vaginapagina | This is so long. (Reply)

So, I've had a yeast infection for about a month or two. (When it started up, I thought it was BV, because it had that distinctive smell, a smell I've only ever had when I had BV. But nothing further deveopled, no burning, no anything. [I had BV in the spring, and it was really resistant to antibiotics. I suspected that it never really cleared up, but the birning stopped, so I'm ignoring this. Please make note of this life theme.] Now, however, I'm fairly sure that what is going on now is a yeast infection, because I recently realised that what I was smelling smelt a lot like yeast. I don't know if the BV cleared up and this replaced it, or if they are co-exsisting, or what, but I'm pretty sure that I have a yeast infection right now, between the smell and a thicker, clumpier discharge. That parenthesis up there is almost inescapable.)

But despite the yeasty smell and discharge, I am not itchy or irratated. However, I'm pretty sure something's up, because this is not my normal smell and this is not my normal discharge. I've had two really weird periods during these symptoms, and they haven't cleared up even during the period.

But I hate the doctor and have been to the gynaecologist two or three times in the past few months and I really, really do not want to go back. I know leaving BV untreated is bad, but this is presenting less like BV now and more like a yeast infection. And as it's not really causing me any distress... do I have to go to the doctor? can I just ignore it for a while? What's the hazard in ignoring a yeast infection? Something's up, and I have to go eventually, but if you remember me, you'll remember that the doctor is so hard for me. Is it important that I go straightaway, or can I just ignore it for a while?

I pretty much know that I have to go. I jsut need to be sympathetically talked into doing it.

This is my first yeast infection, and I know not to attempt to treat it it via over-thecounter stuff until it is diagnosed offically, but are natural cures okay? I'm not really clear on this.

I'm sorry this is so long. It's just sort of really upsetting to me.