Hi all, thanks for the helpful advice. On Wed. I went and peed in the cup (no latex gloves Twink! ). I called this afternoon (Thurs.) to get results and ask for some kind of other antibiotic because the UTI is still annoying enough. The culture has been there for a day and they said no growth yet. But no general urinalysis result available either...seems a bit slow, don't you think for quick general result? I've had doctors check in their office and tell me at the visit before. The nurse said call tomorrow. Also watch to see if I have fever or flank pain--if so, the nurse said go to E.R. immediately. But she said she can't give me an antibiotic because they don't know what kind of bacteria it is. I don't see why they can't give me a broad spectrum one, though, until they figure out what specific bacteria it is?

I'm confused and worried still.
I am still having some symptoms, mostly pain and pressure--pain is coming and going. I'm not peeing as much as before but it doesn't feel like the UTI has completely gone away. Still hard to completely empty bladder sometimes. The nurse I spoke to today said if I'm on nitrofuratoin it may actually kill off enough bacteria so it won't be picked up in the culture. If that happens and general urinalysis test is negative and I still have symptoms she said I should come in and get a full work up and a scan of some sort?? What would that be? But tomorrow is Friday. Can this be done before the weekend? I don't think I can go over the weekend again without something to help. AND I am supposed to get a Tysabri infusion on Monday.

Can I still get the infusion if I'm having some symptoms? I checked my temp. It is 98.2, so no fever.

What should I do? Should I stop taking that Nitrofurantoin since it doesn't seem to be totally working? I'm so mad at myself for letting this go. But I guess it's a learning experience. I've just never had a UTI before without having sex so I wasn't sure what was going on. Next time I will not let it go 1 1/2 weeks.

Oh, one other thing. I am taking 100 mg. of minocycline daily (suddenly developed adult acne which I never had before!!) Would that antibiotic mess up the results? Or keep the UTI from originally starting out in full force and just low grade?

I did take the stuff that makes you pee bright orange to help with pain.

What should I do tomorrow, do you all think??

PS: I've been off the board for a couple of weeks and I have to say I've missed you all! Everyone is always so helpful here.