I'm going to have to try to be clear here, but I'm dead scared atm so sorry if it comes out sounding like rubbish...
I'm a regular mner (of course, why else would i have bought a mooncup!) and have been using a mooncup for 2 cycles. A couple of weeks ago I noticed general soreness 'down there' and wondered if I might be getting cystitis. Nothing much happened, and we went away on holiday for a week. When I came back I felt that things still weren't quite right and went to the doctors, who said it was probably thrush and prescribed canestan. This made it worse! Then I started another period, so couldn't do anything until that was over. Didn't use the mooncup this time!
Have been back to the doctors today and she has noticed two small ulcerated areas on my labia (sorry if tmi). Genital Herpes is not likely as I'm in a monogamous relationship (and haven't had sex without a condom for years anyway). That leaves 2 possibilities, trauma or cancer.
Sex life is of the normal, married kind so can't think of any reason that sex would have resulted in any injury. The only thing I can imagine is that in inserting and removing the mooncup I could have caused some damage. Obviously I'm sooo hoping that this is what it is as the other alternative is too scary to think about.
What do you think? Has anyone else hurt themselves by using a mooncup? Is it possible?
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could the mooncup have caused this??? (tmi alert)
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tryingnottopanic · 21/08/2006 11:24
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