The dreaded no-underwear day...

For the first time, it's too painful for me to wear underwear. Too binding. Any suggestions? I'm lounging around in loose pajama shorts but at some point I have to leave the house! This is so overwhelming.

The only thing I can think of is wearing loose clothing with no underwear underneath, not very helpful I know. Or take some painkillers to decrease how much you feel it?

Yep, wearing some loose exercise pants... it's burning so much! I wonder if it is anything I have eaten or done. Sorry for the complaints, guys... when anything changes, I just get so discouragd.

no apologising! ...thats what I use this site for, for venting!! Otherwise I think I would completely loose the plot

Its odd when it flares up and you cant figure out what caused it. I try to drink loads of water when it does, it probably does feck all but it makes me feel like im doing something!

maybe a cool sitz bath?

hope its easing off a bit now xxxxxxxxx

Hi.When i get a bad day that's what i do is drink lots of water, i think it does help, and also if you do a bit too much it all flares up. Trouble with this nightmare is it's different every day. on my really bad days i also used icecubes wraped in a thin towel that can help. I.'m always trying to think is it something i did or eaten that's made it worse, but to be honest that the way this thing is ,it's not anything you did.
Hope your not so sore today.

maggie x

yeah i hate it when it flares up and you cant figure out why!! I usualy just wear a long skirt with no underwear..even if u go out no ones gonna know.

Yeah and take a painkiller if its still bad today

Hope u feel betta?

xxx

well half a bottle of wine and a trawl around the shops with the girlfriends def' doesn't help matters...found that out today. grrrrrrr

Yep I was ok this morning and then bang it crept up on me..started out as itching then proceeded to stinging etc...dont fink the wine helped me much last nite either grrrr

yep ditto! im exactly the same today. stoopid wine - even caused a hangover, the cheek of it! Alcohol is evil especially when mixed with bumping into the ex boyfriend and having a bicker. Hopefully made him feel a bit cack...the prat deserves it!

Stay away from those exes... at least for a good while! I definitely steered clear of the wine last night...it can help for a bit but then I get a little too introspective and sad =P

Burning got better the other day so I did a light workout, but then I felt worse after. My boyfriend's brother was home from college so I wanted to hang out with them and another friend, but I felt so gross I left to go home...then started crying in the car and went back because I knew there was no other reason I left but because I was in pain... oh, this sounds so stupid, haha. They made up a nice little cushiony couch for me to lay on instead of me sitting on a hard chair. I am not sure why things have been getting so much worse...mgiht it be because I switched birth controls? My doc says some theorize that when you have been on birth control for an extended period of time, your estrogen receptors get burnt out and they essentially try to 'drain' what they can from the skin. There are lots of other theories she mentioned, such as that taking too much in the way of antihistamines & allergy meds can dry you out anywhere... ehh. I am 3/6 weeks through the Diflucan yeast treatment and I just seem to be getting worse. I am very crampy so maybe it is the Seasonique birth control...will email her to find out.

Have a good afternoon, ladies -- I think you guys are +5 hours from me? It's just before 10 am here.