Mrs Jak:I feel for you. I have suffered from recurrent UTI's since 2008 when i got together with my DH, thanks for that. Never had them before him!! Worse than labor in my opinion!
I did all the things you were supposed to do, shower, drink a glass of water go to the toilet all before sex (very romantic) then go to the toilet again, drink more water have another shower and i would still wake in the morning weeing blood. I wouldn't even get that "off" feeling that you also get and be irritable then finally realizing it was b/c of UTI. I would have AB's and basically keep getting them.
*I started taking cranberry tablets which are supposed to make your bladder slippery and difficult for the bacteria to hang on.
*Increase your water intake to flush your system seems bad but your body needs the water ao flush out as much of the bugs that could be sitting in your bladder.
*Ural helps neutralize the ph level in your urine so it doesn't sting.
*When you sit on the toilet sit for longer and lean forward so any stagnant urine can be emptied more thoroughly.
*MOST definitely go and see a urologist they will be able to help better than a GP.
For myself as i said it is to do with having sex with my DH my urologist put me on 1 AB tab before i have sex and to still do the other things i mentioned above, the 1 AB (which is keflex/ibilex 500mg) lasts for a 24 hr period.
I still do that now. I just ask my GP to give me a REPEAT script of the usual treatment of keflex/ibilex and i take it as mentioned above.
II was concerned about resistance but have asked each time i have seem a different GP and they assured me that b/c i am only taking such a sml dose i don't have to worry.
Obviously your treatment regime may be a little different to mine, best of luck! xo
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