Lindsey Re:physical therapy

May 22, 2008

I hope estrace will help me and if I have to take Diflucan once per

week for awhile (to prevent the estrace from causing yest infection)

it might be worth it. I'm so glad you're much better. I have the same

thing- yeast and BV. I've had a vaginal infection every day since

September, it never goes away (caused by the overuse of antibiotics

last summer when I had a kidney infection). I got vestibulitis from

trying to treat the vaginal infections, all the trauma of allergic

reactions to every medication. Diflucan would stop recurrent yeast,

but what did you do to make the BV go away? Probiotics aren't

recolonizing my good bacteria, so it never goes away.

>

> I had pain on entry and constant pain, plus pain with contact. I

was given all sorts of diagnosis but I really think finding the right

diagnosis with this stuff isn't the most important thing-getting

adequate pain relief is. I had recurrent infections (yeast and bv).

I used long-term diflucan, estrace, and pt. I also did acupuncture

and yoga. I tried neurontin, elavil, and it was not helpful at all.

i also tested positive for Lyme and was treated for that. My husband

did pt on me every day for months and now we're down to 2-3x per week.

I have painfree sex with pain afterwords only 50% or less of the

time. I can wear pants sometimes, working into jeans. I am SO MUCH

BETTER.

> Lindsey

>

May 22, 2008

I did 5 days of metrogel and then 300 mg of

clindamycin a day (on it for about a year now) and my

BV is gone. My dr. tried to pull me off the

clindamycin but it came back. The Metrogel didn't

cause me any pain at all, but monistat or nystatin or

steroids caused immediate severe pain. So, if you

haven't been on Metrogel before, my advice would be to

not avoid it because the other stuff is painful.

Metrogel is clear gel, unlike the other stuff that are

greasy creams. My reaction to Metrogel compared to

everything else was a night and day difference. The

clindamycin was tough on my stomach for about 2 weeks,

but since then has been perfectly fine.

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