Around 2am, I woke up with the same pain I had two weeks ago. All the normal symptoms of the urinary tract infection were there. A few hours later, the same thing happened. By 9am, I wasn't feeling any better.

I started to drink as much water as I could tolerate and took my usual round of vitamins. Since it's been a mere two weeks since I was at the doctor for the same symptoms, I'm 100% certain that it's another UTI (despite my blood sugars being in near perfect range recently).

I called the doctor to leave a message. All I wanted was a prescription. I was willing to give a urine specimen, but didn't want to wait for his next available appointment. I'm supposed to be heading out of town today, so waiting for his appointment would set me back almost 2 hours on my mini-vacation (mini because it's actually for a job interview).

He returned my call saying that I had to come into his office in order to receive the prescription. He claimed that if the urine specimen came back clear then he wouldn't have evaluated me to see what was wrong. (Who cares that I'd know that it wasn't an infection so I could stop worrying about it spreading to my kidneys!) He referred me to the Walgreen's Take Care Clinics (which my insurance will not approve).

He isn't my usual doctor. I actually do not have a usual doctor here at my mom's (maybe it's about time that I get one). Despite the lack of familiarity, he won't do me any good. He's actually causing me more harm (as I can just feel the bacteria laughing at me as they climb their way to my kidneys.)

As a diabetic, I don't take infections lightly. I never would have waited on the last one had I known that it was a UTI (I've had the symptoms before and multiple times returned with no bacteria). However, since the last UTI was definitely a UTI I'm positive that my lab test would turn up bacteria. The doctor didn't prescribe the correct antibiotics to start. The second round he prescribed didn't seem to do much either. I felt better, but still wasn't sure.

Last night's pain and this morning's malaise made me certain though. I need a doctor who will prescribe me the correct antibiotics (and take infections seriously with a diabetic patient). At the moment, I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

I'm considering stopping at my usual college doctor, even though my insurance has been very hesitant with previous appointments. Sometimes I just wish that I could prescribe my own prescriptions and run my own tests. It sure seems like I'd do a better job.