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HELP! I get a UTI every single month!!

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Sicktired96277
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First off, let me start by saying I have seen specialists, I have taken countless amounts of antibiotics and I follow every rule known to man to avoid UTIs. 

I've been getting them for about 4 years now. The last specialist I went to gave me a 2 year supply of bactrim and clearly it doesn't work. I am extremely clean. I wipe front to back, I wash before and after intercourse (as does my partner), I always relieve my bladder before and after intercourse as well. I drink about a gallon of lemon water a day. I also drink a cup of warm lemon honey water when I wake up and right before I go to sleep (as this carries a lot of antibiotic properties). I take vitamins that promote healthy vaginal walls and bladders. NOTHING WORKS! 

I have to pee all the time. I'm also getting recurrent yeast and vaginosis infections which I believe are causing the UTIs but I can't seem to shake those either. This is seriously ruining my life! I'm miserable!!! I've had so many tests done including a cervical cancer biopsy and countless blood work. Even had them inject dye into my bladder and take xrays.. Everything came back normal. I have been tested for STDs more times than I can count and I always comes back clean. 

I am starting to think this is related to my birth control. I have the implant in my arm. I looked back on this and realized that the one time in the last 4 years I didn't have UTIs or any infections was the 6 months I was off of the depo-provera shot. Then I went and got the implant and my symptoms started again. I am planning on taking out the implant but wanted to see if any other women had this same issue?

I read something about an injection directly into the bladder to cure this? Any advice will help. I have also tried just about EVERY SINGLE over the counter product on the planet. I have wasted so much money. I just want a solution. WTF IS GOING ON?!!!

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    kapril Sicktired96277

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    I have to wonder if everyone is getting UTI's from the birth control or from the reason they are getting birth control: sexual activity. I was getting chronic UTI's for years and definitely noticed that when I got them it was a day or two after sex.

    My doctor said I probably had scar tissue in the urethra, causing bacteria too get trapped. At first it sounded crazy but then I remembered an incident involving a NordicTrac that ended with blood in my panties and realized he was probably dead-on with his diagnosis. He suggested an in-office procedure using a catheter to remove the scar tissue. It didn't sound fun so I put it off.

    I also used to get a ton of sinus infections, usually 2-3 a year. I was doing some research and read that probiotics could be helpful. I started taking them about 4 years ago. In that time I haven't had a single UTI and I've only had two sinus infections since (in a 4 year period I would have had 2-3 a year, so a total of 8-12, and I have only had 2 in 4 whole years).

    Try probiotics! They are good for you, unlike antiobiotics, so it can't really hurt. I swear by them now.

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