FWIW, I'm also dreadfully prone to UTIs, and have had very good luck treating at home with cranberry juice -- at this point I can pretty much recognize the earliest twinges that something unpleasant is starting up, and if I start in promptly on upping the cranberry juice consumption and water intake in general, and cutting back on my usual excessive caffeine, it's almost always enough to back it back -- I think I've only needed to go in for antibiotics on that once in the last decade or so. Cranberry tablets/capsules are helpful to keep in stock, particularly if cranberry juice isn't an everyday staple in your cupboard -- they'll let you build up a therapeutic level of the active ingredients a little faster than just guzzling the juice, plus even if you like the taste sometimes you get tired of drinking nothing but cranberry all day -- this lets you keep up the dosage even when you want to take a break for a different beverage.
Wonderful pictures -- you look fabulous, and I have total shoe envy for daegaer! I'd love to find something similar to those sandals -- ever since getting my vines done, I'm finding more and more of my footwear choices are being swayed by the "will this show off my tattoo?" factor. ;)
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Date: 2008-10-20 03:55 am (UTC)FWIW, I'm also dreadfully prone to UTIs, and have had very good luck treating at home with cranberry juice -- at this point I can pretty much recognize the earliest twinges that something unpleasant is starting up, and if I start in promptly on upping the cranberry juice consumption and water intake in general, and cutting back on my usual excessive caffeine, it's almost always enough to back it back -- I think I've only needed to go in for antibiotics on that once in the last decade or so. Cranberry tablets/capsules are helpful to keep in stock, particularly if cranberry juice isn't an everyday staple in your cupboard -- they'll let you build up a therapeutic level of the active ingredients a little faster than just guzzling the juice, plus even if you like the taste sometimes you get tired of drinking nothing but cranberry all day -- this lets you keep up the dosage even when you want to take a break for a different beverage.
Wonderful pictures -- you look fabulous, and I have total shoe envy for