So dispirited. Three courses of antibiotics and uti again.

It's miserable, I'm sorry I cannot offer much in the way of advice but I do sympathise. Other posters have made good suggestions. I hope you feel better soon.

Another vote for Estriol (the oestrogen cream). After a five week hospital spell and second aorta replacement. I was oom IV antibiotics for six weeks Developed a run of UTI one apparently contracted from a catheter in the hospital I presume my gut biome had really been messed about. Saw a different nurse practitioner and instead of more antibiotics suggested Estriol and not looked back. Been clear ever since. Such bliss
I must be easily pleased

My mother in law, who is 91, was recommended by one of the district nurses to take D-Mannose. I buy it on subscription with Amazon, and she says that it helps enormously.

I had one very bad UTI about four years ago. I rang 111 as it was Christmas Eve. The doctor there prescribed antibiotics , which I could pick up immediately. But the life changing advice was to visit my GP and aak for a vaginal gel. Blissel, at the moment. This I administer twice weekly. It contains a very small dose to oestrogen. No real problems since.

Like PinkCosmos, I also use Yes vaginal moisturiser (they have a website), as recommended by my physio.

I was plagued by constant utis and eventually put on low dose antibiotics as a prophylactic . They worked pretty well but I was unhappy about taking antibiotics permanently. Luckily NHS authorised the prescribing of Hiprex last year. Apparently ir’s an old remedy, stops the bugs getting a foothold. I have found it’s even more effective than the antibiotics and haven’t had an acute uti for a year now.
The drinking of lots of fluid is essential though, as advised by my women’s’ health physio. I try for 3 litres a day, mainly water, some coffee, don’t count what’s in my food, e.g gravy, soup etc.
Lovetopaint I really hope those docs can sort you out pronto, best wishes. It’s not the minor complaint some might think and can make you feel really poorly, as you know.

I don't know whether this is useful , but vaginal dryness can contribute to uti's.

I don't use Estriol (the oestrogen cream) which is supposed to be one fo the best options. I do use Yes Vaginal Moisturiser- other brands are available.

I do think it helps ward off uti's.

I've had several UTIs but the GPs at my surgery say they don't recommend Trimethoprim for women over a certain age (I'm 66). I have Nitrofurantoin, 100mg, once a day for a week, and that works for me.

I have had this aand am now on prophylactic antibiotics

My doctor sends the sample off to be tested to see which bug is the culprit , he never gives me the same antibiotic after I finish the course

Keep up the fluids and get another sample sent in as soon as you can

I m not going to be much help here because it was in my younger days and I ve no way of giving you a name but when I was young and had constant UTI s I was put on a daily tablet which the doctor described as similar to a disinfectant destroying germs before they took hold It work and while I was on they tablets I didn’t have any UTI s at all
It was I suppose like a maintenance dose of something
I wonder if something like that is still an option