AIBU to wonder how anyone manages a 10-day thrush treatment?

No need to go back given GPhas seen you once. Just ring reception and tell them what you want, that pessaries don’t work.
they may offer a phone call at least if they need to.
My GP wouldn't, theyd just change it.

meant to say no tights or tight trousers/jeans. if you can wear a nice loose dress ideal time of year and cotton pants only. i found peeing before and after sex does help with things UTIs and thrush too

Just use a liner. I did a thrush treatment once a week every week for the best part of 6 months

Oh my days - sorry but you just have to get on with it like the rest of us -use pads to catch the residue and any other cream you're using! You've not had a baby then after which you seem to bleed for an age?!

Are you doing anything to prevent it OP? You're blaming the gym and leggings but surely after this treatment you want to try and stop it coming back?

i have done the ten day and for a few months it went, i think my menopause is the problem, if you are that age think about hormone cream. yes the pessaries can be very messy but wear a panty liner so you dont end up with it in your knickers its worth doing

Pads seems pretty counter productive though, you need cotton underwear to keep things breathing. Wearing pantyliners and pads can exacerbate thrush.

More likely resistance to Fluconazole but it you haven’t tried it yet you could try a couple of doses which you can buy over the counter and do the prescription treatment if it doesn’t clear.

Don’t waste an appointment going back just because it’s messy.

If you are getting recurrent thrush and have a partner is he being treated too? Men can harbour the infection but not necessarily show any symptoms. Do you use sex toys? If so are sure they are thoroughly clean before use and clean afterwards. If you wear a G string stop. The thin string between your legs can rub backwards and forwards can transfer microbes from your back plumbing to your front plumbing. Avoid man made materials that do not breath. Cotton knickers are better. The yeast that is Thrush loves a nice warm damp environment. Also when using toilet paper make sure you wipe form from to back. If you use a bath rather than shower then do not use bubble bath or anything like that in the water. Showering is better. Use Femfesh (or supermarkets own brand ) ph friendly wash for your vagina. Try to pee after sex. Use Canestan combi either a solid pessary or soft one or the internal cream with a tube of cream for the outside. The solid pessaries are a bit rough when they come out of you and make your inner labia a bit sore. If you use panti liners for the mess use a cotton faced type. Hope all these tips help.

I agree, I seem to be on a doom loop with thrush and pessaries that isn't working. I haven't tried the tablets though , I didn't realise that was even an option until reading this thread.

Have you had your blood glucose levels checked?

I had this for months had my coil removed then treated ans put bsck in 3 months later. It started after a painful smear test and I surmise that it was that that triggered it

Hi op you don’t use toilet paper with anything added to it do you I had thrush once for absolutely ages back & forth to dr then someone mentioned about toilet paper and I was using the perfumed type or added something or other once I stopped this thrush eventually left not to return thankfully.

Side note but maybe you should try cotton or merino wool leggings (moisture wicking) if this issue keeps happening due to sportswear. Natural fibres are breathable

So do but either an organic pad or a maternity pad as these don’t contain nasty chemicals in them that tend to irritate things down there

I also went on the contraceptive pill as I was as breaking out nearly every month…. The one the doc gave me has stopped my periods entirely which means for me no more thrush.

also don’t know how old you are but could it be perimenopausel symptoms? Just a thought. My skin is the best it’s been since I started hrt.

Fair enough, though if she had recurrent problems she should probably keep on at the GP.

You can buy both that and the pessary over the counter.
I used to get it a lot too, but 1 pessary and 1 tablet on day 1 and then same 1 week later and then I haven't had it for ages. Only time I had a multiple course of pessaries prescribed was when pregnant and couldn't take the tablet

Could you use a tampon to hold the pessary remnants in/absorb it while you exercise? It shouldn't stay up there for long if you vigorously shower up there. I'd wear baggy workout bottoms for now as well.

I hope it works! 🤞 X

I bought a 7 day course online last year.

I use cotton reusables. Normal pads were a nightmare with thrush (and scented ones are the work of a particularly sadistic demon).

I think they'll only sell single tablets though rather than a course - If OP has been given a ten day course of the pessary, it may be she needs a seven day course of the Fluconazole.

I always found it disappeared after 3-4 days of treatment. Just use pads.

GP was pretty useless, just kept prescribing Fluconazole, seemed to give up when the six month course didn't work. Then I saw a lovely trainee GP, who was very enthusiastic and determined to do something about it. After a couple of appointments with her she referred me to the sexual health clinic, and they diagnosed the lichen sclerosus pretty much immediately and referred me to dermatology, though I never saw them, they passed me on to the women's clinic who confirmed the diagnosis (thankfully without a biopsy.) All the swabs taken had shown a thrush infection, the last one at the sexual health clinic also showed that the strain was not resistant to Fluconazole.

I've been using steroid cream for six months now and the lichen sclerosus is under control, and I've just finished another six month course of Fluconazole, so fingers crossed without them endlessly triggering each other the thrush will stay away and the LS will stay in remission.

Pads and period pants are not good for thrush though.

I think OP this is the old chestnut of gynae problems being dismissed. Ive just had same issue for BV - given pessaries when tablets have sorted it in the past. It’s so annoying having to fight for these sort of things.