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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/suspicioush on 2025-05-26 12:26:00+00:00.

So, title is fairly self explanatory, but not enough information on it’s own.

I, 20F, am a commercial driver for a certain red and orange auto parts store, so can’t stop very often to relieve myself. In doing this, I noticed some UTI symptoms. Nothing out of the ordinary, have had them before, so I just chose to ignore it. My fatal flaw, however, was not considering my inability to just stop and go to the restroom when I needed to, as I usually would.

The UTI did not resolve itself, so I tried some OTC methods like Azo, or whatever it’s called. Unfortunately for me, all this did was turn my urine a concerningly neon orange. I was pissing radioactive material, it seemed like.

Here’s where I fucked up:

I felt a little more “off” yesterday, but chalked it up to finishing my period, so took ibuprofen. Did not help. Pain got worse, to the point I felt like I was being repeatedly donkey punched in the kidneys. Off to urgent care I went, where I found out that I had a kidney infection, and am now on a 4x daily horse pill of an antibiotic.

TL;DR — Ignored UTI, ended up with a kidney infection and a very bruised ego.