uti is a urinary tract infection, mine is a uterine infection. the symptoms ive had over the years are mainly pain during and after sex. pain so bad that i can't move and leaves me sore for days. cold sweats and nausea when it happens too. i just thought that all that time, it was because he was bumping me inside. i was wrong. the ER dr said sex doesn't cause that, but that sex irritates stuff that is already wrong inside.
the symptoms when i woke up hurting yesterday.. well i can only tell it in a story.
i woke up at 10:40am with what felt like a full bladder, needing to make a #2 and bad period cramps all at once. I had just started my period the day before and was wondering how come i didnt have any PMS with it! anyway I got up and went pee and #2 but it did not relieve any pain at all like i thought it would. changed my tampon which was still pretty clean. Then i took 800mg ibprofen and went back to bed. Except i couldn't sleep, because my period cramps were getting worse every minute. Until it didn't feel like period cramps anymore- it felt more like my uterus was being ripped out and it felt like my pelvic region was swelling and filling with fluid. the horrendous pain came in waves every 30 seconds or so. for a second i thought maybe i was about to have a baby that i didn't know about lol. i even had my husband go and check to see if i had symptoms of toxic shock syndrome, but they didn't match. the pain was so bad i was whaling in pain, crying, hyperventillating and was so out of it i was kind of just squirming and not too coherent. about 30minutes into it i started shaking really bad, and then my teeth started to chatter uncontrollably and i started getting nauseous with cold sweats. it was the WORST pain i have ever experienced and it scared the crap out of me!!!!!!
about an hour into it, after much begging my husband finally agreed to take me to the ER. on the ride there, the ibprofen finally kicked in and my body stopped shaking and the waves of pain stopped. but anytime the car hit a bump it hurt. coughing hurts, bending over, stretching, laughing too hard all hurts. i can't lift anything either.
also one of the most important symptoms is the fact that im having a hard time passing gas or bowel movements period. my uterus is so swollen it's kind of squishing my intestines
edit: i also had pain in my lower back with the onset yesterday morning. every wave of pain seemed to start at my belly button and flow down into my cervix and i felt it all the way in my back. that's why i thought it could be contractions! lol.
