Is there anything about surgery that makes us more suseptible to bladder infection?

I'm 5 months out, and had never had a bladder infection before now. It hasn't been painful or anything, so I'm not miserable. Anyway, I got antibiotics from my PCP about 3 weeks ago, took the 10 days worth as directed, and went back today for a follow up urine test. Today, I was told to "push fluids" and come back in another 7 to 10 days for ANOTHER test. No additional prescription. OK... I suppose I should also confess that I'm not great on fluids--I suppose I get about 32-40 oz in a day on average, sometimes better, sometimes worse, but rarely 64 oz. <br>Could this be somehow surgery related, since everything has been rerouted? Why won't it go away? And now that I've had this one infection (surgery related or not), am I going to be more likely to get them again?

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