The cranberry pills honestly work wonders take 1 in morning 1 at night for a week or until symptoms go away

yes yes yes...Dr. can not figure it out...I was also tried the cranberry for me did not work..my new Eurologist had me order on line the vitamin D-Mannose 500mg. but first he did 90 antibiotic therapy as he felt the infections were never really going away. I take the DMannose now and barely have infections..when I was having them every 45 days. Hope this helps. oh, also he gave me a rx. for antibiotics and told me the minute I feel infection has happened go to lab drop off urine and start antibiotics right away. This strategy had had me infection free for 4 months now..for me that is awesome as I have struggled with infections for 5 years, blood in urine all that...

yes to above had protein in urine. As for having sex with hubby shower immediately afterwards doing a very good clean and rinse. I use baby shampoo to keep the ph level correct just fyi. Yes I drink water all day. They always say to do that which is good to do. With this disease chronic infections are going to occur. It just comes with the territory I'm sorry to say. hope that answers everyone. :) oh the cranberry yes that is good when symptoms start it helps...I was talking about what to do to "stop" symptoms.

UTI's seem to be prominent with Lupus. Cranberry pills do help the symptoms. Antibiotics don't seem to work for me any longer, but if I suffer with too much pain, Pyridium is normally prescribed.

I agree!! It's not normal !! Do you keep copies of your labs when you have them ? I do and compare hoping that one day I can figure it out !! They are the worst .. Like having a baby with no epidural!