Acupuncture

Had acupuncture. Bladder loads calmer. Taking double dose of D-Mannose.

Doctor

Went to doctor. Nothing in the sample I produced 25th November. Produced another sample, dipstick showed white blood cells, but nothing else. Referred to urologist. Need to book appointment for kidney and bladder scan.

Update

Taking:

• D-Mannose


• Oil of oregano


• Cranberry tablets


• Homemade barley water

Feeling: ok, not really painful, but a bit uncomfortable. Feel ok in the morning and more painful in the evening. Going to doctor tomorrow.

'Urethral syndrome'

This is what doctors call it when you (a woman) continually turn up in their office complaining of a UTI, but nothing shows up in your pee and you don't have IC. In the bad old days, you'd be officially classified as a drain of the doctor's time and resources. Typically, you'll undergo fun procedures like having your pee-tube stretched, and they might give you tranquilisers - apparently to relax your hypothesised spasming pelvic floor muscles. Well, turns out, according to this article that you might have 'female prostratis' - i.e., an infection of little tiny glands attached to the urethra. It results in an area of tenderness on the front wall of the vagina.

Cystitis and diarhoea

Was feeling completely better, so had sex yesterday morning. Washed before and after (well, ok, washed before bedtime, but could I really have got so dirty whilst asleep?!), drank a pint of cranberry juice and then a pint of water. Greased up before the act (olive oil). Took D-Mannose, cranberry tablet, and oil of oregano capsule. Felt fine all day - no pain of any sort, not even any chafing. Woke up this morning with cystitis and diarhoea.
Cystitis symptoms:

• Bladder feels a bit tender if I touch my belly


• Inside of twat burning a bit


• Localised pain in top wall of twat where I imagine my urethra to be


• Pain at the end of weeing, but not too severe - sends the shiver up my body, but haven't felt it in my teeth

Have drunk water and a cup of tea. Now drinking some homemade barley water with honey. It feels less painful than it did an hour ago. Have appointment to see doctor - actually to talk to this time - although am not very hopeful that she'll have any answers. The boy is ace.

Coping

Cystitis lasted for about a week. Much better after the first day. Didn't take the antibiotics - worried about disrupting the delicate balance of bacteria in my bladder. Instead, took oil of oregano every day, cranberry tablets twice a day, and lots of probiotics. Also put a probiotic capsule up my twat twice in the last week. (Why you ask? Read this.) Sent off for some D-mannose, which started taking yesterday. Cystitis cleared up.