
Patient stories
Men, women and children get UTIs. Sufferers of chronic UTI share their stories
Men, women and children get UTIs. Sufferers of chronic UTI share their stories
“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 ill it took me about a week to get an out-of-hours GP appointment. I feel this might have allowed the infection to embed and become chronic. I was throwing up at work from the agony and eventually had to quit.
I’ve now had a chronic UTI for a year and a half. I had two cystoscopies, one with biopsy and one with urethral dilation. They did not help and the doctors just said I was inflamed down there for no reason. I was in a lot of pain. Eventually I found out about the LUTS Clinic and went as a private patient.
I’ve been on antibiotics for five or six months now. I’m feeling much better. I can have chocolate, alcohol and sex now!! I thought I would be in pain for ever and I’m so grateful to have my life back.”