serenity - you can do so much good by spreading the word. I find myself mentioning these problems with so many women I meet - when appropriate, of course. It is terrible how few GPs link constant UTI symptoms with atrophy and dish out antibiotics every time a middle aged women turns up with UTI symptoms. Even the urologist, who did my cystoscopy, only casually mentioned that oestrogen ‘might help' the awful burning I was suffering from. The appropriate treatment and management does help but the message must get out there to all women. Sorry for the rant. DG xxxx