Silent urinary tract infection

[bikebabe]

hiya -advice/your experiences requested please. I was fortunate to be given open heart surgery mid feb to mend my heart (valve) and put it in good shape for future ops and quality of life. Fabulous surgeon/team. Recovery tough but was doing ok within 3 weeks of surgery - upto 1-1.5 miles walking. Then I got fever, Palps, extreme pain, etc and my wee flow just simply turned off ie stopped. I had none of my usual symptoms of a UTI at all ie cloudy smelly fullness, retention. It just stopped. Because I’d had cardiac surgery and infection markers so high (crp 173) and AF and bit of fluid on lungs the initial assumpriin was infection of valves so got hit with major iv abx (early sepsis risk). That was the right call to save my life despite the ivs incl rifampicin now giving me jip with warfarin treatment. My query is - why didn’t I get typical warning signals of uti. For a while I’ve wondered if the damned lobular is twisting around my ureters cos of occasional interupted flow but it never shows up on CT scan. Haven’t had any palbociclib since December due to covid reaction/ ops and it was originally grade 3 pleomorphic. I have no desire to repeat this traumatising experience despite excellent care - way too many needles and cannulas for one. I do appreciate many of you are suffering far worse symptoms and treatments than me for which you have my utmost love and support. Now I’m out of hospital I’m back on recovery plan so I can restart palbo. What should I ask my oncologist re the waterworks? Was I just unlucky?

[NPmary]

Unlucky might be the answer - let us now what your doctor says.We're you in ICU after surgery?

Congratulations on your hard-won brave recovery.

[13plus]

I’m not sure if it is so unusual? I’m thinking how older people can often have a UTI and they have no idea until other symptoms pop up and the docs decide to test for it. Symptoms nothing to do directly with the UTI, like I think it can cause confusion in people? Definitely a question for your doc or even your surgeon.

Glad you got over it and getting to recover well now!