Stories and Articles
Linsey’s Chronic UTI Story
Linsey is a nurse living in the United States. Her problems began at the age of 33 after developing a UTI that did not respond to three short-courses of antibiotics. Given no alternative but to live with severe bladder and urethral pain, her search led to a...
Lauren’s Chronic UTI Story
**UPDATED NOVEMBER 2020** When Lauren got her third UTI, she never imagined it would be the beginning of a gruelling 18-month journey taking her from one side of the world to the other, and then back again. What looked to be a straight forward bladder infection,...
Olivia’s Chronic UTI Story
Olivia is a British woman whose battle with recurrent UTIs started decades ago. What first began as occasional, seemingly uncomplicated acute UTIs, eventually turned into frequent, severe recurrent attacks. When her acute attacks tested positive, she would...
Jenna’s Chronic UTI Story
Life changed for this Australian woman when a simple, uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) refused to go away. Relying solely on tests results, doctors were quick to disassociate her symptoms from the initial infection and diagnose her with interstitial...
Olimpia’s Chronic Bladder Story
Olimpia is a young Italian woman who suffered constant bladder pain for 12 years after initially delaying treatment for an acute UTI. Frustrated from years of being put through the mill by doctors and specialists who had little to offer, she embarked on a health...
Beth’s Chronic UTI Story
At 28-years-of-age, Beth developed a simple UTI that she would go on to endure for the next 10 years. Living a life in unbearable and debilitating pain, she was eventually diagnosed with interstitial cystitis (IC). To help manage the symptoms from her ‘incurable’...
Julie’s Chronic UTI Story
(Julie's story was updated in March 2023.) Julie is an Australian woman whose first ever UTI did not fully respond to treatment and turned into a misdiagnosis of interstitial cystitis (IC). Feeling she still had the infection, and becoming increasingly depressed...
Martha’s Chronic UTI Story
Martha's story began a number of decades ago when she began experiencing UTI symptoms out of the blue. Despite her symptoms, all the UTI tests returned negative for infection. After going through the usual investigative procedures, she was given a diagnosis of ...
Carol W’s Chronic UTI Story
Carol is an Australian woman who suffered with severe recurrent UTIs and constant, debilitating pelvic pain for several decades. The frequency and severity of her attacks were getting worse despite being treated each time. Her situation had become dire. In 2014,...
Melissa’s Chronic UTI Story
The following blog entry is a patient story from an Australian woman with a five year history of recurrent UTIs that turned into a diagnosis of 'irritable bladder' and 'interstitial cystitis'. In desperation, she took matters into her own hands and cured her...