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Help! Ahhh!!! I can't stop itching. This is terrible. Maybe someone can help?
Here is the entry I posted a few days ago and an update:

"I went to see a specialist and I have been symptom free from vulvalar vestibulitis (pardon my poor spelling) for months. I know the pattern of it is it waxes and wains. Over the past two days it seems I am having some internal itching around the inside of my opening. Feels sort of tight and it comes in waves throughout the day. I have no discharge, smell, bumps, nothing out of the ordinary. Just the wave of itchiness through out the day. Seems worse then yesterday. I attempted to have sex last night and I wasn't able to get as wet as I normally do and it just seemed tight and uncomfortable so we stopped. I am due to get my period in roughly 4-5 days. Would anyone happen to know if this is just the vestibultis peaking it's head or does it seem like something I should immediately go get looked at? Has anyone else had this and had it go away? I am paranoid it could be yeast and had a diflucan laying around so I took it for good measure.
Any advice? Thanks VP."


Here is my update. I went to my OBGYN. Got tested. No STDS, BV, Yeast, or UTI... Okay time to panic. What is going on with me? If it's vulvadynia related I have never had this itching symptom before and now i'm starting to get a thick paste like discharge. It's moved from around the outside to deep inside of my vagina where I can't reach. It's gotten so unbearable that I am at the point where I am wearing a tampon throughout the day to get some relief. :( Taking an antihystamine twice a day but it does nothing. I feel so unsexy and so uncomfortable. I'd give anything to get this to stop. This has been going strong now for about 4 days. My period may start any moment now. I am hoping maybe it will flush whatever it is out... a girl can only hope...

Any advice VP? Has anyone else ever had this happen? What were the results?
Addition information: I have had paraguard for a little over a year with no problems.

Hello, everyone! So I'm taking a Biology of Sex class this summer and my final project is going to be about the "sexual revolution" and how throughout history our idea of sexual pleasure has evolved and changed and the impact of it on different social, cultural, and religious structures. My report can contain videos, pictures, interviews, movies, etc. and I need to have enough stuff to talk about to fill an hour.

So my question is, does anyone have any recommendations on this type of topic? I'm looking for social, religious/spiritual, and scientific views on the topic of sex and how it is viewed in popular culture. I'm also going to try and interview the owners of some local adult video/toy stores to get their input. Informational websites, books, documentaries, etc. are encouraged!

I want to get all sides of how sex is viewed in today's world, and how our opinion of it got to where it is now. I'd also like some historical stuff (like ancient pornography, etc.) so I can get a "then and now" kind of thing.

I'm also looking for any fiction or non-fiction movies that promote sex and/or promote abstinence and the main plot of the movie (or even books, actually) is all about how sex is viewed in the public eye.

As for scientific stuff, I'm looking for things that give information as to the biological side of why human sex is so different from other animals and how that may be going against the "standards" of evolution.

I'm also thinking about briefly touching on the subject of rape and the different definition it has in the public community and the scientific community. But someone else is doing this subject, so I'm not sure I'll include it. But still, any information touching on this subject in a biological sense would be great.

All of the above is more in-depth things that I'm considering discussing, but my basic idea is how sex has been viewed throughout history.

Thanks for any and all help, and if anybody else has some suggestions on what might be interesting to put in my report, I'd love to hear them!

*Edit* Reworded it to better get across what it is I'm talking about and looking for.

Hey all,

I come to you with a quandary. For the past two months, I've been on Amethia (lovelovelovelovelove it) to control some nasty PMS symptoms. Since my boyfriend and I are very long distance, I haven't really been too worried about pregnancy protection. Since pregnancy protection wasn't a concern, I've been taking my pill anywhere from 9AM to 1PM instead of on-the-dot perfect.

Well, due to some unforeseen circumstances, I'll be visiting my boyfriend for a week. We always always use withdrawal in combination with other measures, so we do have at least one back up measure.

What would you say my level of protection is? At this point, I'm just finishing a second month of continuous hormones and have another month to go before my withdrawal bleed. I've taken a pill every single day (none missed, only a bit late).

Thanks for any help!

It's me again, with a final post to close the book on my ongoing saga with not being able to pee!

After 5 MRIs (brain, spine, etc), the MS neurologist did not see any lesions indicative of MS, although she said they can't rule it out completely, and I am to return if I have new symptoms or in one year otherwise.

They did find a syrinx/hydromyelia/syringomyelia (apparently all these terms mean the same thing, an enlarged spinal canal) from T6 to T9, which is pressing on the cord and may be causing the neurological problems. I am happy enough with this explanation, especially since they did not mention an associated tumor or Arnold-Chiari, which means it is probably idiopathic or a result of physical trauma (perhaps being thrown against walls a lot when I was younger).

I'll have to meet with a neurosurgeon though to look into the cause a bit more and keep an eye on things. It can be progressive, but can also be a stable condition - hopefully it will not progress to the point where spine surgery is needed.

I will need to continue cathing though, and I've had infection after infection... it's seriously a pita. I try very hard to be sterile, but the shitty urologists gave me exactly two disposable catheters, which I've used for the (almost) one month since I last saw them. I don't think they ever really believed me about the problem, but that's a different rant. My MIL, a former med tech, thinks the reusable catheters are the reason for my recurrent infections, and that I should use new ones each time or at least each day. Does anyone here have to self-cath? Any advice to avoid the infections?

My doctor just called to tell me that my pap showed abnormal cells and that I tested HPV+. I know the abnormal cells thing can be caused by a number of things, so I'm not worried that it's cancer just yet. But I'm baffled as to how I got HPV. I'm in a monogamous relationship with the only person I've ever had sexual contact with. She just saw her GYN last month and all of her tests came back negative. So where the heck did it come from?!

I'm scared shitless she'll think I've cheated on her, and I haven't. She's the absolute light of my life and I would die before I would do something that would knowingly hurt her. This is why I'm sitting here sobbing my eyes out trying to make sense of this. I'm not concerned about my health - I mean, of course I am, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it - but I don't understand how this could have happened. I'm so scared I'll lose her over something I didn't do.

hi all! this isn't exactly vagina related but i dunno where else to ask hah! i am a curvy girl who wears a size 12 in pants/shorts usually. mediums/larges in dresses, depending on the brand/if the top half fits my boobs (i got 36DDD's) oh and did i mention i'm only 5'2? needless to say in the summer i get pretty sweaty in those areas. what i have the most trouble with is my inner thighs/where my thighs and butt meet. when i wear dresses or skirts i pretty much always have to have something underneath or i get sooo chafed--i live in a city so i walk a lot. up until now i have taken old pairs of plain black leggings and cut them into little shorts and that's what i wear...but sometimes i feel like it's a bit bulky and i would like to hear from anyone else who has this problem? is there some kind of tiny lil pair of shorts i can buy? I've tried one of those shaper things thats like a pair of shorts, but obvi it sucks everything in so when i really just wanna wear the dress and nothin else it's too uncomfortable.

EDIT: thanks so much for your comments everyone! will have to try some of your suggestions out! :D

Hello Superstars.
I'm not quite sure what's going on with my body.
I'm 25, nulliparous, sexually active with one male partner, and we use condoms or withdrawal in addition to my tracking my cycle with monthlyinfo.com. Having a child is not an option for my partner and I at this juncture. I'm going on my third day of mild cramps and bloody vaginal mucous, but my period isn't due until the 5th. According to my cycle calendar I ovulated around the 20th, so this cramp/mucous deal started about 9 days past ovulation, and a week before my period is due. Does this sound like it's just an early/wonky period, or possibly implantation bleeding? My cycles are usually preceded by some nipple soreness (which has not happened at all), and just one day of this bloody mucous followed by a heavy flow the next day, so if this is a period it's different than my usual. May was a pretty awful month in terms of stress, and that's messed with my cycles before, but withdrawal or condoms notwithstanding, I did have sex close to ovulation. I'm trying to keep calm about this, because it's too early to take a pregnancy test, but I'm a bit of a worrier. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Edited for clarity at 1:45 pm, 05/31/12

Hi VPers,

I've been doing the Atkins diet for about 4 weeks and my period should be coming soon. Although, it's been so unpredictable that I can't say for sure (last month was a 43 day cycle & month before that was 29). Have any of you experienced any effects on your menstrual cycle from lo-carbing? I'm hoping my periods regulate themselves but have also read that periods can initially be heavier or longer after the first few months of going lo-carb. Can anyone share their personal experience? Medical knowledge about how lo-carbing influences hormones in the body would also be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!!!

For the past week whenever I have a bowel movement and I go to push the stuff out I'll have a sharp pain near my right ovary.  Sometimes when i cough I get the same pain.  Heck, even when I pee it hurts near my vaginal opening and my right ovary may hurt.  I also have been feeling nauseated the past few days.  I am nearing my period though, do you thin that is the cause of all this?  If so, what natural or herbal ways can I help with my ovaries hurting and when I put any pressure down there like when I am peeing or having a BM that makes my vaginal opening area hurt.