Clindamycin, Sydney treatment and gluten free

I haven't been on the site for a while because things were looking up. I went and saw Marek Jantos in Sydney and he confirmed my self-diagnosis, but advised couldn't do anything until the discharge I had got cleared up and referred me to Professor Reid who has a surgery at Edgecliffe.

Professor Reid is very nice, but takes a bit of getting used to. I thought he was a bit abrupt initially, but got later he is just really dedicated to his job and is very detailed about what he does (he's rather very sweet). He's theory is that oral medications do nothing and so I've been taking Clindamycin pessaries for the last 3 months. Things started getting much better discharge was normal, odour was gone and my sex drive started to come back. I hadn't been so brave as to think about sex as I'm currently single and there is a big leap to go to someone who would be willing to take that on. However, I had been testing some things out and noticed the muscles were much looser and had found I was able to use the mooncup without issue.

Went back more recently and Prof Reid was concerned that although clearing it wasn't clearing fast enough, I was too alkaline and I seem to be still producing too much discharge. So still on the pessaries and also suggested douching with hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar douche. I started with the douche, and haven't really liked it, even diluted as suggested it burns a little.

What has scared me though is just recently I feel like I've had a massive relapse. I am having a stabbing pain in my stomach, and it's my period this week. I've been using the mooncup really successfully over the past three cycles but yesterday it took me an hour to get it out. My muscles were horrendously tight and I felt like I couldn't bear down at all - like those muscles were too weak and ineffective. It's scary because it's should be such a natural movent, I've never had this side effect before and all I can think of is what if I want to have babies and I can't bear down. I don't know if it is because of the douching or because about 3 days I was testing out my vagina with some masturbation and at one stage it hurt a little more and bled. This has been how it has been in the past too. I'm going really well, symptoms are going and then I have sex and I totally relapse. The frustration is gut-wrenching, feels like I've just had all the hope sucked out of me. I'd been really excited about getting into a relationship lately and I just can't seem to see how that is going to work when I am so not switched on to that because sex doesn't interest me.

What I'm also dealing with is that in response to initial symptoms and suggestions I"m changing my diet to gluten free and yeast free. All of a sudden it's like all these things that I've been eating for years now affect me and trying to manage the bloating, cramping and general diet is taking it's toll.

Ahh it's been a tough week ladies.