Buzzkill of the Day
Thrush.
Ugh.
I have never had that problem with antibiotics.
Oh course, I have been without access to proper health care for most of my adult life (and my adult life started in the mid teens) so I have not really been on antibiotics or other meds, for that matter, much at all.
Neither has my mum (had the problem), so she didn't understand why I was so reluctant. I'm told there are special pills you can take at the same time to prevent it, so I will.
It must be horrible.
It is, and I've had it all my life when I had to be on antibiotics. And then making it go away is even more horrible.
If you take probiotics you'll never ever have those kinds of problems again for your whole life. I forgot that was even a thing, I thought we were being grumpy about the pill being ineffective.
Yeah, but can I take probiotics and antibiotics at the same time? A lifetime without it sounds fabulous, I haven't had it for over a year and it's been blissful.
Yeah, probiotics are just microorganisms, like in yogurt.
Yup, I know. I'm saying I should probably wait till after taking the antibiotics, because hey, a strep infection has to go away sooner than the other thing.
Everything on netflix is awful. People aren't even trying any more.
More snow has come, and it'll probably keep on coming the rest of the month. Hurry up, April.
Actually, yeah. Listen to Skydoll.
And, um, tmi... while the problem is happening, a spoonful of plain yogurt put in the yoni, then just lay there and let it set for a while.
It is more soothing than anything and gets all of those probiotics straight to the source to deal with the problem.
Whenever I have that problem (rarely) that is my cure. i have never had to buy over the counter stuff or deal with an ongoing thing. Just a spoonful of completely plain yogut. Couple times a day if need be and the problem is gone within a couple days.
Irina, eat some probiotic yogurt.
When Lucy was a little newborn I got thrush in my nipples a couple of times. That sucked.
I'll EAT yogurt.
Hahaha. Ew.
Yeah don't put it in your... anything dairy based seems weird to me. Just take cranberry pills, and if you HAVE to put food up your uhm, "yoni," make sure it's beer. Not even kidding, it's the same pH balance.
haha. Ew so gross.
You'll let a penis in there but not some medicine. Because you can buy the medicine in the dairy isle.
Cause penis' are so less gross than yogurt.
Penises aren't cold.
Pretty sure cold is soothing when things are burning and itchy.
I'm just saying dairy usually contributes to overgrowth of yeast in the body, not to mention when it becomes warm it's like the top breeding ground for non-helpful bacteria. More so than meat and only slightly below sugar.
Oh man.
It's not burning or itchy, just unpleasant.
Just don't put anything in there. It's not a cubby hole.
I've always used yogurt.
It was first prescribed to me as a cure by my midwife seventeen years ago, a midwife who had been practicing for over twentyfive years at that point.
Other women I have suggested it to have told me it worked wonders.
that's all I have to say. I suppose. I am not just making things up.
Of all the other things a woman lets go up there, a little yogurt won't hurt, and will most likely help.
I hate this thread right now.
I wasn't saying it doesn't work, just that I'd be very weary.
Did midwife have tricks for idiot-cramps and nonstop sneezing at 4 am because...
Nah. But my prescription for all those other sorts of problems tends to be wine. Or beer. Cramps, mostly wine.
Wine makes everything better.
Yep. Me too, and I am participating in the convo.
It is going to completely repulse all of the boys tomorrow.
'Course then again boys are pervies and the subject is whether or not to put something in the vagina. They may be conflicted. Probably not. Most likely repulsed. But lets not ask.
I put Frubes up there. For later.
I too enjoy a Go-Gurt from time to time. I'm glad we had this conversation about snacks to put in our mouths.
I can't follow 780 new posts... but I'm pretty buzzkilled for the night.
You know in all the years I've been here I've never been sigged?
This isn't MY buzzkill but this morning, I caught a ride with two friends who also had business in the same part of the town and at the same ungodly early time. One of the friends slept late. We rang her door bell and she came out with one of the larger afros I've seen up close in recent memory (she's black, tends to wear t-shirts and her hair naturally but a little more more under control usually). My other friend falls to her knees in laughter (she is also black but wears tapered skirts, weave, and a judgmental attitude) until she finally chokes out, "You need to go back... and pull yourself together unless you want to get roasted on."
I was like... "Goddamn it Friend #1, it's too fucking early to crush a girl's self worth like that. Plus, I don't have two hours to kill."
Friend #2 has feelings of steel and went back inside. We were all very late to everything.
There was a story about a woman down here who got booked into jail and they searched her and she had drugs in her butt crack and a gun in her vagina. It was sticking out.
Of course it was sticking out, a vagina isn't that long except during sex.
This conversation.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Geeeez. 40 new posts, so I open this thread hoping to see some drama, but nooo. It's all about what doesn't go inside a not cubby.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
DRAMA.
Speaking of birthday parties, I went to my boyfriend's mum's house tonight for his brother's birthday meal. Earlier I had my top left wisdom tooth taken out but it's fine, it mostly doesn't hurt that much etc so I had a bit of food with them (just rice really) and then right at the end of the meal I started sweating loads and like I was going to faint, so I went out to the back garden and I was feeling very weak like I was losing control and it was scary. Then I just puked and puked in their washing up bowl! Everyone was just peeking around the back door worrying about me.
Then after I'd puked and ruined everyone's meal I felt better and we left with a nice bag for me to throw up in on the way home. I feel okay now. But so embarrassing!
It was probably because I took this pretty strong codeine pill before I'd eaten anything. I just couldn't wait though! Codeine! =(
Do not eat salad out of Amii's boyfriend's parents' washing up bowl.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Didn't someone around here pee in a salad bowl or some such?
What I was referencing here, yes.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I should be a professional party pooper.
That was really unfortunate, Amy. To be a real party pooper you would've just stayed at home in the first place. At least you made the effort!
Did you have to use the plastic bag?
No and that's a score because I needed a new waste paper bin liner.
Did you know plastic bags cost 5p each here now? So I have less available than before.
A bleach thumbprint on the bum of my favorite skirt.
At least I noticed it before I put it on, but the skirt is ruined.
Everywhere in Wales? I think M&S charges for just the bog standard one in England but everyone else gave up on trying to positively encourage shoppers to recycle.
Which reminds me when I was in Ladakh they had recently banned all plastic and paper bags. You were supposed to bring your own cotton bags and baskets to carry stuff home in. It was a pretty cool idea except when you, the supposedly worldly backpacker turn up at the counter of the little 3rd world grocery shop on a massive hill and the 10 year old cashier looks at you like you're a massive western scumbag. Really embarrassing.
Irina is baking bread and brewing beer.
This is why we can't have nice things.