Has any experienced intense vaginal itch that lasted several weeks? I'm talking the kind that keeps me bedridden.  I'm on diflucan, though my yeast is gone, and heavy does of steroids I just started.  All tests, except yeast, came back negative. I'm 49, hormonal/perimenopausal and in terrible pain.  I'm using vagisil and linocane for the itch.  I'm terrified this itch will never go away.

Does anyone have any real evidence that augmentin -an antibiotic i have to take for 11 days, really does decrease the effectiveness of my birth control? Ive seen quite a few people post answers saying that most antibiotics dont really effect birthcontrol..

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http://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/news/20060103/less-sexual-desire-after-pill

Anyone have any more information about this? I've been wondering about this for about a year now. I got off the pill for about 4 months and my sex drive still did not return. I talked to my doctor about this and she said there was no evidence of the pill causing prolonged libido problems after taking it, so I got back on it. This is incredibly frustrating and there really should be more studies involving this. :(

Do you think it is acceptable to mention a Professor Emeritus in an SOP, as a third or forth faculty member of interest?

Thanks!!

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I don't know if this is just my body being really irregular or what, but i got what i assumed was my period ten days ago, i think on dec 21st, which was more than a week early by my count, and usually i'm around 27 to 30 day girl, so it definately caught me by surprise, normally i wouldn't expect my period until like today. I had pretty regular period like cramps, bright red bleeding, absolutely nothing dark or clotty, the latter of which is more normal for me. it only stuck around for two days. if that. and then disappeared. typically, my periods last between 4 to 6 days.

Now i'm not on any HBC, and the only method we use is withdrawl. my partner and I had sex in the days prior to me getting my 'period'. what i'm worried about is that maybe this was actually implantation bleeding. but everything i've read describes implantation bleeding as very light spotting. I wouldn't describe this as spotting. I don't know whats going on. and to make things worse i woke up this morning with more period like cramps and feeling generally like crap. like i was going to start my period. so now i'm just baffled. although i haven't started yet.

whats going on? oh and just for details once again, i'm 24, not on BC, not using condoms, and wondering if implantation bleeding can be experienced as more than just light spotting. or if my body is just being crazy. i've never been this irregular.

For the last week or so I have been having these really weird feelings in my lower abdomen/pelvic region. The best way I can describe it is a tightening, then pushing/pulling feeling, and sometimes a slight fluttery feeling. I have had my period since I was 13 and have never had this feeling, so I don't think it's just PMS related. It is not painful in anyway, just really weird. The people I described it to said that's exactly what a baby kicking around feels like. I have had a completely normal 28 day cycle wrt my period since the last time I had sex, and I have ALWAYS, without fail, been completely on schedule as far as my periods go. I had 2 negative pregnancy tests, so I'm pretty positive this isn't a pregnancy. I'm just wondering what else this feeling could be? I don't have insurance, so I don't just wanna go to the doctor if this isn't anything serious at all( and really my only options at this point would be ER/Urgent Care.) Also just FYI I DO NOT cannot stress enough DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT WANT TO BE PREGNANT (so it's really not just wishful thinking/hoping/etc.) I'm just at a loss, because every symptom I google comes up with something pregnancy related.

Current Mood: anxious

First, I just wanted to say thank you to those kind ppl who answered my last question. Based on the responses, I have given a lot of thought to getting a VCH piercing. I've done a lot of research and looked at a lot of pictures but I'd like to know what you guys think about it. What was the experience like? Did it enhance your sensitivity? Was it worth the money/trouble? 

Anything you're willing to share about getting your VCH piercing would really go a long way towards helping me make my decision. Thanks so much!  

Current Mood: curious

( Full of triggers/uckiness, but medically speaking...read if it won't bother you. )

 So as posted a while ago I recently found out I have HSV. What I need to know is that, generally, are sores kind of roundish?
I'm still trying to figure out when I'm having an outbreak and I think I may be having one now. I have an open cut on my perineum, where sores have happened twice before since I've had HSV.  It looks more like a tear than something that swelled and then opened (as far as I understand this is what happens? something like a blister that then opens up?) .
Basically I don't want to use my Zovirax if this isn't an outbreak, as I cannot afford to misuse it.

Also. There needs to be a facebook version of VP too. All in favor?