Finally

Seem to be getting better - a bit up and down in the week - felt better on Wednesday, then worse again yesterday. But this morning definitely seems to have cleared up.

Ouch

The cystitis wore off a bit yesterday - as always, not thinking about it makes a huge difference to how much it hurts. But am now pretty sore. Drinking tea this morning was a dumb idea. Took some more Chinese bladder herbs. Just got to keep keeping on and wait for it to go :(

Sore twat

My bits have been pretty sore recently. Feel really chafed, and can't manage penetrative sex more than once or twice a week. Not sure what's going on. Wondered if it was thrush, but have no other symptoms. Should perhaps go to doctors. Not particularly hopeful that they'll be able to do anything.

Small (hopefully) episode

Had some vigorous sex yesterday and this morning got the old twinges. Did the trick of putting a probiotic pill up my twat yesterday, so hopefully this is going to be ok. Drank some water, and some cystitis salt, and had some paracetamol and some Chinese herbs. So now we wait... Did have to dash out of aerobics like an idiot, as thought it was getting worse. It has calmed down a bit now though.

Things down there...

It's going ok, fingers crossed and touch wood. No serious flare-ups for a while. I am finding that the inside of my puff is really sore at the moment, so we're only having penetrative sex about once or twice a week. It hurts for about a day after having sex, and is much worse if I don't drink enough water. But it's not a bladder sort of pain. After having sex, I use a probiotic capsule as a pessary, which seems to help with the cystitis prevention, and with any thrush, which I suspect might have something to do with the soreness. It would be nice not to have to worry about these things all the time, but hey, I guess things are better than they were last year...