Ongoing lady garden problems

Well, the episode of cystitis I last told you about never quite cleared up. Then I got up to things last weekend that made it worse. It hasn't been really bad this week, but there is residual pain. It hurts if I don't drink enough water, and my lower back and lower belly towards my groin are tender to the touch. I've been attempting to treat it with Chinese herbs, homemade barley water, cranberry squash, and cranberry tablets (although I know the latter are supposed to be more effective for prevention rather than cure). But it hasn't quite gone. I inserted a probiotic yesterday. But I'm a bit wary of doing this now, as I'm pretty sure the terrible thrush is actually an overgrowth of friendly bacteria. The doctor told me it was thrush, but it doesn't feel quite like thrush, and it came on after I had inserted two capsules in an effort to get rid of the cystitis a few months ago. There's info here. Luckily, it turns out that this is easily treated by having a bath in baking soda. Happy bladders, people. More from me later...