Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Hey all! Anyone got any magic cure for major cystitis...?

Just spent last 40 minutes reading back down the boards - man I have some catching up to do!

But first... I was woken from a really deep sleep this morning around 5am with a horrible burning abdomen and urge to go pee. I go, and it turns out I have a horrible case of cystitis. I occasionally get it mildly, but I haven't had it this bad for like 6/7 years.

I couldn't take one of those cranberry powder sachet things in water because they upset my tum, and I had to go to work, but now I'm home and not working in the office til next Monday I came to take one...only to find my stash had vanished from where I kept them!

Who knows where it is, but now I'm in a dilemma, as I'm now in way too much pain to drive to the store, but don't know what else to do. I'm taking paracetemol & ibuprofen to try and desensitise myself a little, and drinking lots of lemon barley water as it's good at turning the urine alkaline (so stinging less - in the same way that cranberry works, but I HATE cranberry juice!), which is helping very slightly, but I haven't left the toilet for like 3 hours...

Oh, and now my urine is blood-coloured, which according to a medical site can happen, but it's never happened to me before.....

SO......... Does anyone have any miracle cures that they know about?? Willing to try anything!

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