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Originally posted by roqueemae
Hubby and I used spermicide on his military leave (lots of times ). I am diabetic and ended up with a UTI. I had never had one. This just explains more than the doctors did.
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Well, it probably had a little more to do with the "lots of times"!
I got my first one after my first weekend vaca with the college boyfriend. Mom knew about the vaca and when I came home in excrutiating pain she took me to the doctor. As we drove she said, "In my day, they called UTIs 'Honeymooners diesease'!"
But I'm sure the addition of the spermicide added even more foreign stuff to a sensitive area and encouraged the problem. I hate UTIs - I seriosuly wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. Also, be careful with spermicides. My friend learned the hard way that she is allergic - she said she burned for a day!
Next question - to the women who are on the pill but still want a back-up. Unless you are on the pill for other reasons (acne, endometriosis, etc) why in the world would you continue to put a hormone into your body if you don't need it? I mean, if you're just going to go through the trouble of condoms, or spermicide, etc, just use those methods and save the $ and annoyance of a daily pill. Not judging, just curious.