New Experience - LS and Urethra
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I have struggled with bladder issues for a while and was just about to order a new prescription for anti biotics. Then realized that: LS fusions melted away with the use of baking soda, however, the urethra likes a more accidic environment.
Yesterday I rinsed instead with a bit of organic apple cider vinegar in my Perin bottle, just a thin layer at the bottom and you won't believe the result: Almost immediately the bladder infection was calmed down. (and that next to drinking lots of ginger licorice tea, made from the real roots)
What I think I understand now is that the urethra wasn't happy with a continuous alkaline environment, necessary to make the fusing disappear. That last part of fusing above the clitoris and urethra was stubborn, to say the least. And the harder I tried, the worse it got.
Today is heaven, the bladder infection is gone, that little swelling around that area has vanished as well. I don't know how to proceed from here on, but I will have to consider that LS and urethra have needs that lay on opposite ends.
Perhaps other people may have an understanding of this issue as well.
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Bridge_of_Sighs hanny32508
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There's a website called living with Lichen Sclerosus from the states. It's got a green band down the left side and the moderator is called Dee. I know we can't post links so I hope that helps find it. There's a subsection on it called 'temporary relief' that mentions vineagar. I'd bought some but was too scared to try, so I'm really glad you posted. I'll give it a go now.
There's other suggestions on there too, I've only just found it, but the info looks good. Hope to get a chance to read it all properly next week.
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andrea58721 Bridge_of_Sighs
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hanny32508 Bridge_of_Sighs
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Chrisy deborah82032
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andrea58721 hanny32508
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Guppy007 hanny32508
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hanny32508 Guppy007
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So I now know that you can rinse with a very small amount of organic apple cider vinegar in your Perin bottle till your urethra is happy again and after that it's back to the baking soda rinses and baths.
Stuck between the wall and the ship - A real challenge to keep both urethra and LS happy or at bay.
Guppy007 hanny32508
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Bridge_of_Sighs hanny32508
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I'm wondering what to do next! esp. after seeing your post. I think I'll keep going for another day or so and watch carefully, then feed back. Just goes to show how different we all are doesn't it?
I tried Rosehip oil a while ago - all sorts of claims made for that but I didn't feel it was right for me. I still have the Jojoba and chamomile mix, but will see how the vineagar goes before I add anything else to the mix. I've always got my bicarb-coconut-emu combo to fall back on, which I know keeps me comfortable most of the time, though not moving forwards.
hanny32508 Bridge_of_Sighs
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Me too - I'm not sure what to do next. I'm going back and forth from apple cider vinegar to baking soda rinses. However, I still think that this is 'going forwards'.
I so start to have the feeling that LS has to be treated in various stages and steps. Most of us have started with the Clob regiment early on, after that less Clob and more controlling with baking soda and coconut oil and diet and now adding apple cider vinegar in the mix. Is this the course LS has to run?
Bridge_of_Sighs hanny32508
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Bridge_of_Sighs hanny32508
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She also made cake and I couldn't refuse without offending her, so it could be sugar too.
I was putting neat vineagar on once a day, and it felt as if things were getting better. It certainly soothed me. I also kept on with my coconut oil as much as I could, but hard when you're away from home.
Got to rush but wondered how you were getting on with vineagar Hanny?
hanny32508 Bridge_of_Sighs
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About the apple cider vinegar - I stopped as soon as all was well. Now I'm back to baking soda rinses, because the LS didn't really like the apple cider vinegar. Urethra and LS have opposite needs, I now know for sure.
In case the urethra acts up again, I will use apple cider vinegar again, but not any sooner.
lynne1945 hanny32508
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hanny32508 lynne1945
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I already hinted on that earlier. So I encourage people to use apple cider vinegar only temporarely.