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silentseanymph.livejournal.com

So I started counting calories and carbs about a month ago, and things are going swimmingly. However, last Wednesday marked the beginning of my first period/withdrawal bleed since changing my food intake. And it’s been HELL.

Various resources I’ve been reading all say that your first menses after instituting a drastic diet change will probably be rough. I thought I'd be exempt, due to being on oral HBC.

I was mistaken.

Tomorrow will be day eight of heavy bleeding and clots. I honestly think I might weep if I pass another clot. They’re huge and they’re gross and they feel unspeakably disgusting coming out of me, and every time one happens I have to deal with having it either on me or on my pad until I can go to the bathroom and clean it up. Yesterday morning I swear I passed a perfect cast of my vagina.

I’m on HBC to prevent this exact thing from happening, but it’s happening anyway. I restarted my active pills on Sunday, with hardly any change so far.

My OBGYN office is not interested unless I start saturating an overnight pad every hour. I bled on my freshly-laundered sheets last night. My inguinal creases are incredibly chafed and irritated from the pads. I know I need to go commando for a couple of days and nights to let them air out and heal, but I can't because of the pads. This experience is making me seriously consider cloth pads. (I hadn't previously because I only get a period/withdrawal bleed every three months thanks to the HBC, so I may as well just soldier through with the regular pads.) As soon as this period is over I am going to take the most EPIC bath.

ANYWAY. I'm not really looking for advice here, although if anyone has any, lay it on me. Mostly I'm just looking to rant, and commiserate with anyone who has experienced anything similar. To anyone reading this, thank you for indulging me.

Current Mood: frustrated

actorgrl04.livejournal.com

I am so sick of my birth control not working!! It all started when I started to get my "period" a week before I was due, while I was on Microgestin. Talked to the Dr, and she prescribed Sprintec and told me to take them with out a break. Well, not giving myself a break just made me breakthrough bleed a whole lot! That was getting annoying! So, she prescribed Lovrah, and it was working fine up until yesterday(a week before I am supposed to get my period again)! Now it is starting and I am not supposed to get it until next week!

It is the first pack I am taking, but I am getting tired of things not working. The Dr is starting to run out of ideas!

What can I do?

honestsleep.livejournal.com

I’m hoping people are still active here. I recently had a Pap smear done and it was incredibly painful I couldn’t stop myself from tearing up and cursing nonstop. I had it this Thursday and I’m still feeling somewhat discomfort. I don’t know how to explain it other than a “loose” feeling and it’s been itching, also for some reason I’ve been queefing frequently. I’ve never had a problem down there but I had to shower right after noticing a bad odor. I feel so dirty. I began reading online about complications and have come across people saying that Pap smears should not even be mandatory because when done incorrectly they can mess you up OR the patient can even contract a std(!) from unsanitized speculums. I’m freaking out! These past days I’ve been feeling so scared, panicked and alone since I have no one to talk about this with. I’m definitely going to make an appointment ASAP to test for STDs and maybe speak with my general DR but I’m so panicked right now I haven’t stopped shaking thinking of all the possibilities. Has anyone gone through any of this?

rabbitfacts.livejournal.com

Hey VPers!

I've been suffering with a frustrating problem for a little while now and I'm not sure of what is causing it or how to properly go about treating it. I seem to be getting frequent cysts (usually one on its own at one time) or something just inside my labia majora (at the top end, not the entrance). I only seem to get one at a time rather than multiple but it's still sore and although they seem to go down after some time they generally come back. I actually went to a gynecologist recently but at the time I didn't have any cysts (I thought I still had a small one from a bartholin cyst but turned out it was gone). She said my vagina looked healthy and I discussed other stuff unrelated to the cysts. I forgot to ask her why they occur and what I can do.

Idk if this is related but I do suffer with cystic acne on my face (for about 10 months now). I'm not sure if the vaginal cysts are similar but it is strange they occur in both places.

Does anyone know what causes them and how I can treat them? I don't wanna have to get referred back so soon and its likely it'll have cleared before I get another appt.

Ftr, I'm not sexually active right now. Also I wear liners all the time as I have IC and generally have a leaky bladder so idk if that contributes to the problem. I also don't shave down there right now but was told by my doctor when I had one previously that it was likely to have been an ingrown hair?

If anyone can advise that'd be awesome as I've run out of ideas haha.

rrell788.livejournal.com

Hey everyone,

So long story short, in 2015 I had a rough year with some kind of ailment down there. I had extremely heavy discharge and my labia was sore and irritated. When visiting my doctors I assumed I had a yeast infection of some sort, they took swabs and sent me away with antifungal cream. The swabs came back and the doctor told me that they didn’t pick anything up and told me it was probably just irratation to something. This for lasted months until eventually it became less occurrent to the point where I didn’t notice it anymore.

Fast forward to December 2017. I’m starting to experience some discomfort, burning when I urinate, discharge, itchiness and irritation to my labia. Again I assumed it’s probably just a yeast infection but will no success with the antifungal cream, I’m back to square one. I’m experiencing a lot of pain, especially when I urinate. Also, my vagina is very sore and sensitive, if I were to stick my finger up it I often ended up wincing in pain. My discharge is cream/yellow coloured and doesn’t seem to have much of a odour to it.

I’ve never had any kind of sexual experience of any kind so I don’t think they would of tested for STDs when they took my last swabs. I read about Trichomoniasis and apparently it can be caught through shared towels and I’m wondering if that could a possibility or I’m just being paranoid? I honestly have no idea what it could be and I’m worried in case the doctors will just send me away again without really helping. If anyone could offer any advice, it’d be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

actorgrl04.livejournal.com

SERIOUSLY, so tired of all of these issues Sprinterec is giving me!! First breakthrough bleeding the first week on it(my fault for missing one pill and taking it the next day). Then, 4 days of breakthrough bleeding, as I am stacking packs(doctor ordered it). Had that breakthrough bleeding the first week of my second pack(which if I wasn't stacking, it would of been my inactive week). Then, after sex on Saturday, breakthrough bleeding. Stopped for a day, then after having a BM(sorry, TMI) yesterday, happened again. I was brief and had nothing the rest of the night and into today, until I had a BM again. AH!

After emailing the doc back and forth, decided to go in next Wednesday(soonest I could get in).

I don't know what is going on. Is this low progesterone again? ( I switched from Microgestin to sprinterec because of that) or something else?

I know I won't find many answers here, just venting. Maybe someone has experienced this before?

actorgrl04.livejournal.com

I know I have been posting a lot lately, but I just keep having problems and it is frustrating!!

I switched from Microgestin to Sprinterec a three weeks ago because I was getting my periods earlier than usual and the doctor thought I needed something with higher progesterone.

Well, I am on the third week and once again, it has came early! Ah!! What the heck?!! This is so frustrating! Nothing seems to work?

I did take one pill a few weeks ago late, but took it as soon as I could and with the pill of that day.

Does anyone know if it is just because it will take a while for my body to get used to the change? Or is this not normal?

The doctor said to take three packs in a row with out a break for inactive pills and I haven't even ended this one yet.

I did email the doctor and ask, but wondering if anyone here has some advice?

Thanks!

jjggff0723.livejournal.com

Hi everyone. I should preface this post by saying that I have an irrational pregnancy fear. I'm a hypochondriac in general who tends to do too much reading on the internet. I'm looking into some mental health counseling in the new year. I guess what I'm looking for is someone to tell me I'm overreacting. Anyway.

Back in October I had a bartholin cyst turn into an abcess. The ER I went to lanced me in the wrong spot and I was in agony until my gyno appointment where I got lanced a second time. I was physically and emotionally traumatized. At one week post op I got my period almost an entire week early.I called my gyno and he told me the stress and trauma my body had been through was likely the culprit. November's period came at its normal time (since stopping a problematic HBC my cycles have become shorter in general, but always between 24-27 days). This period was heavy! Like making up for lost time or something. It lasted for my usual five days, heavy at first then tapering off.

My boyfriend and I were finally able to have sex December 3rd. I use an app to track my cycle. I know it's not 100% accurate but it's always been fairly spot on for me. According to my app it was around the time I would be ovulating. I'm not on any HBC so we use condoms. We were both tipsy at the time (a bit irresponsible on our part) but as far as I know the condom was fine. He pulled out, I took the condom off of him, and he finished on my chest. I then hopped in the shower to rinse off.

I got my period on Friday of last week, the 15th, right on time. It started off totally normal, cramping (I also get leg cramps) and pretty heavy bleeding/clots. This lasted all day Friday and Saturday, but by Sunday it was all but gone and today all I have is a tiny bit of pink spotting. My periods normally last 5 days.

I've been reading about implantation bleeding, and the fact that bleeding can still occur with pregnancy. Does pregnancy seem like a realistic outcome of the encounter I described? He finished on my chest, but what if some semen dripped down onto me while I was showering? What if I had semen on my hand and accidentally touched my vagina? I can't exactly remember the details, I just know that I showered. I woke up in bed with my towel on. I've been having extreme panic attacks and am still very traumatized and fearful my cyst will come back. My heart races all the time and I can't sleep. Now I'm super paranoid about this. Could the change in my period length be stress related? I have EBV and am currently having a flare up due to the stress I've been experiencing..literally making myself sick with worry. Could my body's cycle still be trying to readjust from the initial trauma?

Sorry for the length of this, thanks in advance for any input.

actorgrl04.livejournal.com

I can't believe this happened, but I missed taking a pill! I had it packed with my other bathroom stuff before I left for an overnight trip at my in-laws. When I got there and was getting ready to take it, I realized that forgot it! Ah!

I usually take it at 10pm, I finally just took it(and todays pill) when I got back home at 9pm.

I take Sprinterec and am on the first week(finishing that week on Sunday).

So far, everything I read(including the insert) says that I am safe to have sex with out a condom. Am I correct? Or should I wait 7 days?

I have never missed a pill before(this late at least), so I am not sure what to do in this situation.

Ah! Help!