Mother & Daughter Story
The only UTI attacks I had ever had in my life were when I was going through the menopause. They were treated with a five day course of cephalexin and Pen, an animal behaviour psychologist was told she was just quite anxious
“I got ill six years ago. I knew the symptoms of cystitis. I’d had bladder infections before so I went to the chemist to buy the over-the-counter remedies that had Rebecca was 23 when she developed a chronic UTI
“I had a UTI aged 15 which went away in one day with antibiotics. I never gave it a second thought but then ten months ago I got another. My Fiona became ill just weeks into a new job
“My UTI started when I had just started my first job after university. I had been told to “not to take time off unless you’re dying” so when I got Lara had simple UTIs before but when she got ill five years ago something felt different
“My illness started pretty much out of the blue. I was 25 and working in customer service for a cinema chain. I had had UTIs in the past which cleared Kirstin, who works in the music industry, was admitted to hospital 24 times with UTI
"I was told that I had interstitial cystitis and that all they could do was manage my symptoms. This procedure made my condition far, far worse than I was able Jonathan, works in the technology industry, urologists told him his symptoms might be due to stress
"My symptoms first began when I was 14 years old and were frequent painful urination and urgency. The doctor did a dipstick test and said there was nothing showing up Lily suffered her first UTI at the age of two
"A year later I asked for her to be referred to a paediatrician as the infections were continuing but nothing was resolved. A consultant told me 'she is just one Alice’s infection started at the age of three after a family swimming trip
"If Alice had received the appropriate diagnosis and treatment at the very beginning she would have not have had to endure the pain and suffering she subsequently experienced. She was