BV infections and LEEP

[deepcrimson.livejournal.com]

does anyone know of any good ways to avoid getting bacterial vaginosis or is it just something once you get it, you just keep treating it ?


i've had my second one around, but not as much. the only way i could tell i actually had it was cause my urine had a distinct odour to it and some minor discharge, not as much as the last time. I decided to get a swab done, and my doctor was actually pretty sure I didn't have one, but lo and behold, I did. results came back today and it was positive.

the good news is that when i went for my colposcopy the second time around(from past HPV that's been treated), I didn't have to have a biopsy done! this time last year, i was booked for surgery in feb to have a LEEP procedure done because of results of a colpyscopy and biopsy. i go for another pap smear in 6 months, so hopefully that will come back normal as well(while i wait for the results of the one i just had done).

what i would like to know from this community is if any of the other women in here have gone for the LEEP procedure more than once and how often it is that that might happen.

Comments

[alliecat76.livejournal.com]

I'm confused: Is the LEEP for the BV, or do you have HPV too? I never knew a LEEP was used for anything but HPV/dysplasia, but you don't mention that problem in the OP, so I'm assuming the LEEP is related to the BV?

I'm confused... Either way, I hope everything works out for you. My cousing got LEEP twice for HPV/dysplasia, and that was four years ago, and nothing has since returned.