Probiotics and UTI prevention

After a lifetime of UTIs that turned debilitating in menopause, I have finally landed on a several-step precautionary protocol that (knock wood) has been working.

Two years ago, a male urologist told me to take a weekly bleach bath to prevent recurring UTIs, plus a daily Macrobid. Then he slut shamed me.

My new urologist, Dr. Alexa Meyer, winced when I told her this story. “Yeah, no. Bleach and the vulva, just no.” Never mind that I’d already built up antibiotic resistance to Macrobid. “I’m really sorry you were…