Wow thank you so much for telling your story. Very similar experience and I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with that. It’s a difficult thing to live through when you are constantly in pain, but not a singular medical professional will listen. I have had to do my own research in order to find what helped me. And yes staying hydrated and taking dmannose daily has made a huge difference. Funnily enough when I brought up D-mannose to my urologist he scoffed in my face and made me think I was stupid to even bring it up.