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Originally Posted by sad21
GINGER ARK!!
WOW! you didn't do the h.p. douche? how did you get rid of the bacteria? just by the acidphilus vaginally? i thought you did cause i read your first post and you said that you will wash or douche? i forgot. i was just so excited that you did all that research and i was reading every word in all your post...i'm a dork, i know! how exactly are you doing the acidophilus vaginally.....like every other night? and when you have sex did you use a lube with the condoms too? how do you know when you can stop using condoms? sorry for so many questions but i need all the help i can get. my doc doesn't care about my health and i don't have insurance either. each office visit is so expensive and i'm also a single mom with 2 kids and their father doesn't give me money for child support either, but that 's a different story!
i'm so happy for you being bv free, i want to be like you!!! i hope i can. i just ordered the biofem.......thanks to you!!
sad21
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sad21 - I used the refrigerated Primadophilus Reuteri orally (3x/day) and I bought a powdered variety of the same thing to insert vaginally with the unsweetened, unflavored, organic yogurt. Honestly, I only did it a few times because it was just really icky.
The condoms we used had a small amount of lubricant on them,
but no spermicide. Spermicide is very mean to a vagina with BV. Ouch. After I'd been symptom free for about 2 months, we had sex without a condom once. I waited to see how it would go. Things seemed okay. So we just progressed cautiously. I now take the precaution of using a little Active Gel right after sex.
The good news for you is that you can buy
all of these treatments without a prescription. You have the ability to cure yourself
and track your progress (if you buy the pH strips) without having to see a doctor or use insurance at all. Certainly doing this under a caring doctor's supervision would be preferable, but the truth is that many of us have been seeing doctors for years, & that was no benefit.
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Originally Posted by msoftshell
You are correct Ginger Ark. I am currently taking 800 mcg of folic acid a day, 5 mill acidophilus, and 1 probiotic as well. Will this be a lifetime regimen? I'm still odor free though, and small discharge every now and then. But, still some lower back pain every now & then. No pain anymore from sex, I feel great. Thank you all again
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I wonder if this will be a lifetime regimen for me too. But I figure that having to take a little pill every day &/or use the gel every once in a while is a good trade-off. It's far preferable to the way I was living before.
I'm so glad you're finally getting relief.