yeast issues >:(

[donkey-booty.livejournal.com]

[sorry if this is TMI]

I think I have an ongoing yeast infection that will NEVER die...

There's no itching/burning/excessive discharge... but I would feel weird having sex with someone ... and even worse having someone go down on me. There's the ... occasional little white glob & just a nasty acidic ~flavor.~

anyway..

Last April, I went to health services on campus. The lady was like, "yuuup there's yeast up there." She gave me an insert thing that should've killed "anything/everything growing in there."

Apparently it didn't work? ..

Should I just go buy some Monistat? :(

Comments

[svexsal.livejournal.com]

I'd say, if possible, try and make your way to planned parenthood or see if health services can give you a script for diflucan if the monistat doesn't work. But it's normal for yeast infections to occur several months apart from each other.

What was it that the doctor gave you?

Also, I would eat a lot of yogurt with live cultures in it. I hope you feel better.

[donkey-booty.livejournal.com]

Thankss

I think she gave me Diflucan on one occasion .. and then a 3-night cream applicator thing. This was all before summer, though.

She told me to stay away from yogurt/other milk products/carbs. I wish I could find unsweetened yogurt here @ college... :/

[mslsbth-all-his.livejournal.com]

I have NO idea why she told you to not eat yogurt! Actually, if anything you should eat plain yogurt--oh you said that. LOL.

You can even use yogurt to get rid of it, like literally put the yogurt inside of you..

[burntbuffalo.livejournal.com]

Sugar feeds yeast :(. If you can find any fruit on the bottom yogurt, you can just not mix it together and eat the yogurt part, or if there is extra irritation, you can apply it topically or internally because of the good cultures in it.

Eating garlic, or using a garlic clove suppository can help also. Or, you can take garlic pills. It helps kill yeast, and if you eat it/take pills, it can work preventatively.

But, someone already mentioned that you could just be experiencing normal discharge. Depending on where you are in your cycle, it could be pretty normal. If you are able to get to a drug store like CVS or something you can get a screening kit to see if you have anything going on. I don't know if a campus clinic would sell those. They should, but that doesn't mean they do.