Hey girl,
I was reading this old post:
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/WomensHealth/messages/674.html.
There's another one too. Let me go back and find it. Hope all is well with you. Will write more later...gotta get these kids to bed!
Here's the other old site:
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/WomensHealth/messages/188.html
No real answers, but at least some possible temporary solutions. Was talking to my good friend the other day and she said to stop checking things in the mirror! Give myself a break from it. I figured she's probably right...lets see if some of this itching is psychosematic...kinda like if you think about head lice, your head will itch! I had a good couple of days. Everything looked and feeled a little healthier down there. (o.k., so a snuck a peek here and there). But today....ugh...feel so dry, the inside is red and irritated. One cut that cropped up late in the day. Trying to drink more water...so hard. How's your meds working? I ordered up my suppressive therapy. I'll take it for awhile to see if it helps. If not, I'm headed back to the Dr. I wonder if that Western Blot Test is easy to get. Do most labs do it? So much talk on those old forums about yeast, the occurence of cuts around monthly cycles, birth control...wonder if my BC has anything to do with it. Wish I could remember time lines. I just started taking this pill in October of 2006. I've been taking it continuously (without having a period) to see if it helps ward off the monthly migraines. Seems to lessen them to every other month instead of every month. Who knows, there always seems to be someone that shoots down each possible theory. I do think that hormones play a part though.
Take Care!
j
Once again. I agree. We are so much alike. Well, I had another herpes select test done at the planned parenthood closer to my house. I do believe I have it as what else would explain all of these tears and irritations for so many yrs. still think it is awful weird my husband doesn't have type 2. As I said, he has 1, thanks to his uneducated mom. I think she is better now and she knows she better not kiss my kids with a cold sore. Anyway, I will let you know what my results are the second time around. If pos, I won't freak as I already did that recently when I found out. It is all so dumb as I have always wondered for yrs, with all of the irritations I have had and I had heard here and there that herpes can appear as cuts, nicks, tears, scratches, rashes and abrasions. Mostly heard that stuff online. Anyway, I think you can get a western blot through Quest diagnostics (a lab) and or go to planned parenthood, your doc or a clinic and get a repeat herpes select type specific test. I will read up on some of the stuff you gave me with regards to tears, yeast, etc. Yes, to answer your quest, I do think the acyclovir is working or maybe it just is not time for cuts, tears, redness, swelling and irritation yet. I will let you know what my second test reveals. I am thinking it will still be pos as they say it is 97-100% accurate or more. Will be in touch. Hope we can talk more frequently but sounds like we are both so busy with fam, work, life, etc. Look forward to hearing back from you soon. Good luck and take care, EB
p.s. Maybe we should start a new posting to post back and forth or at some point figure out a way to reach eachother without having it be public knowledge, before this post ends up in archives and difficult to dig out. Let me know what you think. So glad I have you to relate too. Sounds like we have so much in common and feel the same about it all too. Take care, EB
I would like to get in touch somehow....I've been trying to figure that out. What about yahoo messenger? Perhaps we can sign on under the same "handle"?
anxious to hear your results. So here's a personal question....are you and your husband using condoms now, or is he not worried since he hasn't gotten it in the last 14 years? Still haven't got a test for my hubby...he's out of town right now, but I may suggest getting a test at Planned Parenthood when he gets back. Things haven't been in tip top shape down yonder (as Grace would say! :) anyway, so sex isn't something I've been craving...well, not totally true, but you know what I mean! Think I need to order that lube that Grace recommended. Don't know if you had a chance to read over those old forums yet, but I related to the girl that said the KY really didn't feel very good. I tend to get a burning sensation with the stuff and she seemd to have the same trouble. Interesting. Too bad we can't have a "My Vagina Feels Like ****" Conference and get us all torn-up vagina people together! :)