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I’ve got Cystitis and have had a horrible week.

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BlueBelle Tue 21-Jul-26 14:11:54

Cranberry did nothing for me Sheba but it can’t harm it’s a lovely drink
Mine stopped completely when two things happened and I don’t know which it was
a) I gave up on men and what goes onwith them
b) I passed the menopause
It stopped completely maybe both things, or maybe one or the other, who knows but I m very thankful

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Sheba Tue 21-Jul-26 14:05:18

Have you tried cranberry juice ?
I used to suffer dreadfully with cystitis, constantly being prescribed antibiotics, then read something about cranberry juice being a cure and haven’t had cystitis since I started drinking it, 40 years free of it now !!

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BlueBelle Tue 21-Jul-26 14:01:33

I m like Luckygirl got antibiotics straight the way was starting the course within about 3/4 hours of emailing the surgery with my symptoms
cossy they won’t sell the pharmacy urine infection Cymalon or similar over the counter if you are over 70 or maybe it’s 75

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PamelaJ1 Tue 21-Jul-26 13:56:14

Cossy

You can also buy over the counter remedies hat you always straight away.

Poor you sad

Had those , got the t-shirt. I think that’s why it didn’t develop into a more serious infection.

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PamelaJ1 Tue 21-Jul-26 13:55:01

Luckily luckygirl the surgery is only 5mins away. I went up three times last week. I thought my NHApp wasn’t working.

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Cossy Tue 21-Jul-26 13:53:38

You can also buy over the counter remedies hat you always straight away.

Poor you sad

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Luckygirl3 Tue 21-Jul-26 13:49:46

That is hopeless.
Last time I had this I rang the surgery, they put me through to the nurse practitioner who prescribed 3 days of antibiotics which were dispensed straight away and I went and picked them up.
This is acrural dispensing practice. It takes me 35 minutes to get there, which is a pain but it was treated same day.

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PamelaJ1 Tue 21-Jul-26 13:45:02
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This came on during the weekend so by Monday I had no doubts about the symptoms. I expect that many of you know what its like.
I took a sample up to the Dr’s and expected to get antibiotics quite quickly. It’s taken until today, 8 days later and I can go and get my prescription this afternoon!
I was at the end of my tether this morning so started googling antibiotics on line. I found a list of conditions that pharmacists can prescribe for and I thought the list might be useful to you.
However, like me, you may be too old! The local Pharmacist said he would like to help but….
I then went back to the surgery where, apparently, they have had my test results for 24 hours, the Dr. hadn’t looked at them He has obviously never had cystitis!
Off now to have another glass of lemon barley water. I’ve been drinking for England!

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