Post-intercourse abdominal pain

[lilin-unite.livejournal.com]

Hey, ladies. I'm a bit stuck here. Wondering if any of you could offer some insight.

I had intercourse last night that was on the rough side, but nothing we haven't done before. On this particular day, it felt a bit too deep, which has also happened before. I kind of wiggle around to try to situate things better, which helped a bit, as usual. But in general, I am not bothered by a bit of intercourse pain in the right mood, so I just kind of ignored it.

A couple hours later, I was a little sore and crampy on my left lower abdomen. I figured something in there got whacked -- my cervix, or perhaps I had some scar tissue that got disturbed (I had my left ovary removed many years ago due to a large cyst, so there's no ovary there to bruise). It was made worse by laying on my right side.

The next day, the pain was much less severe, but had migrated to the right side.

And then, this evening, it suddenly got a whole lot worse. It felt about 80% as bad as my menstrual cramps, focused on the right side. Honestly, I almost went home from work. But I took 2 ibuprofen, which helped.

Now the ibuprofen has worn off. The severe pain hasn't returned, but I feel kind of sore, or like I got punched in the pelvic area, still focused on my right side.

My insurance is useless and won't cover this if I go to the doctor. So I am trying to assess how concerned I need to be before I put myself out $500+ that I don't have.

Some details...

1. Nothing I've felt has been "new." It's just unusual in the way it's presenting. I have very mild right-side pain frequently since I had surgery, even all these years later.

2. I have never had a recurring cyst. The type of cyst I got is extremely rare and unlikely to strike twice.

3. I am mid-cycle.

4. I just finished a course of Cipro for a simple UTI about 4 days ago. I've had UTI's before. This one didn't feel any different.

5. I don't have a thermometer, but I don't appear to have a fever.

6. I don't feel anything worrisome when I palpate my abdomen.

7. My appetite is normal.

Could this all just be from getting hit too deep at the wrong time, or do I need to be more concerned?

Thank you so much!

Non-latex large condoms

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Hello, all!

I discovered about two years ago that I have a latex sensitivity and now use only non-latex condoms as my primary form of birth control.

My bf and I have experimented with the lambskin, but we really didn't like them, and moved on to Polysoprine (I'm not sure we've ever tried Polyurethane—is it different?). He is pretty well-endowed and for some reason, it seems like non-latex condoms don't really exist in large sizes!! We use the Lifestyles Skyn Larges, but according to him, the "Large" size is about equal to the regular size of a latex condom (while the Lifestyle Skyn regulars are even tighter). And to make matters worse, it seems like most of the Lifestyles Larges are being taken off the shelves at our nearby drugstores (though we've found a few online), so they might even be discontinued.

I've done some digging into condom sizes, and it actually seems like Lifestyles do run small, and the Large size is about equal to the standard size of a Trojan Supra or Avanti Bare (according to the size chart I found, they are all about 2.2" width. We used to use Trojan Ecstacy for which I am having trouble finding a size chart online, but I believe they were 2.2" at the base but wider at the tip, something like 2.5". Does anyone know of a non-latex condom in a LARGER size?

Thanks for the help!!