, usually I have one every month and a half – two months, and in between I find there’s still times I’m in pain. I can’t swim, take baths or have sex with my boyfriend of two years, I find even stress brings on painful symptoms. I have taken every antibiotic under the sun, and the infections keep coming back. This situation is not only frustrating and scary but it’s taking an emotional toll on me. I want to be able to pee like a normal person! My guts twist in knots when I even think about having to go. After several UTIs I finally was referred to an urologist. On the 22nd I had a cystoscopy and urethral dilation (both are supposed to help in completely emptying my bladder and help with infections) I have been in severe pain since, which I’m not supposed too, my doctor said the recovery should be a few days. It’s now ten days later and I’m still in pain so I went to the walk in clinic (it’s Canada weekend so my urologist isn’t in) to find out I have yet another full blown infection. I went to fill out another prescription and burst into tears. I can’t take it anymore; the pain is unbearable. Thankfully my boyfriend is very understanding and supportive but I can’t help but feel alone in this. I was nervous for my surgery but excited to get back to normal living. Now I feel like I’m right back at square one. On top of this stress I’m in hair design and this is causing me to miss school, it’s so expensive already, I can’t afford to go into overtime. So thank you for reading. Feel free to let me know if you’ve had similar experiences, I feel so alone right now.
