Trimethoprim

Doctor gave me trimethoprim on Friday. I told her that it never used to work for me, but she wanted me to try it anyway, as it's been a while since I've had it, and she thought maybe the immunity my bugs had built up to it might have abated. It has definitely helped - I'm feeling much, much better - but the cystitis hasn't completely gone. Have another doctor's appointment later to discuss it. Hate dumping loads of antibiotics into my body, but had a terrible time a few years ago when had cystitis almost continuously for eight or nine months. Doctors kept giving me trimethoprim and claiming I couldn't possibly still have cystitis when I said it hadn't cleared it. Was weeing blood most of the time, and couldn't leave the house. Not one of those doctors did a pee test. Finally managed to impress on one of them the seriousness of the situation. She gave me some other antibiotics and the infection finally cleared. Trouble was, because I'd had it for so long, my bladder was fucked, and I was pretty much incontinent. Waking up every half hour twenty minutes from around 5am, and then if I needed to go whilst out, I needed to go instantly. Had to be treated with oxybutynin, which sorted things out. But really, really don't want to go there again.