Hi Suzy and Katejo,
I spoke to my mother after writing this and she suggested sending me some trimethroprim, so I said yes. She's put it in the post today. Amazed that you said you can get it on the internet! Good to know. I'd much rather do it with a doctor's say so. I have borderline kidney issues that show up on blood tests. It never causes me any problems, they just test my blood once a year to check it's still borderline and hasn't got worse. Latest news was all is fine. Also, the doctor did mention I was given trimethroprim in 2016, and my kidneys were exactly the same then, and I was given the dreadful nitrofurantoin (sp?) earlier this year, so I know it will be ok. I just hate having to go rogue with taking drugs.
My gut feeling is that the vagifem is helping to soothe things a little if I use it every day because my bladder probably does need oestrogen, but I now think it won't do the job because this infection needs to be got rid of first.
I have so had it with GP's.