Not so nice

Bladder infections or urinary tract infections are the scourge of both women and cats, from what I've googled. (By the way, its saying that is misspelled.....wha? The internet doesn't recognize itself...what is this, the year 2000?). Anyhoosie, I've got one. It came in like a lion....you wake up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom...and you still feel that you have to go to the bathroom! You have some water and hope for the best, but when you wake up in the morning its RAGING! You've never had to go to the bathroom so badly, and not only does peeing not help but it feels like FIRE coming out of a place that fire never should be. Unless thats your thing. For me, It is NOT.
If its so bad like this, you should go to the doctor. Or, if you are also like me and have no insurance you could go to the community clinic or the Minute Clinic. It costs 69 bucks plus 20 for the medicine. You have to ask special for the pain-killing pills that turn your pee orange, which is just a little bit of fun that the pharmacy came up with to make you smile. Or, something like that.

If however, its not THAT bad, or you just want to prevent one here are some tips, and I'll try not to be so humiliating as to suggest as so many doctors do, that you wipe from front to back. WHO would wipe from back to front? Poop all up in your business? No one does that! Come on.

Useful tips are to drink cranberry juice, but only the unsweetened kind that costs like...8$ from the Co-op or natural food store. You can also get cranberry pills but I feel like they don't work quite as well. In combination though it seems better. Also you can't drink that juice straight, its more like 1 part out of 4 is juice, the rest is water. That shit is NASTY.

The reason cranberry juice works well is that there is a substance in it, D-Mannnose, which binds to the bacteria and prevents it from adhering to the urinary tract. And easier for your immune system to attack! ATTACK!

You can buy these pills straight. They are just called D-Mannose. They cost 22$ maybe.

Garlic, aka Russian Penicillin works wonders. It hurts my stomach but if I could handle it I'd be scarfing that stinky stuff down.

Drink tons of water, eat healthy food, stay home in bed, and do all the stuff you do when you are sick and want to boost the immune system...vitamin C. All that is good. Good luck!