Chronic UTIs

Posted by kjaffee @kjaffee, Mar 1 1:23pm

Hello!
I have chronic UTIs, which is not unusual for a 79 year-old. Almost every time I urinate I get electric shocks that run from my shoulders down both my arms to my fingertips. Every time I mention this to a provider I receive nothing useful in reply. These are very painful shocks. Does anyone else experience this?
Thanks!
Kathy Jaffee

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Cheryl, Volunteer Mentor | @cehunt57 | Mar 1 11:54pm

I have always heard that there is a benefit to pain. It is useful to alert us that something is wrong in our bodies. Urinating should not cause pain. I’m sorry that your providers haven’t responded with more attention to these complaints. One thing that has helped me is to get your provider to take it personally. Ask them what would they do if they experienced pain every time they urinated. Could you try that?

kjaffee | @kjaffee | Mar 2 10:24am

I will try that, and thank you for your thoughtful reply.

kjaffee | @kjaffee | Mar 2 10:27am

I have done an AI search and found this is probably neurological rather than bladder related.

skch45 | @skch45 | Mar 2 12:52pm

i have chronic uti's with blood in it and smells terrible! keep going to the dr, and taking antibotic, all i want to know is why abd what is causing it?