@luhealth and all... Absolutely, I as well use estradiol cream daily and it is helping reduce my UTI's. Last year I had 5 UTI, 4 with sepsis and ER/hospital visits followed by hospit, il rehab twice. It was quite a difficult year, with other issues caused by Oxympic creating havok in my muscles and body, sending my diabetes to coma levels...

I am thrilled to say this year I am now getting over the 1st UTI I've had! Only 1 so far. I really use the cream... This one was appearing to be pretty bad, but we caught it barely, I took 500 mg Cephalexin 4X daily! Pretty good dose this time and this was the perfect drug.

One supplement I take religiously, daily, D=Mannose, is a miracle worker as well. I suggest anyone with UTI issues take this supplement. I get it from NOW, at Swanson. altho it's on Amazon and Walmart, etc. I like Swanson and follow the sales to get better prices. This supplement causes the sides of the bladder to slough off the bacteria and whatever shouldn't be hanging around. It appears to work. I tripled the dose when I first began having symptoms and before the doc moved on the antibiotic. I am convinced it helped reduce symptoms and severity of the infection, kept me out of the hospital.

I have multiple autoimmune diseases so my immune s ystem is wonky. I'm also now tapered down to 14mg Prednisone from 20 mg last May for paralysis caused by the Oxympic I think interacting with my autoimmune diseases causing my muscles to fight the nerves. What a mess it was, but Prednisone did the job helping me move again. I have constant muscle weakness and some paralysis if I go below 14 mg, so I'm holding there now.

It's a joy to not have the constant UTI challenges, sepsis is quite concerning, especially several times within months. So, I am one careful 79 year old woman for sure...

Hopefully some of my suggestions will help you on your crazy health journey. Blessings.
Elizabeth