So, now I have a few questions that are buzzing around my brain. Did you get checked fcr Sexually transmitted diseases when you went to the doctor or did you just tell them you were having trouble peeing? Did you and your partner use a condom, each time, you had sex? I'm going to assume no to both of these questions and move forward from there.

What you tell me you are experiencing sounds like a sexually transmitted infection. A STD can be passed through having unprotected sex and it can be CURED or at least treated so you don't have those symptoms, IF you go to the doctor and get examined. I'm thinking you could have contracted, from your boyfriend or other previous partners you might have been with, that it's either chlamydia, gonnerhea, or Pelvic Inflamatory Disease. Whatever you have though MUST be treated by a doctor, otherwise it stays in your body! Your symptoms might disapear, but IT WILL come back if you don't get the proper medication to treat it. This does NOT sound like a urinary tract infection, so although you went to the doctor, you must go again and tell them something is up with your genitals and you need them fixed, pronto. No trying to fix it yourself, it is out of your hands now, even if the symptoms go away. Even if the symptoms go away it is still there and you still need treatment so go to the clinic now and get checked out properly by the doctor. No douching, no feminine deoderant sprays, etc. When you develop a funky odor, that's your body's way of saying "Hello! We have a problem down here that needs to be fixed!" So, now where can you be treated? Look in the yellow pages for a women's health care clinic that offers std screening or testing. Is there a Planned Parenthood near you? Check out by calling 1-800-230-plan. It won't show up on a phone bill and a recorded voice will tell you where the closest one to you is located, based on where you are dialing from. You could even go to your doctor, just make sure that the place offers CONFIDENTIALITY, if you don't want anyone to know you have been there and for what. If you use your family's medical insurance, they will be billed and it will list what you were examined and treated for. If you have an open relationship with your family members-Great! You won't need to worry about this, but if you don't and they would freak at the thought of you having sex, go somewhere where it is confidential. If it is any of the things I mentioned, with medication, they are quick to fix.

But, the longer you go without treatment, the more damage it can do to your body, so don't fret and trot yourself over to a clinic soon! After you deal with all the med stuff, you might choose to think about why did you all of a sudden get this? Have you been with other people before him and never got tested for std's before? Had he been with other's before you and didn't get tested? Did you cheat? Did he cheat? You can choose to have a conversation with him about all this, but know this, std's don't come out of the sky. They are passed on from person to person. If it turns out you do have an std, you should, for your own health, tell him you do, because he will have to be treated for it also. Otherwise, he'll just give it back to you if you choose to have sex again with him. So, he might have to be brought into this conversation. Lastly, if you contracted a std you are more to become pregnant if you aren't on any other form of birth control. So, keep that in mind. Those sperm and infections were strong enough to cause some commotion, make sure that is all the commotion drawing they did, get a pregnancy test done. You do not, nor should you, suffer with those awful symptoms. Go to the doctor, tell them the truth about what you do in bed, if you are protected or not, and get well. Good luck and oh yeah, this doesn't sound like it was caused by a tampon, unless you left one in your vagina by accident and it's old. It happens WAAY more than you think, but again a doctor would need to take a look. Megan Andelloux

Reviewed by: Kathleen VanKirk DHS