‘I have to wee 30 times a day and can’t have sex - due to a UTI’

ok.co.uk:

Carrie Esson, 25, from North Lanarkshire, shares her story of horrific symptoms which have made her life a misery for years, and all because she suffers from a chronic Urinary Tract Infection... "I felt tears rolling down my face as I complained to the GP over the phone in March 2020, after finishing another three-day course of antibiotics. “No.

It’s still there,” I explained, frustrated. Lockdown restrictions meant I was unable to head to my local surgery in North Lanarkshire and instead, I was listening to the same misdiagnosis I’d heard countless times over a telephone appointment.

I don’t remember a time when peeing didn’t cause acid-burning type pain, as my first memory of a urinary tract infection was aged just eight in 2005.

It became recurring at 15, when my doctor misdiagnosed thrush and it took three weeks to “clear”.Then, it kept returning – triggered by things like bubble baths, spicy food, certain underwear and swimming.