Hi Lolo, I'm still researching this, the week got real hectic there. Here's a few things I found out so far:

The reason cranberry juice is recommended and works is cause it lines the ureter and makes it difficult for the bacteria to stick to it.

Another herb you can try out is parsley, make a fresh parsley tea:

-- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped, brew 5 minutes in 1 cup of boiled water.
-- Add honey and lemon to taste

Parsley is a dieuretic herb, it causes your body and bladder to cleanse (in other words, to pee), which is very important in flushing out the bacteria and infection.

Mountain savory oil is antibacterial, and is recommended to take in a gel capsule a couple times a day to kill the infection from the inside.

Juniper berries can be soothing to the swollen area, dilute juniper oil with massage oil and rub on, or use the herbal form in a bath to soak.

If you have bladder or kidney stones, parsley is known to help dissolve them, and very importantly--go pee as soon as you have to, don't wait.

I would highly recommend you get checked by a doctor though to find out if you have the stones and where they are, then we can discuss it again. If you had a kidney condition, no matter how many years ago, and didn't properly treat the infection, chances are it has been in your body, and is now again causing you problems in another form.

I'll try to put up some more detailed information soon though, I've almost finished getting it together.

> I know about the water, I made more
> efforts in the last couple of years to drink
> more, but unfortunatly I have started
> drinking mineral water lately because I had
> cramps with my intestine, it might be why I
> had a bit more problems. my appetite is
> not too much, I am pretty good in my choice
> of food, just the good fats, abundance of
> vegetables with bit of meat or cheese and
> almost no starch... I lost 27 pounds since
> october... I had gained constantly since I
> had my son 11 years ago,like my metabolism
> stopped working.
> I had known someone who talked to me about
> passing gallstones naturally years ago, I
> had an operation for gallstone six years
> ago, and it seemed it was not a good move.
> But, stones in the kidneys or bladders are
> different, but I believe you probably can
> pass them naturally too.
> My emotional health has been up and down
> these last few years, I am doing better now.
> My blood pressure,and thyroid are normal
> apparently according to the tests at the
> doctor, and candida and ph I don't know yet,
> but I can check it perhaps this summer when
> I go to the doctor. I am very very busy
> right now because of a future move, school
> ending and all, that is why I try to eat the
> best I can ,exercice a bit better, but the
> weather has been pretty bad here. But, I
> climb to the fourth floor at work as many
> times as I can during week days and I have
> to go back to my thirty minutes of bike
> exercise as soon as the weather gets better.
> Thanks PorcDoll, you are doing a great job
> and Dr Iron too hahaha!