Wow, Lindsey, that's pretty intense... I'm sorry about all that, as I definitely know how it feels to have your own body turn against you. Sometimes I really envy the fact that guys have their stuff on the outside, where it can't get infected or affected by birth control and hormonal changes every month, etc etc. Seems like having a dark, wet place with lots of sensitive tissue is just a evolutionarily bad idea... why women?! Anyway.
Maybe I should add this to the thread on lucky/jealous stuff about the other gender...
To answer some random questions: I decided it was a yeast infection because of the cuts/fissures, which apparently are common with yeast. (There's another thread I started in the Ladies Lounge on this topic.) So I started Monistat 3-day... today's the 3rd day so I'm gonna see what happened when we try to have sex. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't... I've tried Diflucan but it hasn't always worked, same with Monistat (generic)
And yes, I do LOTS of foreplay before sex, and usually pee immediately after sex... Analog, the peeing stuff has to do with clearing the urinary tract in order to prevent UTI's, but that's not as related to yeast infections (as far as I know). The doctor knows about my recurring infections and chalks it up to the birth control, as the hormones wreak havoc with other chemicals in the body, etc.
I LOVE BEING FEMALE. Really, I do. (Gaaaah!)