I was ill for 6 weeks with an e coli urine infection. For 3 weeks my gp surgery said I did not have an infection so I got very ill. When they sent a urine sample to the hospital they found I had an infection and treated it. However my insulin needs have not gone back to normal after the infections gone. Does anyone have an idea why this might be?
Hello there Saber - Have you had a more recent (after the infection cleared) urine lab test?
I've not had many UTIs, but the more recent, a couple of years ago now, was a persistent little devil and I ended up having 2 sets of anti-biotics and a stern talking to not to get straight back if I had any hint of it coming back for Round 3.
It could also just be your body still repairing itself, but in your shoes, I'd want to lab to look, just in case. My experience, albeit just the once, was that when it started to come back, it seemed to be ramped up in it's impacts.
If you really, really don't fancy bothering the surgery again, then a starter would be a urine dip stick, but a bit like using those for testing blood sugars, they tend not to be so accurate, and certainly can't pinpoint the bug that's in play.
