UTI's are the pits. I have had them off and on since I was 12 years old. Last year during fall semester, I had one all semester long. Antibiotics were not working. Discovered it had caused a kidney infection(pyeloitis) and the doctor put me on a three month long course of them. So far so good.
Here are some tips I hope help you all:
Stop taking bubble baths. This includes young girls and teens. Bubble bath can be an irritant. If I have to take a bath, I use apple cider vinegar and epsom salts.
Keep a good brand of cranberry pills in your bathroom cabinet at all times and take two at the first sign of a problem.
Drink your 6 -8 glasses of water a day.
Toilet paper does make a difference. Some irritate me more than others.
Wipe from front to back. E-coli is the main bacterial cause of UTI's.
I use only K.W. Knudson cranberry juice. It is nothing but cranberry juice. NO sugar or additives. It cost more, but so do Rx's. I find it in the organic section of our grocery or a good health food store. I drink about 6 -8 oz at the first sign if I have no pills available. You can dilute it if you can't stomache teh straight stuff. Remeber, Ocean Spray won't cut it.
Avoid sugars.
Urinate before and after sex.
Wear cotton lined panties, avoid too tight anything in the nether regions.
I'm sure there are more, but this has really helped me.