Pills are better than juice - less sugar.

I have. I spent a couple of days trying everything that has worked in the past before going to the clinic. Cranberry, propolis, Alkaseltzer. (no lie--it creates a 'base' state rather than the highly acidic one promoted by cranberry. As I get older, I think my ph has changed such that the high acid just seems to make me feel worse)

I did eat some sugar yesterday and didn't drink a TON of water, though I conscientiously downed many cups of Cinnamon Apple Spice tea.

Harvey is in my arms right now, purring his best for bonny and smonster.

{{{bonny}}} I have no advice, only hugs.

Thanks everybody.

I'm now trying to research if I can take 'Cystex' which is supposed to do the same thing as the Uricalm but uses a different active ingredient. Can't find anything yet on negative interactions.

Do you think the 'don't take this for more than 3 days' is because masking the symptoms is bad, or because these products could cause kidney damage or somesuch?

Lord knows, there are things I could be spending my time on this morning beside researching this stuff.

Feel better, bonny.

Thanks Fred.

I couldn't find any negative interaction info between the two uti pain relievers...and I'm feeling a bit desperate...so I just took a dose of the Cystex. Please, please let it work and have the antibiotic kick in nowish.

Having taken so many anti-bs in September, now I'm afraid that my body just won't fight on its own anymore.

I wish I could cancel that thought but it's definitely there.

On a totally different note, when I woke up feeling bad last night, I pulled an old novel out...The Wolf's Hour is one of my all time favorites.

Spies. Heroism. Werewolves. Oh my!

The only problem was, I didn't want to stop reading when I really ought to have been putting more effort into sleep.

I pulled an old novel out... one of my all time favorites... I didn't want to stop reading when I really ought to have been putting more effort into sleep.

I've done that before.

In Birthday news... I did have to get out of bed briefly but now I am back with my traditional bday breakfast: toasty croissants with blackberry jam (seedless! thank-you Knott's Berry Farm)... I couldn't find Ethiopian coffee yesterday but I have an african blend that is so very delicious with a splash of half & half. Oh yes.

Having taken so many anti-bs in September, now I'm afraid that my body just won't fight on its own anymore.

I don't think that's a possibility here, though I understand your concern. You say you're on day 5 of a 14-day course of antibiotics? Give it a few more days. Sometimes it just takes longer. UTIs can be persistent, nasty buggers.

Do you think the 'don't take this for more than 3 days' is because masking the symptoms is bad, or because these products could cause kidney damage or somesuch?

It's because it can mask the symptoms, and that might cause someone to not go to the doctor/get antibiotics when they really need to. Since you HAVE gotten antibiotics, you should be fine to continue taking it, as long as you don't exceed the recommended dose.