@marigrace89
Good evening from California,
First of all I’m not saying that I’m going to tell you it will necessarily work for you especially since you have another problem.
50% of UTI’s can be cured with drinking an excess amount of fluids. I have witnessed the success of doing so numerous times.
Water is the best. I saw someone else mentioned cranberry juice which obviously can’t hurt and will at least give you a change from water all the time. Cranberry juice has a chemical in it which prevents bacteria from adhering to the bladder wall although it still has not been confirmed that cranberry juice itself does in fact prevent UTIs although plenty of women swear by it so who knows.
it’s good that they’ve done cultures depending on your symptoms they may have done urine and blood cultures and if the urine cultures grew out a particular bacteria when they would test which antibiotics will kill it and so at that point they should’ve called you in a prescription. If you weren’t notified I would assume you may have another issue going on other than a UTI. If they did blood cultures they were most likely checking for septicemia to see if your infection went to your bloodstream. Several other medical conditions can mimic a UTI, one being a fungal infection. I’m not sure but I didn’t think a regular urine culture could detect fungus, maybe someone else knows. Quite a few nurses on here who might know.
DRINK UNTIL YOUR URINE IS EXTREMELY PALE OR EVEN BETTER NEARLY CLEAR!!
I assume your cellulitis is being aggressively treated?
How is it doing?
Hope your well soon,
Jake