Going to the Doctor

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I first noticed something was up “down there” when I had a horrible smell during sex with my ex boyfriend last summer of 2013. I immediately visited my doctor who informed me I that I had Bacterial Vaginosis. She prescribed me Metronidazole (Flagyl) gel to treat the BV, as well as Fluconazole (Diflucan) to prevent/treat a potential yeast infection which is likely to occur after taking the Metro. I asked her if there was anything I was doing wrong that was causing this - and she informed me that no, BV was "normal" and about 33% of women will experience it at some point in their life. She did recommended I eat more yogurt. 

 To be clear, I'm pretty sure I've had Bacterial Vaginosis all my life, because I didn't realize it was abnormal to have a slightly bad smell down there, and yellowish discharge. I had been living with this all my life! Anyway, I'm so glad I went to the doctor last summer and realized it's something I need to fix. 

 At this point, I was very optimistic about fixing the problem, but as you will read on my blog, the answer to fixing Bacterial Vaginosis was no so easy as filling a prescription... 

 Thanks for reading and please share your experiences with doctors below!

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  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    Hi Jennifer,
    Thank you for starting this forum. I've been battling bv for almost 6 years now, with no success from metrogel and the clindamycin gel I just used seemed to work for all of 2 weeks. I did have much longer term success after a 10 day tindamax treatment, but it returned after I had a major illness (I also didn't have much sex during that period, and I guess I'm okay as long as I stay abstinent! I never have odor, however, which I attribute to my steady diet of probiotics. I plan to try a long term acetic jelly or vaginal probiotic course (one and then the other if I meet more failure) so I will definitely comment on the site if I have any luck! For me it's more of a problem with painful occurrences after sex than the fishy discharge, but there are multiple strains and obviously little knowledge out there! I would consider one more round of Tindamax, but obviously not satisfied with antibiotic solutions so far.

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    1. Jennifer CarltonJanuary 30, 2015 at 12:21 AM

      Thank you for yoru comment!! I will have to look into Tindamax! Luckily I don't have the pain after sex. My issue is the smell of the discharge. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and best of luck!

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    Has anyone usedVH Essentials Odor treatment? I heard so many positive things about it.

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