Silent UTI hell

[OverlyFragrant]

At my wits end here.

I don't usually get UTIs but as we all know, when they come its always at the most inconvenient time.

For the last few days I've noticed damp knickers, and needing to pee more often. Today I've been peeing every 30-45 minutes and have a constant feeling of leaking and it finally twigged that I've got a UTI. No pain, no blood.
I went to the pharmacy as per NHS advice and the pharmacist wasn't convinced, and told me to speak to my GP. Of course the GP was at this point closed.
They will of course open in the morning, and I will need to do an e-consult, wait for it to be triaged, then wait for a phone call, provide a urine sample and then go back to the same pharmacy to collect the antibiotics I asked for today. Tomorrow is Friday, they likely won't get round to it until Monday

What is the point. I'm all for the pharmacies being used, but it just feels demeaning and pointless when they do things like this.

You should have said it was painful to pee even if it wasn't.
Hope you get sorted tomorrow.

My dgs came to stay and obviously had ringworm. I've had it myself.
I told the pharmacy that ds had forgotten to bring the cream with him( total lie) so they sold me a tube.

You just know when you have a uti even though you may not have all the symptoms
I just go straight through Boots now, over twice as much than a prescription from the gp but can pick it up same day no hassle

You can get antibiotics for UTI at both boots and Superdrug online. Fill out the form, they will review it tomorrow probably now and prescribe. Just say it’s painful etc so you don’t run into the same issue. But then obvs do make a GP appointment to follow up.

Get them online at superdrug . I did, it was a quick form too fill in and think was just under £20 and next day delivery.
I have not had one for several years but peri and apparently can be common.

Once you have gotten rid of it, a supplement called D-Mannose is a good preventative one.

Annoyingly, the last time I had a UTI, back in 2014, I went and bought extra antibiotics as just in case.

When I checked my medicine cabinet, they expired last year 😬

@OverlyFragrant - if you are 40 or beyond it would be worth looking into vaginal estrogen for genito urinary syndrome of the menopause (google if you've not heard of it). This can both cause an increase in actual UTIs and also feeling like you have a UTI when you don't because of bladder irritation caused by low estrogen. I have had this and it really is a good UTI mimic. If the antibiotics don't work for you or you get more UTIs it is definitely worth considering.