Bladder update

Well, spent five days in US where drank insane amounts of coffee. Am now covered in eczema and bladder is sore. Then came home and drank alcohol every night and ate a lot of cake. Then had sex on Sunday and Monday - two days in a row: really pushing the boat out. Randomly had the shits last night and feel that am hovering on the edge of cystitis bout now. Need to completely cut out coffee and sugar. Why can't I do what I know is good for me? :(

Update: drank a lot of water and cystitis never surfaced. Taking Chinese herbs one a night.

Cystitis

Drank loads of coffee at the weekend, ate lots of pudding, and also had alcohol (all heat-forming in Chinese medical parlance). Then came back to Notts and had sex. Twelve hours later, had a brief bout of cystitis. Not very bad, and wore off fairly quickly.

Update

I've forgotten to update for a while. Past two weeks - continuing to have acupuncture once a week (will do so until clocked up 8 sessions - can't afford any more for a while after that). Past two weeks have been cystitis-free, although things still feel a bit sensitive and tickly down there. Pushed the boat out in the last week by having sex three times. Today, things feeling quite prickly. Need to make sure drink lots of water today to try and get back on top of it. Put probiotic capsule up twat last night. Also started taking some Chinese herbs, which are supposed to be good for clearing fire.

Sex and sugar

Had sex this morning. Also ate loads of sugar this weekend (Valentine's Day yesterday so had lots of cake and ice-cream.) Will see how I am I guess. More acupuncture this week. Winter eczema has come back on legs.

Acupuncture

Had session today. Belly just above pubic bone feels tender. Mentioned it to acupuncture lady and apparently in Japanese diagnosis that is the bladder area and tenderness there indicates problems with the bladder!

Update

Drank quite a lot of alcohol at weekend due to mom's birthday. Cystitis came back today - not so bad, but uncomfortable.

Acupuncture

Decided to have an extended course of acupuncture - one session per week to try and get on top of this thing. Had first session today. A lot easier afterwards.