Hi,

I am writing this post to see if any light can be shed on this for me. I have seen doctors but I have had no answer - they have referred me for an ultrasound (few month wait!!) on my kidney to see what caused the infection, but as you read on, I'm not sure if the kidney is the problem here. I have an appointment to talk this through with a doctor next week but feel I am going out my mind not knowing the possibilities of what is going on.

At the beginning of April, so almost 3 months ago, I took a few hot flushes in the day time, and then that night had a bit of a fever and rigors and ended up quite unwell, fast forward about 6 weeks and I learn I had a urine infection, Pseudomonas, whick I took cipro for. I had cloudy urine but never have I had the needing to pee or burning when I pee.

I took the cipro for a week. However, although the test came back as no infection after these anti-biotics (and this was double checked), I was surprised as I was still extremely fatigued and there was blood on the toilet paper and had awful pain around my lower back and pelvis area and groin. I have basically been in bed most of the past 3 months.

I am putting in another urine sample tomorrow 'just to see' but I don't have cloudy urine and don't need to pee alot and don't have pain when I pee.

These are my symptoms now -

Extreme pain in my belly area mostly, but this moves to either side of my pelvis, and sometimes my side, and sometimes lower back. When I have the lower back pain I feel a vibrating in my lower back and legs and groin at times. The pain is crampy and like a bad ache with some stabbing pains, and also across my stomach it can feel tight. It feels like really really bad period pain, even when it's not my period. I have had days where I've just felt tender as opposed to really bad pain, but mostly it's really bad. I feel naseaus when the pain is around my abdomen.

I am also continueing to take night sweats and also some hot flushes and some chills throughout the day and evening. I don't seem to have any fever though.

I am fatigued and find it really hard to concentrate even on watching TV or following a conversation. I feel depressed, and bad short term memory.

My periods have been a little more irregular than normal, but only by about 5 days (i'm usually about 28 days regular) and the last period was lighter than normal but not by much.

I am 32 years old and not taking any medication.

I am wondering if this is to do with hormones/periods/womans bits and not a blockage in the kidney as the doc first thought (she was only going on all symptoms being urine infection), or if urine infection was an effect of something else going on.

I hope you can shed a little light as I am going out of my mind a bit now, here in the UK things can take a very long time to get to the bottom of as there aren't always the resources.

Thank you.