Update to the above post from me, Vicki.

I went through some antibiotic protocols with a new specialist who is familiar with another protocol found on this Mayo site. It is two methenamine antibiotics daily, and two D-Mannose capsules daily. It is working well so far, and it's been about 3 1/2 months since my last dose of a two week stint with my last protocol of antibiotic, until I was well out of infection stage. I immediately started the above daily regimen the next day, and have religiously followed it since. I also drank coffee only in the morning and no pop or flavored carbonated waters for two weeks. Hard for me, but I would do anything to get off that awful merry go round of UTIs. My bladder seemed to heal its inflammation, to the point where I now can go about 90 minutes without using the bathroom, and have no more spasms in my bladder. My flow is easier also. I drink a lot of water, but have not measured it to tell you how much. I now have hope I can live a near normal live style I used to keep, just less coffee and less pop. A reasonable amount now.

Good luck to anyone else who has this recurrent bad UTIs issue !!!