UTI symptoms shoul dbe better by now?

[israel.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone. I posted a few days ago about what I think is a UTI. I am on day 5 of my cipro and Ive read it s strong antibiotic and ive always had relief from uti symptoms after 2 days or so on antibiotics, but after 5 I am still burning and having to go (when I really dont) constantly.

I dont have the money or time for a doctor just yet, but I have this cipro and I have batrim tablets that are new - so I was thinking of switching to bactrim this morning and seeing if that antibiotic starts working.

Would you do that? I dont know if cipro takes a long time to work, or if its a good idea to back-to-back switch antibiotics. What is the longest its taken for an antibiotic to relieve your UTI symptoms?

bleeding before period

[oiseaudebebe.livejournal.com]

for at least six months now, even on birth control, i get spotting anywhere between a few hours and a week before I get my period. It always makes me worry it's implantation bleeding but I am never pregnant. I've had my period for 8 years and have been on birth control for 5. Is there something to worry about? does spotting a few days before your period happen to anyone else?

Thank you :)

Implanon and St John's Wort

[angelicalangie.livejournal.com]

Ok this is probably the dumbest question ever. A few days ago I bought this stuff www.yaoh.co.uk/hemp-lip-balm.html it is a hemp based lipbalm from a health food store. I have been using it and for the past 3 days felt the most chilled ever. I put this down to learning about my family and clearing air and connecting with someone in my family essential catharsis. However today I looked at the ingrerdients in the lipbalm and found that amoung its contents it has St John's Wort and I am concerned that the lipbalm is affecting me.

What is concerning me more is that I have felt happier for the same amount of time I have been using this lipbalm, and I have an implanon implant, and I know that there is an issue between hormonal BC and St John's Wort in terms of efficacy and the like

should I abstain or choose other birth control, the big issue with this is this weekend I am likely to get trashed, My partners sisters (twins) are celebrating their birthdays starting 7.30pm Sat and finishing 2 pm on Sunday, and I do aim to go the distance, but I also know I get freaky when drunk, and responsibilty goes completely out the window when you are drunk.

The answers therefore required are thus;

1. Will it have effected the efficacy of the implant
2. Am I freaking out over jack.

Feel free to be blunt.

Hormones

[themaybaby.livejournal.com]

Hormone question

Ok, if this isn’t appropriate here please let me know. Ever since having my son 21 months ago, for lack of better words I have felt “strange”. At first I just thought it was the exhaustion from dealing w/a colic baby, breastfeeding exclusively and the co-sleeping but we are past the colic, we have stopped the breastfeeding, but we are still co-sleeping. I however, no longer thing it is simply exhausting and feel there may be something off w/my hormonal balance. I finally started paying more attention to it and realized I was only feeling this way during the time of my ovulation and period. Soon after I stopped bleeding I started feeling like me again. The best way to describe it was a foggy feeling. For 2 weeks I have memory loss, forgetfulness, I feel like I’m walking around in mud, I get headaches, I’m so irritable I could snap any second, I’m cramping, I worry a lot more, I notice it happening a great deal if I’m driving or in the car, almost like motion sickness and I just feel….. “off”. While I’m driving it just feels like I can’t focus on anything at all and I get so exhausted and sleepy I could pull over on the side of the road and just sleep…or at work I could just sleep and that pure exhaustion happens between 2-4 pm during that time. At first I started freaking out that I had a brain tumor but that has been ruled out. I have an appointment w/my OBGYN but they couldn’t get me in until the 22nd, which is probably a good thing because that is going to be right when I’m due for ovulation. I’m just worried something is seriously wrong w/me.
Like I said this never happened until I had my son and my husband and I are TTC baby #2 so taking birth control wouldn’t be an option if this is hormonal…any ideas? Anyone else experienced this?

PCOS: Questions about Insulin Resistance

[dying-in-stereo.livejournal.com]

I recently made a post about how my Urologists assistant said she thought I could have PCOS. In fact, She was like 90% sure of it and that she'd be shocked if a doctor told me otherwise.

I was reading about how I could be insulin resistant and that could be the cause. I dont have a lot of the factors that go into PCOS. Im overweight by about 15lbs, Ive never had high blood pressure problems, I do have some white hairs on my neck, but they are practically unnoticeable unless I point it out, but i shave there cause im self conscious about it. I do think I have excessive hair loss. and I sometimes break out under my chin, but not severe acne, just a zit or two from time to time, but I read that can happen with PCOS. I also have anxiety often (and its worse when i have my period x458375353) and I have mood swings sometimes as well. but Im not sure that its related or not. :-\ Im seeing the Urologist because I pee all the time. Im not sure if I have exessive thirst but Im always peeing and its affecting my life at this point, so that was another clue that I should be tested for diabetes because its a symptom. not sure if its related to pcos at all but I thought Id throw that out there.

Here's the thing. I went in this week on monday to have diabetes tests ran because it runs in my family and after reading that people with PCOS are either insulin resistant or have diabetes I figured I should check because its completely possible. The doctor was terrible. It was just a GP, but I was trying to tell her about how my Urologist thought I could have PCOS and explain my symptoms and she said "You're not overwieght and you dont have excessive dark hair anywhere, so you do not have PCOS." all I wanted her to do was LISTEN to my symptoms and i had written a list so I didn't forget anything and she told me..... "lets just focus on the symptoms of diabetes." and basically would not let me talk about ALL my symptoms I was having. I felt like she didn't even care.

Needless to say...she ordered up a blood glucose test (and I fasted for 12 hours because it took them forever in the office so I ended up starving for ever and when I finally ate I felt dizzy afterwards. it sucked.) and she also ordered up a test called Hemoglobin A1 or something like that. I was wondering are those tests that would show if I was insulin resistant? or should she have ordered up different tests? I feel weary about her because she didn't seem to have ANY bedside manner and it just seemed really strange. All she did was call back and say "Your tests were normal. you dont have any diabetes or anything." and that was that.

Also, Ive been tested for thyroid 3x in the last few months and they told me everytime "Low normal". I dont know what low normal means and why its "no big deal" and they'll just keep checking it. It was checked by an endo that I dont particularly like who has very bad reviews online, so Im considering another opinion.

Im wondering is it better to see an Endocrinologist for PCOS or a Gynecologist? I have so many Dr. appts lately Id rather just figure out who can treat it all. Im leaning towards a different endo because if its something else he could figure it all out.

TIA for reading all of this. its kind of scattered. Im feeling pretty frustrated with the state of our health care when it seems like there is so many bad doctors and its hard to figure out who is good and who isn't. *Sigh*

Trichomoniasis? How the heck did I get it?

[airenwoodmoon.livejournal.com]

Hi!

This might be a terribly stupid question but I'm trying to research things and am just getting more and more confused.

My doctor says I have a trich infection and I've already gone a round with the MetroGel and it's still hanging around. I didn't think much of it at first but when I decided to look it up I became really confused as to how the heck I got it.

Everything I've read so far that it's only transmissible through sex. Well I haven't had sex for two years and when I was tested for infections four months ago I didn't have it. I've had no contact with anyone in any sense (not even a kiss!). So how the heck did I get it? The only thing I can possibly think of is that it stays dormant or something. Would that be right?

Thanks!


EDIT: So um, my doctor's gone for the day and I'm heading out of state tomorrow morning. It looks like treatment isn't going to happen for about two weeks- should I be worried about complications from leaving it alone? The only side effect I have is pain with insertion- so as long as I don't stick anything up my vagina I should be okay. Right?

Hormone question

[die-fledermaus.livejournal.com]

Hey all,

I want to have my hormone levels checked, and am wondering when the best time is to do it. I'm guessing there is a best time due to the cycle of menstruation, etc...Anyone have any idea?

Thanks!

Hooray, another Nuva problem!

[stephano.livejournal.com]

Today I put in my new Nuva Ring.

Upon inserting it, I was shocked to find out -- I had not taken out a previous Nuva Ring! I have no idea if this old Ring was left over from last month, the month before, or what-have-you. Either way, it was an old, forgotten Ring. And to make matters worse -- I mixed the old Ring up with the new one I had just inserted.

I cannot tell them apart. One Ring is crystal clear. The other Ring is yellowy-clear. Does anyone know what a new Ring should look like? My options are: take a guess and remove one of the Rings. Or, since I have no new Rings at the moment, leave both Rings in.

Any adivce? I'm leaning toward leaving in both Rings, but could this cause complications? 

Another Birth Control and Sex Question

[abnoanomaly.livejournal.com]

Hi,

For the last month or so, it has hurt when my bf and I have sex.  He is really huge but I'm starting to think that isn't the problem.  I think its my birth control pill.    Sex used to only hurt right when he first penetrated but now I think its because hes been hitting my cervix.  We've gone from doing all different kinds of fun positions to just missionary.  Not even missionary is pleasurable, its just the only position I can bear.  I think my birth control is causing me to have more yeast.  My gyno noted that I do have some yeast in there when I last visited him for my current problem (painful penetration).  My gyno basically told me to have lots of sex to stretch me out some and gave me some lido to numb the hurtful parts....not the greatest advice in restrospect.  So heres my theory:  the birth control pill has caused a yeast overgrowth which in turn has led to microtears during sex anddddd i think it also may be the reason my cervix seems lower suddenly.  it might be inflamed from the yeast.  does that seem plausible?  if so, what can i do?  i've been taking acidophilus like once or twice a day and eating yogurt, etc.

Thanks!!!

NuvaRing/Pregnancy Question

[latestxmistake.livejournal.com]

Recently (about three months ago) I started the NuvaRing. I took this month's ring out on Sunday, and still have not received my period.

Although I have been known to be late by a week or so once every few months, when I'm on hormonal birth control, I've always been very precise up 'til now.

Back when I was on the pill, I would get my period within two days of the placebo week. The first month I tried the NuvaRing, I was advised to remove it less than a week in, due to dizzy spells. This removal brought on my period, causing me to have two in less than a week and a half.
I started it back up again a month later, and my last two periods have come within two days of removal.

Now it's friday, five days past my removal date, so I have some questions.

1. Should I be worried about pregnancy?

2. If my period does not come before Sunday, and I am still unsure of pregnancy, would there be harm in reinserting the ring?

nuvaring

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

Does it matter what time of day you insert Nuvaring? I've had mine in for three weeks, was supposed to take it out this morning (was going to insert a new ring immediately after, instead of having my period week) and forgot until a full twelve hours later than I usually put it in. Is my protection compromised?