UTIs

My last UTI was actually caused by an antibiotic I'd been taking for a chest infection in the mid-90's ( first and last UTI ) which meant another course of antibiotics to cure the water works. I must also add that I was treated for the latter in Oz, so a possible dehydration problem after the long-haul trip. I remember being in agony, not being able to wee and just passing blood------but within a day or two I was back to normal and have never had a problem since nor any UTI's. ( touch wood )

I buy D Mannose from an eBay seller. 90 tablets £9.99. www.5greens.co.uk.
After 3 years of repeated infections and more antibiotics than are healthy I have been UTI free for months?.
I use a prescription pessary twice weekly and I swear by the D Mannose.
I had a course of acupuncture that got me on the right track then once I was infection and antibiotics free I started D Mannose.
Hope this helps.

A friend who suffers with this a lot used to drink pints of cranberry juice. Didn't help much but a couple months ago she switched to Cranberry tablets and has found that the infections have stayed away. She does have AB's on standby too.
My Mil used to find Lemon Barley water helped her clear infections.

I buy D-Mannose in powder form, 300g at a time and stir about 1g (1 scoop) into a glass of water and drink it twice a day. It costs me around £40 for enough for 150 days. I have some tablets for travelling but agree, they are very expensive.

I haven't had any problems since I've been taking D-Mannose (about 4 months now) but the UTIs came in batches before and I may just have been lucky. I was told about D-Mannose by a Urologist after a series of tests. He explained how it was thought to work and suggested I try it.

I drank gallons of cranberry juice which didn’t help one iota. No better than just water (which incidentally does help by making you produce urine instead of those painful little dribbles).

Doctor told my friend to drink 2 glasses of cranberry juice daily when she had recurrent UTI's.

I agree with aggie they were of no use to me at all. After a succession of UTI’s I persuaded my GP to give me a “just Incase” prescription of antibiotics that I have on hand ready to take. I am now taking a very low dose HRT which does help with UTI’s too.

I totally sympathise with you Glenfinnan having repeated urine infections is horrible. I almost always ended up in A&E when they got so bad it was just passing blood .

I have heard of people taking very low dose antibiotics on an almost permanent basis to keep UTI’s at bay. Maybe worth discussing with your GP. Good luck x

I didn't find them any good , I tried them for months , but threw them in the bin