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Very interesting... reminds me of most of the doctors I talk to about this.

"Here's some nystatin, it should fix everything". And after that, "Here's some diflucan, that should fix it." And the "broad range of symptoms" they mention, well, those could describe lots of things! Sure, I can click off several things on that list, but I doubt that means much. And that's the feeling I get from reading the rest of that info.

First of all, I want to re-iterate: I don't have a vaginal yeast infection. For breastfeeding moms, thrush affects the nipples and milk ducts. That's it. If baby gets it, it affects their mouth. But my daughter (thankfully) never showed any physical signs of having it herself.

I've been symptom free for over a month now, so I guess I'll just hope it's gone. I was just hoping there was some sort of treatment I could use once I'm done nursing that would for sure erase every last drop in my system. The other problem with yeast is that there's many different forms. For example, with my first outbreak, nystatin worked great. Second one, not so much, but diflucan did. Third time, diflucan didn't do anything, but gentin violet did. It's like the strains mutate, which makes it even more frustrating.

The only medication I take is a low dose progesterone-only birth control pill. I don't have much faith in the pill-form pro-biotics; I've always used Bio-K during my outbreaks, but it's too expensive to use every day.

Thanks, Shawneric.

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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