Thrush

[Millabajack]

I’ve have endo, adeno and a history of cysts.

Last year I was suffering with extreme bloating and nausea and I paid to see a private gynaecologist who put me back on the pill alongside the mirena and I improved.

Now at the end of every period I get thrush 😢 and before every period I feel like I have a water infection 😢😢.

My period finished yesterday im now feeling thrushy and I have these awful heartburn pains too😢😬 im fed up, I can’t afford to go private again.

im contemplating coming of the pill ?

geting a drs appointment is impossible and I dread to think how long I will wait to see a gynaecologist im at the end of my tether and I don’t know what to do next x

Any body else suffer in a similar way 😢

[emeraldlove]

I’ve just come off my period and have thrush!!! it’s awful and caused me to have an endo flare up right now i’m in agony.

The start of my periods feel like a UTI too!!

I use the pessary and clotmizole ( not sure how to spell it) cream.

Message me if you want xx

[Millabajack in reply to emeraldlove]

Hi emerald I feel better just knowing it’s not only me. Sometimes I feel like I’m going mad. Every month it feels like I get rid of one thing and then something else starts. It’s frustrating there’s seems to be know support from healthcare, drs aren’t trained enough and getting an appointment for gynae is like 12 month wait. I used the pessary and cream last month and a prescription of antibiotics for uti😢I suspect it’s going to be the same again this month.

I hope you feel better soon x

[Annabelannabel]

I suffered loads of thrush for years I found it subsided with hormone therapy for endo it must be hormone dependent. I am pretty sure it's related to endo

[Reddog8]

I had this problem years ago, as part of my endo journey but I remember my gynaecologist saying use the pessaries not the tables or cream to get rid of the thrush. She also made me use at least two one after another so use one for 24hrs then use the next one! It sort of shocked the thrush and it eventually stopped. However, I would say speak to a medically trained person before doing it but that did stop mine. Good luck as it’s just an add on to the pain you’re already suffering.

[Millabajack in reply to Reddog8]

I’ve had this problem in the past but not for a good few years. I’ve never rated the the thrush pills and last month I used the pessary and I’m off out to buy another one today. The trouble is getting any kind of advice or guidance is near on impossible, the drs are clueless or ignorant to it and gynaecologists waiting times are hideous.

I stopped taking my pill last night as I’m sure hormones are causing this, but no doubt I’m just swapping one problem for another.

If it doesn’t stop next month I will do what you did, because even on the pessary leaflet it says you can repeat treatment 3 days later, the thrush treatments aren’t cheap either.

It seems like endo journeys are never ending 😬

I hope you have more good days than bad ☺️

[Reddog8 in reply to Millabajack]

I am sure it is hormonal, I also wonder if you could get a few of the pessary’s on prescription as you’re right they are very expensive. I agree this disease is so miss understood by GPs and wait lists are so long. I am 48 now and have had numerous ops for this but two weeks ago I had a partial hysterectomy with excision surgery and I am very excited for the out come. One bit of advice that I got from this great platform is that if you do get to see a gynaecologist make sure they specialise in endo and not just general gynae problems as I’d been making that mistake for years, and after waiting so long to see a specialist you want to make sure it’s the right one otherwise you can feel so disappointed.

[KFC020923 in reply to Reddog8]

My gynae basically told me the Mirena IUD was the reason for thrush, in not so many words, if it’s something you are prone to then it’s something they really should warn about the Mirena IUD. My gynae placed me on 1 fluconazole tablet per week to keep it at bay and that seems to work. I’ve forgotten to take or for a few weeks and period symptoms just finished and here comes the thrush, frustrating! Note to self to set a reminder weekly!

[sleepywelsh1]

I've got adenomyosis and had terrible backache, bloating and constipation before periods. I then started flooding so after tests was diagnosed and had the Mirena inserted. I ended up having it removed because it gave me terrible migraines and I still had my adeno symptoms. The migraines have improved but the other symptoms are still there...even though I no longer have a period, I constantly feel like it's about to start.

[Millabajack in reply to sleepywelsh1]

Yes the mirena gives me a monthly migraine often lasting days buts it’s worth it for the lighter periods, but despite this it doesn’t make the days before my period much better. I often feel you get rid of one symptom to start with another. 12 months ago my bloating was so bad I couldn’t walk, talk, or even sleep without dry heaving for hours on end, it’s a horrible illness that seem to have never ending symptoms and more needs to be done about it. I hope you feel better soon x