My History

My issues started shortly after sex with a new partner. I initially thought I had a terrible yeast infection. I was treated with diflucan and waited to get better. After about a month of visits and no improvement, I was tested for everything under the sun (diabetes, stds, yeast, etc.). All my tests came back negative. My practioner tried a variety of different treatments with no success. We tried lifestyle changes (cut out sugar, double rinising clothes, special toliet paper, white 100% cotton underwear, etc.). My partner was re-tested for stds--all negative. I kept getting worse and worse. The ongoing burning was so bad that I could barely sit a work. And quite frankly my mental health was beginning to seriously deteriorate.

My practioner referred me to a specialist. I was re-tested and subjected to a variety of new tests. We initially treated to get the inflammation down with steriods. We then tried clindamycin internally for two weeks. Initially that appeared to be a miracle cure--my pain went away, I got the DIV diagnosis.

Disappointingly, a month later we were back to square one as the burning, pain and discharge had returned. We then tried Vagifem and topical estrogen. That seemed to be working. I have now been taken off the Vagifem and am waiting to see what happens.