Lingering UTI Symptoms?
Hey everyone. I am just writing this post to hopefully get some reassurance or answers on what to do. So I got a UTI on May 27th and on May 31st I went to get a urine culture and it said 10,000-49,000 CFU/mL of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. I took Macrobid for 5 days for it and felt perfectly fine on it and after I finished. 6 days later I started getting symptoms again like the urge to pee and mild burning. I went to do another urine culture on June 12th and they said it was negative with no growth. I decided to get a second opinion so I went to the ER and did another urine culture plus multiple other test for BV and Yeast and STD’s and all of them were negative but my culture said I had less than 10000 CFU of bacteria so they said that I was fine but they gave me bactrim to take anyway just incase as well as flu. for yeast infection. I took the bactrim for 7 days and took the yeast infection pill when I finished my course and before my course and the urgency to pee became less intense but was still there and I would still feel burning on and off. I also noticed I had mucus in my urine and white little particles so I went back to the doctor to get another culture done and they said the same thing I had less than 10000 CFU and a trace of leukocytes. She said that the mucus was normal and the white particles were white blood cells in my urine and she prescribed me flu for yeast infection again but I really don’t think I have one considering I took two doses of it already so I didn’t take a third. Now it has been about a month of me feeling on and off burning, urgency, and still notice mucus in my urine. The white particles have become less than before though. I’m just so lost on what to do. I have an urology appointment next month but I just want to see if anyone else has gone through the same thing I’m going through right now.
Also might be tmi: My husband and I haven’t had intercourse since I found out I had a uti. I am so stressed and scared about having sex while still feeling symptoms but my husband and I are just missing and craving our intimacy back so I’m also really depressed and sad about that.
Thank you so much if you read this whole thing and I would appreciate any advice/ reassurance!! <3
Posted Jul 9, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC