Hi,
About 2 mos ago I felt the symptoms of a uti coming on, i went to the doctor and without doing a culture, prescribed me cipro to take for 3 days. I felt better the second day but the day after the antibiotics were finished, i started to feel symptoms again. Doctor then gave me 5 days of cipro. Same thing happen, felt better and then after course of antibiotics, day later I felt symptoms again. This time doctor gave me 10 days of antibiotics but symptoms never went away. They tried culture again but because of antibiotics (we are guessing) nothing came back. Went to Urologist who thought i either have IC (interstitial cystitis) or that my bladder and urethra was just inflamed from infection. He did a renal ultrasound to make sure nothing else is going on and plans to do a cystoscopy if I am not better by middle of January. My regular doctor wanted to do a physical to see if anything else was going on. When he did, he tested me for STD's and it came positive for herpes. I was shocked as I have been with the same person (my husband) for 4 years and have 1 child. Ive never had any symptoms and I could have sworn they tested me during my prenatal visits. Anyway, doctor put me on 90 days of valtrex and said my symptoms should clear up within a week. He thought I was having an outbreak on the inside of my bladder/urethra. My question is, is it possible to have an outbreak and not exhibit any symptoms on the outside of my body? If it is an outbreak, would it have lasted 2 mos? And if the answer to both of these questions is yes, then how soon would the medicine kick in? The symptoms i am experiencing are nothing like what I read online. Basically what happens is my bladder/urethra feels sore. It tends to feel much better when it is full so I drink as much water as I can. When I uriniate, a burning, throbbing sensation will take place in my urethra about 5 minutes AFTER I urinate. It does not hurt or burn to urinate at all. Then depending on how quickly I can get my bladder full, symptoms subside to just a slight discomfort till I urinate again. Anybody have any idea whats going on??