Question: I have been on vqtifemr two months. The Nurse Practioner suggested that I reduce the dosage from 3 x week to 2 x week. However, I am finding that the outter vaginal area gets all red and sore when I use it just 2 x week. Should bin to 3 x week. Also using zincofax baby cream is this a good thing to be using or is there something better out there.?

I am finding that the vagifem keeps the inner vaginal area quite moist but not the outer labia area so much and this is where most of the mucosa irritation is now. There is a small perineum area that is always irritated. I bend forward to do my toileting so that the urine doesn't bother it so much. I 've had culture & urinalysis tests done for Candiasis yeast infections ; the results come back negative, but I feel like there is something going on. This "infection" that I think I have is in the rectum too. Is it possible that tests do not always show an infection? What is your take on using boric acid to get rid of a yeast infection? Would it cause my atrophied vagina to become more dry/burn? I can't seem to use Replens or any vaginal moisturizers so far as they all irritate me. Have ordered a very natural product called "Yes" that I am hoping will work for me.

It looks like I am going to have to go on long term treatment with Antifungal medication as I've been using Canasteen Cream for a couple of months already. These were prescribed by a Nurse Practioner and a doctor. The most recent test results showed Negative. I have tried not using the Canasteen Cream and the dryness/redness is still problematic in the outer vaginal area and a sore feeling at the beginning of the inner vaginal opening. I'd love to be able to irriadicate this yeast/fungal infection for good. Its having such a negative impact on my life. Antibiotics cause yeast infection too so they're no good either. It's been a little over a year that I've been suffering like this and its been so hard on my physically and mentally. I want so much to be well. I am in an 8 month old relationship UTI infection and can't have sex because every time I do I get a UTI infection. I am starting to feel like the relationship will not last and that makes me so sad. I follow a candida diet - no sugar, no dairy, eat only the berry fruits, no bread or very little of it. I don't know what to do anymore in terms of fighting for my health.