vagisil if i don't have a yeast infection?

[vronwe.livejournal.com]

I posted a while ago about a tickle in my vagina. It turned out to be a yeast infection. I went to Planned Parenthood and they gave me a pill for it. I don't think it did anything, because I have that tickle again! I don't want to go back to PP again though to get tested and get the pill again because it feels like a waste of time and the pill made me feel like ass. I'd much rather get the gel stuff from the convenience store and deal with a gooey vagina for a few days. So is that a bad idea? Will using Vagisil gel be harmful if I don't have an infection?

Thanks!

How does male circumcision affect vaginal intercourse?

[h2ok.livejournal.com]

The title pretty much says it all. This is something I've been thinking about for a long time. I've been sexually active with the same man for well over two years. Our sex life is generally good, but it's been a bit rocky because during sex, I have been known to experience vaginal dryness and discomfort after a relatively short period of time. This has been confounding to me because anatomically speaking, I am completely normal, and I produce copious lubrication. Not to mention, I receive adequate foreplay, I masturbate and do kegels on a regular basis, and so on. So, in my gut, for the past few years I've felt that this is not the way that sex should be. It's frustrating for me to be fully aroused and plenty lubricated, only to experience discomfort and friction after a few dozen strokes. My SO and I both dislike lube because it's sticky, requires frequent application, and disrupts the flow and mood of the act. We don't refuse to use it, but it seems bothersome.

Anyway, after doing some research (these two sources come to mind: 1, 2) I feel inclined to believe that the root of this problem is the fact that my boyfriend was circumcised at birth. This has been very troubling to me. I feel like I'm missing out on a full sexual experience because my boyfriend had part of his anatomy removed. However, I feel that my conclusion isn't rooted in a lot of evidence, considering I have never been with an intact man. Thus, I thought it would be helpful to come here and ask for your thoughts. I'm mainly seeking input from those who have been with both circumcised and intact men. What affect do you think that male circumcision has on female enjoyment, particularly during intercourse? To what degree do you think circumcision alters the retention of lubrication during sex? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Nitrofuran Monohyd?

[julie709.livejournal.com]

Hello VPers. I was wondering if anyone else was ever prescribed Nitrofuran Monohyd Macro (Macrobid) for a UTI? How long did it take to kick in? Mine is a five day, two times a day dosage. Any help would be appreciated!

Pad irritation.

[maloussii.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to suddenly develop an allergic reaction or irritation to the pads you've been using for years?

Nurse Practitioner?

[violetstar124.livejournal.com]

Thank you all so much for your help regarding my previous post. It's so nice to have a group of such encouraging, smart, and supportive people!

I just checked the status for my gyno appointment (made through the student health dept and my university)and it says it will be performed by a nurse practitioner. I don't have much experience with this (since I've never had one before), but is a nurse practitioner as qualified to perform these exams as an MD? Since it's not emergency and I'm still pretty freaked out, I'd like to have someone who has ample experience perform the exam.

Thanks again for all of your help!

can't kick this yeast.

[dessertdiva.livejournal.com]

So basically, until the past 3 months I didn't even know what a yeast infection was. When I got my pap in October, my doctor told me I had one. Now, I had no symptoms, nothing was odd, and I was totally shocked. I was prescribed a one dose pill (the name of which I forget) and sent on my way. The more I thought about it, I realizd I had a slight itch I attributed to a lot of different things, so I guessed that was the yeast infection. My boyfriend and I are very sexually active (we use condoms, but do a lot of oral sex), and my doctor didn't warn me of not doing anything sexy, so I continued with life as usual. Around November, I felt a little itchy down below, like before. I figured the yeast infection was back and took Monistat 3. It seemed to work, all was fine, and yup. My boyfriend and I barely took any break from extra cirriculars. It's now December. And it feels like I'm having a THIRD bought with this thing. This time there's a little thick white discharge. This is starting to drive me mad and I just bought Monistat 1. Does sex make yeast infections worsen or not go away? Also, has anybody else had a yeast infection they can't kick? I also have a pretty bad cold right now, so I'm wondering if that's affecting my discharge or vag.

Not vagina related, but need some advice - headache - gets long and complicated, but please read.

[ldy-shadow.livejournal.com]

You are the most supportive community I think I've ever encountered when it comes to all things woman-related, and even some of the non-woman general health stuff.

Here's the thing. I've always had migraines. I've been having migraines that are atypical from my norm for almost six months. The first one landed me hospitalized for the better part of a week.

I have that exact headache today. Well, I've had it since last tuesday, but it's finally come to it's peak today. None of the meds and med combinations I've been told to try have worked. The past couple of days I've been able to at least keep the edge off with them to be functional, but today is a desperate struggle. I didn't sleep because being horizontal changes the pain from a sharp, stabbing ache to a sharp pulsating knife-embedded ache, and aura I've had turns to tunnel vision.

None of that worries me in particular.

I called my gp for a scrip for something different to try, they referred me to my neuro. My neuro said absolutely not, they won't call anything in and they won't see me, as I was treated in the emergency room two weeks ago for a minor concussion. They said that if I want help, I need to be seen in the ER where they can do immediate scans to rule out complications from the trauma.

This makes complete sense, and I'm amenable to the idea with one caveat:

I'm extremely stoic when it comes to pain. Right now, I have to be "normal," as I have my four year old daughter and my six month old niece with no one to relieve me from caring for them until around 5 pm.

Last time I went in, it took two visits to convince them that I really was in pain. Before they finally got it, they treated me like I was drug seeking.

I'm bi-polar. Because of this headache, I haven't been sleeping. Lack of sleep in someone with bi-polar disorder is very dangerous - particularly for me. It triggers severe mania, which means going from suicidal to feeling like I'm on speed, to being in a dangerous rage over totally innocent things.

Given that I'm already so close to such a dangerously manic state, having them treat me that way would very likely land me hospitalized in a much more serious and far less pleasant manner. (No hospital visit is pleasant, but being in hard restraints under suicide watch is probably pretty high up there on the list of "worst hospital stays ever."

If I don't get some relief of some sort (I don't even care if they don't break out the big gun narcotics. They could smear my forehead with dirt and pig's blood after spitting in my palm and turning me around three times and I wouldn't care, as long as there was a shot that it would work.)

There IS also that minor concern that this could be related to the concussion.

What I'm asking, after all that pretense, is how do I go in there without faking hysteria (though, I'm sure if I thought about it, I'd eventually give in to the pain and lose my normally stoic nature and lose it completely) and have them not treat me as if I'm some junkie jonesing for a clean fix?

I went alone last time. Would it help to have someone with me? My convoluted thought behind that is that perhaps if they see that I'm feeling poorly enough to need someone to accompany me, that I'm not faking and I really am miserable.

I'm open to suggestions.

I'm a little nervous and absolutely miserable, complete with auditory hallicinations and nausea/vomiting with minor dehydration. In all likeliness, I will go in anyway when someone gets home with a vehicle. I'm just looking for ways to get them to take me seriously and not treat me like a "degenerate."

x-posted a couple of places in essentially the same format.

I seem to have angered my vagina!

[kathy182.livejournal.com]

So last night I went to bed expecting to wake up with my period this morning.

As I wake from my slumber and head to the bathroom for my morning pee I realize OH GOD WHY GOES IT HURT SO BAD!?  I've never had a UTI before but my vagina is very dry, I am constantly feeling like my bladder is about to explode and whenever I do go pee it really hurts!  I did get my period this morning too so I've got a lot of vaginal issues at the moment!

I read cranberry juice is good for UTI's but everything I see is the cranberry cocktail crap with tons of sugar. I'm not even sure if this is a UTI but I've never had it hurt so much to pee!

Thanks for any suggestions in advance!

Condom suggestions

[laventuree.livejournal.com]

Hey all! (I'm a regular poster, but I just have made this alternate account, due to the fact that if my family found out I'm having sex they'd FLIP).

So, to the question. The other night my boyfriend and I were having some pretty rough sex. We use Trojan ultrathins, and during one of the sessions we had found that it broke. He hadn't come, and pulled out because he realized it broke; it like, completely snapped off. Anyway. Does anyone have any other suggestions for condoms that are thin, allow for a lot of sensation still, but are still good quality? Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks!

long ranty YI FROM HELL story..

[gl0w-inthe-dark.livejournal.com]

hey VPers!

i apologize in advance for this being a really long story...
i'm just completely at my wit's end with this and i'm just looking for some advice or any info that could help..

( angry story here )

so..i guess my questions are...
WHY after using monistat, diflucan, garlic, AC vinegar, and yogurt, is it STILL here?
What else can i do other than Boric Acid? (Cause i just feel kind of uncomfortable putting something that kills roaches into my body :/ )
If we ARE passing it back and forth, is the monistat cream and yogurt enough to treat him, or should he go to the doctor?


thank you in advance for any input anyone can give me.
it's been amost 5 months and i just can't take this anymore. plus i feel so bad for my poor boyfriend for putting up with me AND the lack/nonexistence of sex for this long. i just want to be normal again.
 

Sex toys

[min-song.livejournal.com]

I just ordered my SO a fleshlight as a gift for the holidays, and he is planning on buying me a vibrator. I've looked through a bunch of websites and VP memories, but there are so many to choose from. It would be my first experience with a vibrator/dildo, so I don't exactly know what I want. I was thinking I'd just go with a best seller type such as a rabbit, but any of your recommendations would be wonderful. Also, if this helps, I have only ever reached orgasm from indirect pressure on my clit, for example when I'm in missionary or on top and there is rubbing against it.

I also have a question for anyone that has purchased a sex toy for a man, especially a fleshlight, about how they incorporate it into their sex lives. I've read soo many good reviews of the fleshlight, I'm even almost scared that it'll replace me, haha, so I'm trying to see how I can use it to my advantage instead of ending up having this conversation:

me - "Mmm baby, I want to go down on you sooo bad right now."
my SO -".... fleshlight please?"

If you get what I'm saying = ]

Thanks in advance!

weed and bc

[kami-kaze-kitty.livejournal.com]

My PCP and I began discussing starting me on birth control to help manage pms/menstrual symptoms associated with endometriosis.  She wants me to quit smoking (tobacco) for the obvious clotting risk factors.  The only other substance I use with any regularity would be pot, so I was wondering if there are similar contraindications associated with weed and birth control.  As of now we haven't discussed exactly what bc we might start with.  I understand that my doctor would be the best person to ask about this, but I know right now she's just going to say something to the effect of you should just stop anyway.  I've found conflicting info online, and very little of it seems reliable.
 

Smelly down there

[sexytapdancer16.livejournal.com]

 Over the past few weeks i've noticed that my down there parts have smelled... different.
I wouldn't say it's yeasty (though i honestly dont think i know what yeast smells like) and there is no itch or burning when i pee. 
I have also noticed that i've become less lubricated during sex with my boyfriend. We don't use condoms as i am on the pill (mononessa, a monophasic pill). I used to be on ortho tri cyclen lo, and think that this new pill may have lowered my sex drive (although i've been on it for 3 months and haven't noticed anything until about this past month) Also, sometimes when we're having sex the inside of my vagina feels sore and irritated, im assuming this is just from being not well lubricated. I would rather not refer to using lube with sex, and i used to be able to get very wet very easily. Is the monophasic pill causing this?

Also sometimes when i'm just standing around i will feel a dull pain like the coming of a UTI, but i have no other UTI symptoms. 

What could this be? The smell could possibly be considered a fishy smell, but i really don't know. Are there any soaps I can use to clear this up? Or is it a possible std of some sort? We've been monogomous for months now, so it's not like I could have contracted something. And if i did from him, wouldn't symptoms have shown earlier? 

All opinions/advice are appreciated. You girls are great!

confused masterbation and skin tags?

[anacoquette.livejournal.com]

( my issues )

Bleeding while on birth control

[radiant-smile.livejournal.com]

I'm currently taking birth control, and I was supposed to be on the inactive pills this week, but I decided to skip them and continue with the active pills because I wanted to be intimate with my boyfriend. Well today I noticed that I started bleeding even though I'm taking the active pills (not just spotting, but actual bleeding). Can this happen? Should I just start taking the inactive pills anyway? What should I do?

Questionaire, cause I'm bored.

[thinasian.livejournal.com]

My mom recently found out that I've been having sex since I was 17 (im 18) 
And she totally flipped a bitch.
Atleast I was having protected sex. haha .


What were your parents' reaction when they found out that you are sexually active? 


This is fun :) 

Birth Control Gaps

[sunniegreen.livejournal.com]

Long story short, I have unintentionally gone off birth control pills for about 4 days now.
The school clinic only takes cash and I am strapped at the moment. To get it anywhere else will be $45 more than I am paying now. I've been a little touch and go moneywise lately and I won't be able to get more until the end of the week at the earliest.
What I'm wondering is whether I can start taking the pills on the sunday that I get them, or do I have to wait until my next period?

I want to positively influence my little cousin

[cloudsnapper.livejournal.com]

My cousins are coming in from out-of-town for the holidays. I'm concerned about one of them. She's 10, has just one brother, and is a bit of a tomboy. She likes snakes and stuff like that. Awesome! Those are neat things for kids to be into.
Thing is, from the time she was really small, it's been drilled into her head by her parents that she's "special" and "not like other girls." They tell her all the time that other girls are afraid of snakes, and goofy stuff like that. Yeah, she's a little outside the gender norm, but it's not that big of a difference. She is a special girl who knows a lot more about animals than the average adult, but she's not somehow better than other girls.
I'm worried that she's growing up thinking that all other women are stupid and fearful, or that there's something wrong with being one. I don't want her to start wearing dresses all the time or anything like that. I just want to help her learn that there's nothing wrong with feminine traits.
She'll come over and try to get my grandmom to hold her pet snake. My grandmom isn't afraid of snakes, but doesn't want to hold one for fun. She'd do it if it had gotten into her house or something, but she doesn't want to play with one. My cousin will say that it's ok if she's scared of it, because most girls are.
We'll explain that the only time we're afraid of snakes is when we step on one by accident; because we're startled, don't want to get bitten (even if it's not venomous), and don't want to hurt the poor creature. She won't believe us. She thinks because we're female we can't handle snakes or something.
I think this attitude causing her some problems now. She's said some things that make me think (and other people in my family) that she wants to do some things, but she thinks she can't because they're too feminine. Also, I'm worried she'll get distressed when she turns woman-shaped and all that!

It's not my place to confront my aunt about this. (I'm going to urge my mom and other aunts to, though!) I'm just looking for ways to be a good influence on her, and help her realize it's okay to like doing all kinds of things, whether they're masculine or feminine.
I'm about the girliest ever, but still like doing some masculine things like woodcarving (lol, old man hobby!). My sister's pretty gender neutral and likes all kinds of things. I think if we work together and hang out with her some we can have a good influence. I just don't know what to do. Does anyone have any tips?