All I can offer to all of you is sympathy for your frequent UTIs. A friend of mine suffers these and I have had some in the past. They are rotten! As for interstitial cystitis, my mother suffered from this for many years. She had 20 laser surgeries for removal of lesions in her bladder. I found the name of a drug for her in our local newspaper and she showed the article to her doctor and he said they would try that and see how that helped. It did help her. The drug was Elmiron. I hope this is of some help to those who suffer from this terrible problem. With all good wishes, @joybringer1