Was treated for BV but still have symptoms

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I agree with Hollis, if you use ANY type of treatment even natural tea tree oil, it will affect the results.

You have to suffer with itch and burn for 2 weeks, then go in and get tested.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone--

Some of you may not know me, I used to post on this group a lot, but

over the last 6 months was doing amazingly better thanks to PT so I

haven't been around.

Unfortunately about a month ago I got BV, which I haven't had in

years. In fact, I haven't had any infections since when I first got

vulvodynia more than 2 years ago. Prior to that I had suffered one

bout of BV and then repeated yeast infections, plus one 5 month long

yeast infection that was misdiagnosed and miserable.

So it has been really scary for me to again have an infection. I was

given Flagyl for 7 days. I took fem-dophilus at the same time and have

continued to take that plus antifungals since the antibiotics finished.

My symptoms have improved a lot but I still have irritation and

itching that are not a normal part of my vulvodynia.

Could it be that I still have BV? What would be a good way to proceed?

I was thinking about trying fem-dophilus vaginally for a week and then

if I still don't feel better going to get retested. But then what

would they do, just give me more antibiotics?

Do any of you who have experience with this have advice? Do you think

this sounds like a good plan? I'm also wondering if I need to not take

any probiotics or antifungals or anything like that for a period prior

to retesting.

And of course I'll probably have to fight the doc just for proper testing.

Any advice much appreciated.

[Guest guest]

, did you try Michele in Raleigh. Tell her I sent you. She

is a really good person and will take care of you. She will not make

you wait a month.

I don't know anything about bacteria, yeast, etc, but I know that

Michele will help you in any way you need.

In NC a good VV doctor is Libby in Charlotte. If you get

Michele to refer you to Libby , you can get in sooner. Libby

knows all about the different infections, pathogens, skin

conditions, etc.

Take care

>

> Hi Everyone--

>

> Some of you may not know me, I used to post on this group a lot, but

> over the last 6 months was doing amazingly better thanks to PT so I

> haven't been around.

>

> Unfortunately about a month ago I got BV, which I haven't had in

> years. In fact, I haven't had any infections since when I first got

> vulvodynia more than 2 years ago. Prior to that I had suffered one

> bout of BV and then repeated yeast infections, plus one 5 month long

> yeast infection that was misdiagnosed and miserable.

>

> So it has been really scary for me to again have an infection. I was

> given Flagyl for 7 days. I took fem-dophilus at the same time and have

> continued to take that plus antifungals since the antibiotics finished.

>

> My symptoms have improved a lot but I still have irritation and

> itching that are not a normal part of my vulvodynia.

>

> Could it be that I still have BV? What would be a good way to proceed?

> I was thinking about trying fem-dophilus vaginally for a week and then

> if I still don't feel better going to get retested. But then what

> would they do, just give me more antibiotics?

>

> Do any of you who have experience with this have advice? Do you think

> this sounds like a good plan? I'm also wondering if I need to not take

> any probiotics or antifungals or anything like that for a period prior

> to retesting.

>

> And of course I'll probably have to fight the doc just for proper

testing.

>

> Any advice much appreciated.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

julie -- i've heard that you need to stop any treatments two weeks

prior to getting tested in order to get accurate results.

hollis

>

> Hi Everyone--

>

> Some of you may not know me, I used to post on this group a lot, but

> over the last 6 months was doing amazingly better thanks to PT so I

> haven't been around.

>

> Unfortunately about a month ago I got BV, which I haven't had in

> years. In fact, I haven't had any infections since when I first got

> vulvodynia more than 2 years ago. Prior to that I had suffered one

> bout of BV and then repeated yeast infections, plus one 5 month long

> yeast infection that was misdiagnosed and miserable.

>

> So it has been really scary for me to again have an infection. I was

> given Flagyl for 7 days. I took fem-dophilus at the same time and have

> continued to take that plus antifungals since the antibiotics finished.

>

> My symptoms have improved a lot but I still have irritation and

> itching that are not a normal part of my vulvodynia.

>

> Could it be that I still have BV? What would be a good way to proceed?

> I was thinking about trying fem-dophilus vaginally for a week and then

> if I still don't feel better going to get retested. But then what

> would they do, just give me more antibiotics?

>

> Do any of you who have experience with this have advice? Do you think

> this sounds like a good plan? I'm also wondering if I need to not take

> any probiotics or antifungals or anything like that for a period prior

> to retesting.

>

> And of course I'll probably have to fight the doc just for proper

testing.

>

> Any advice much appreciated.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi --YES! I have an appointment with Dr. on October 6. I'm

so thankful for your referral because I was honestly at a loss of how

or where to find a decent GYN. Someone else referred me to Dr. Motyka

in Chapel Hill but she is booked up until JULY!

I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks again.

> >

> > Hi Everyone--

> >

> > Some of you may not know me, I used to post on this group a lot, but

> > over the last 6 months was doing amazingly better thanks to PT so I

> > haven't been around.

> >

> > Unfortunately about a month ago I got BV, which I haven't had in

> > years. In fact, I haven't had any infections since when I first got

> > vulvodynia more than 2 years ago. Prior to that I had suffered one

> > bout of BV and then repeated yeast infections, plus one 5 month long

> > yeast infection that was misdiagnosed and miserable.

> >

> > So it has been really scary for me to again have an infection. I was

> > given Flagyl for 7 days. I took fem-dophilus at the same time and have

> > continued to take that plus antifungals since the antibiotics

finished.

> >

> > My symptoms have improved a lot but I still have irritation and

> > itching that are not a normal part of my vulvodynia.

> >

> > Could it be that I still have BV? What would be a good way to proceed?

> > I was thinking about trying fem-dophilus vaginally for a week and then

> > if I still don't feel better going to get retested. But then what

> > would they do, just give me more antibiotics?

> >

> > Do any of you who have experience with this have advice? Do you think

> > this sounds like a good plan? I'm also wondering if I need to not take

> > any probiotics or antifungals or anything like that for a period prior

> > to retesting.

> >

> > And of course I'll probably have to fight the doc just for proper

> testing.

> >

> > Any advice much appreciated.

> >

> >

> >

>