My thoughts:
You can still get a UTI without a normal bladder as you still have the 'tract' bit of it all.
I seem to get a UTI on average every 6 -8 weeks since my neo 1 year ago. The symptoms vary from cloudy urine, increased mucous, urine odour, tiredness, pelvic pain, raised temperature and vomiting. I often get a range of these symptoms. I was on a low dose antibiotic for about 11 months but this made no difference to the infections so now I'm trying without and have only had one UTI since.
My docs tell me the increase in UTI's is due to self cathing which, even though is a 'clean' procedure, can still introduce bugs to places they should not be.
I do not regret having the operation as it appears to have saved my life and, although the infections get me down from time to time, I need to move on and enjoy living.
Keep smiling!
Betsy Mae