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To ask is this normal or not? Pic (Possibly tmi)

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Tootsey11 · 12/08/2020 21:24

Just that really, is this usual for anyone else?

2 months this has been happening, sometimes shorter ones sometimes longer.

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Youngatheart00 · 13/08/2020 13:49

If I were in your shoes I’d follow up with a phone appt and demand a referral to gynae. As you say it’s not just he discharge but also physical discomfort. If it was something more sinister you don’t want to just be fobbed off by your GP.

gobbynorthernbird · 13/08/2020 14:02

I think you need an appointment with a female doc, that is definitely not normal. Sorry that you've been fobbed off.

endofthelinefinally · 13/08/2020 14:32

Agree with pp who suggested cytolytic vaginosis.

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Tootsey11 · 13/08/2020 14:34

No other Gp's at surgery. I've been waiting 2 years for gynae app, and won't be seen until next year.

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Tootsey11 · 13/08/2020 14:38

Read up on that, my symptoms do disappear when on period. Off to buy some baking soda. Anything is worth a try.

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FinlandFlag · 13/08/2020 22:37

Could you be allergic to the mirena coil?

Hiddennameforever · 14/08/2020 10:20

I got this in my lungs. It’s white cells Eosinophils.
Allergic reaction.
In my case It’s in my lungs.

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Tootsey11 · 14/08/2020 17:20

@Hiddennameforever, allergic reaction to what?

How did you know. What were your symptoms?

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Honeybobbin · 14/08/2020 22:37

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Tootsey11 · 14/08/2020 23:35

Thankyou @Honeybobbin. I did find some of the comments ott. I only started the thread hoping that someone had been through similar, and would put an end to these horrible symptoms. I do believe now that I have cytolytic vaginosis. All the symptoms tally and I have started with baking soda baths and also made a paste out of it to use as a cream. This is truly horrible and I've struggled since May with this after taking two courses of antibiotics for coronavirus side effects.

I just want to be able to walk and sit without pain!

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Honeybobbin · 15/08/2020 00:10

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Lovemusic33 · 15/08/2020 08:40

OP, your best bet is to phone sexual health clinic. Like you I have been back and forth to the GP with women’s issues for 18 months, being fobbed off and refused a referral to gynaecologist. A few days ago I went to a sexual health clinic, they were amazing, gave me an internal exam and took swabs (something go has never done), took bloods and ran loads of test, I am still waiting for some test results. I have been told I likely have PID and I’m now being treated with a load of antibiotics, if these don’t work then I will be referred for more tests. I am so angry with my GP for fobbing me off, I don’t think they take woman’s problems that seriously especially in healthy women.

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Tootsey11 · 15/08/2020 08:50

I suggested to the Gp that I go to the sexual health clinic.

His reply " what you wanna go there for" , I said they could maybe give me an answer quicker, than all this guessing.

He asked had i been with anyone new, no same partner for 20 years. "Well then you don't need to go"

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Northernsoullover · 15/08/2020 08:51

Hi OP, I'm sorry your thread got derailed by childish and pathetic posters. I had a copper coil, not mirena but it caused me no end of problems. BV (that was nice Blush). Pain, and general malaise. I would seriously consider getting it removed. They may be great birth control but at the end of the day they are foreign bodies in your body. When I had mine removed the nurse said 'ooh yes there is a bit of a smell'. I think all the time I'd had it there was a low level infection down there.

Northernsoullover · 15/08/2020 08:52

Oh and absolutely go to the sexual health clinic. No one knows the reproductive system better than those lovely lot.

slipperywhensparticus · 15/08/2020 08:53

@Tootsey11

I suggested to the Gp that I go to the sexual health clinic.

His reply " what you wanna go there for" , I said they could maybe give me an answer quicker, than all this guessing.

He asked had i been with anyone new, no same partner for 20 years. "Well then you don't need to go"

which is bullshit because even long term partners cheat 🙄 and FFS you need help medical help the sort a fucking GP is supposed to provide

your GP sounds like an arse

Youngatheart00 · 15/08/2020 09:00

If you are subsequently diagnosed and treated by the sexual health clinic and you’ve been repeatedly fobbed off by your GP, I think it’s well worth making a formal complaint to the Surgery and CQC (The regulator) regarding clinical negligence. Especially as he has repeatedly refused to refer you to gynae and his comments re sexual health clinic show a real ignorance / lack of understanding.

When I hear of things like this it makes me worry so much for older people or those who are vulnerable who don’t or can’t challenge or make repeat visits

hamstersarse · 15/08/2020 09:07

It started after antibiotics...which destroy your good gut bacteria and often leads to candida. Not just externally but internally.

I’m with the pp who suggested you need to quit sugar and yeast for at least a month. Candida feeds off sugar and starch.

Definitely definitely try that. The post antibiotic starting is the clue here.

Lovemusic33 · 15/08/2020 09:12

@Tootsey11

I suggested to the Gp that I go to the sexual health clinic.

His reply " what you wanna go there for" , I said they could maybe give me an answer quicker, than all this guessing.

He asked had i been with anyone new, no same partner for 20 years. "Well then you don't need to go"

Sexual health clinic isn’t just for STI’s, there are many infections not caused by STI’s and having the coil can always cause an infection that can lead to PID if left untreated. They can also advise on wether the coil needs to be removed.
roundtwotooto · 15/08/2020 09:16

OP I hope you get to the bottom of it. It’s clear how uncomfortable and worried you are.

The people making daft comments should be ashamed of themselves.

gamerchick · 15/08/2020 11:03

@Tootsey11

I suggested to the Gp that I go to the sexual health clinic.

His reply " what you wanna go there for" , I said they could maybe give me an answer quicker, than all this guessing.

He asked had i been with anyone new, no same partner for 20 years. "Well then you don't need to go"

You need a different GP I think.

Sexual health is just that. They know their stuff like for real and it's all in one place and a lot quicker than going through a GP. It's not all about STDs.

BadTattoosAndSmellLikeBooze · 15/08/2020 11:12

He asked had i been with anyone new, no same partner for 20 years. "Well then you don't need to go"

Well he’s really not very clever is he. A partner of 20 years could have cheated and then passed something onto you. (I’m not at all saying your partner has cheated, just that this doctors point is completed flawed. There will be many women who have got an STI from a partner that’s cheated.

Also, as others have said, sexual health clinics offer much more that advice/treatment for an STI.

Change GP. Hope you get it sorted.

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Tootsey11 · 15/08/2020 19:09

Well, I'm now burnt red raw thanks to the baking soda. It looks horrendous. I'm ready to give up.

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Didkdt · 15/08/2020 20:44

Oh Tootsey get down to the GUM clinic