Hi All,

Sorry for the lengthy message. Last year I started to experience symptoms of severe itching, bleeding during sex (not lots just spotting), changes in discharge varying from lumpy to very watery. The discharge varied in colour from dark cream to clear. I went to the drs for this once in summer last year where I was told I had thrush and prescribed medication which cleared it. It then came back (same symptoms) just over a month later but with some lower abdominal pain so I went back and was then diagnosed as thrush and BV which seemed to resolve again with medication. Again it came back where I was then diagnosed with thrush again. Each time they said my smear was not due but given the vaginal swabs came back as thrush /bv it settled my mind.  I’ve never experienced thrush and BV before now apart from once during my pregnancy so this has completely thrown me as to why it’s now recurrent.

Since then it has been on and off which rather than going to the drs has cleared with medication over the counter. I’ve since had two UTIs which included blood in my urine both cleared with antibiotics.

My smear was due in May which I booked but it then came back that it could not be tested and I needed to wait 3 months. I have now convinced myself that something serious is wrong. I’m still experiencing the same symptoms on and off with varying discharge/itching, bleeding during sex sometimes etc, lower back and abdominal pain which seems to be around ovulation but also my little keeps getting in our bed so this could also not be helping with the back ache/tiredness. I also suffer from very low b12/iron which is being managed so some of the symptoms could be crossing over.

i know that nobody can diagnose me other than the GP but could the recurrence of symptoms be caused by cervical cancer - can it cause recurrent Bv/thrush? I’ve convinced myself that this could be something bad and I’m terrified. I go to call the drs and then put it off out of fear but have never delayed or missed a smear. I’m hoping I could just be unlucky and now suffer from recurrent thrush/bv or could just be experiencing perimenopause but any advice or experience would be so greatly appreciated.