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Old 04-16-2013, 02:35 PM   #19
Jackie07
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Re: Libido is lousy and ...

We'd been having the 'non-sexual relationship' (as was defined by President Clinton type of sex since the initial surgery/chemo/radiation in 2003. Four, five years ago, after the recurrence and more chemo, I was given some white plastic sticks of different size to 'dilate' the area. Never did follow the instruction as it was too painful.

Until I did the hysterectomy/oophorectomy which might have loosen up the area. But then UTI hits every time!
Because of my memory problem in the short-term memory area, I could never really remember (unless I wrote it down - and remember where I'd written it down) when and how we did it.

Anyhow, just went through 7 days 12-hour Nitrofurantoin 100mg cap (substitute for Macrobid) to clear up UTI (lab result showed white blood cell and red blood cell in urine) Now my family doctor is given me a six pill prescription (with two renewals) with the instruction to
'take one capsule by mouth after intercourse' printed on the bottle!

Hubby was asked if he needed 'counseling' from the pharmacist when he picked up the medicine for me. He answered: "No, thank you!" ...
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