Urgent care

I have been trying to drink a lot of water at the request of my Urologist. Since the Cytoscope visit I have had to get to the bathroom quickly whenever I got up from sitting or laying down. This morning was the opposite. It's seemed like I couldn't go and I had a great deal of pain and bloated feeling. I was afraid I was filling up and stuck.

I went to the urgent care and quickly got to see a doctor (they weren't too busy yet). After hearing about the possibility of needing a catheter, they found a bladder scanner. This is an ultrasound-like device that registers a number that corresponds to how full your bladder is. Mine registered empty.

Apparently the pain from the infection was just like the pain from an over full bladder and this had caused me to stop drinking water. The doctor said I was on the right course of treatment (antibiotic) and this should clear up in a couple days. She wondered why I hadn't been placed on antibiotics immediately after the cytoscope procedure - said it used to be SOP.

I had a couple cups of water while still in the exam room and was able to pee before leaving the clinic. Whew.

Feaver Pitch

Woke up this morning feeling like I have a flu. I feel terrible and have a fever of 99.5.

I called Urologist (nurse called me back) and fear I have an bladder infection from the cytoscope procedure. Scheduled me for urine sample and subscribed antibiotic course (Ciprofloxacin) starting right away. Assume it's an infection and get after it right away - it takes couple days for results to come back and three days to clear it up. And there is a weekend coming up.....

I slept all morning - I was conked out till after lunch and didn't even feel like going to the clinic for the sample till after 2.

Maybe I overdid yesterday by working two 7 inning games behind the plate in the morning followed by a 7-inning game (on bases) last night. I felt fine in the morning but started feeling bad in the afternoon and the evening game was hard to get through.

This evening I had bad pain in lower abdomen and a real feeling of bloating. I was afraid I wasn't able to pee and I called Dean On Call. I talked to on-call nurse who agreed that it sounded like a bladder infection.

She me back to message center to talk to Urologist's on-call person.
Urologist called back - herself! Said to take second pill today ( don't wait 12 hours) at bed time. She said if fever got over 101 or felt like I wasn't peeing then go to emergency room or urgent care. Felt better after call

Tylenol is working for fever. Was up to 100.5 - now down to 99.