That is so awful! I'm sorry you're struggling with UTI's. They're miserable and frustrating. Make sure when your done with the antibiotics you get retested, even if you're symptoms seem gone. Some really stubborn ones just keep returning because they aren't fully killed off. I ended up with an excruciating kidney infection that way.
*hugs* I hope you get a break and some good news soon. Any vacations in sight?
amaranth - A re-test is a good idea. She said it's a pretty bad one at this point. She was going to give me a 3 day course of the antibiotic and have me re-test, but when I told her that my infections tend to be resistant to antibiotics so she just went ahead and prescribed a 7 day course and didn't mention coming back for a re-test at that point.
Apparently when they tested me in March there was some bacteria present, but not enough for them to want to say it was a full blown UTI. Even though, you know, I had every stinking symptom and was in all sorts of pain.