You wrote: "My situation: BB's UTI's are killing our SL. Just to be sure I did not have a "bug", I got tested. My test was clean."
Has BB tried or would she consider the Estring? I am post-menopoause and did not want to try hormone therapy of any kind. Under some pressure from doctors I did take oral estrogen for a few years (to prevent osteoporosis) but stopped when the news about its many bad side-effects came out. Painful IC was the result and I wept - is this the end of a SL? But my female internist recommended the Estring - it is worn intravaginally and slowly releases a very small amount of estrogen. My understanding is that the risks are much much lower than using oral hormones. It helps enormously with vaginal lubrication and compfort and I believe topical estrogen may help prevent UTIs.
The other suggestion, in addition to lots of cranberry juice, is to drink a tall glass of water before sex and pee shortly after.
