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For a few weeks now I have had this bad pain coming from my vagina. I went and saw my Dr and he said I had enlarged skenes glands and thought I had a diverticula on my urethra. I had that test done on me yesterday and the 2 xray techs told me they did not see diverticula and that the xray looked ok. One of the tech had worked for a kidney center for 30 years, so I'm guessing she knew what she was talking about. In the meantime, I am still hurting bigtime. Those glands are still swollen and it hurts like heck to sit down. Its causing pain to radiate down my left leg and my joints are hurting. I myself think I have a bad infection and I need to be put on strong antibiotics. I also have a prolaspe ueterus and bladder and that just adds to the pain. I woke up this morning and took more Advil. I dont see the Dr until Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, does anyone know what I should do? I have a refill on Keflex( I know Keflex is good for absesses and infections ). Should I call in the refill on the Keflex and start taking it until I see the Dr on Tuesday? I think I have an idea what caused it as well. I had a very bad itch and I itched and itched and then about 2 weeks later, I started having these problems. I think I let the infection get out of hand and now its time to bring out the bad boys of antibiotics. If anyone could offer me any advice, I would love to hear from you. I hate being in this much pain. I had to go and buy more Advil so I wouldnt run out of it. Hugs to all of you!!

Ally

Hi Ally,

These are questions for your doctor. Hopefully he’s available by page and if not, has an on-call service, He’s the one who needs to make the decision about the antibiotic as well as something to relieve your pain. Keep leaving messages to let him know the severity of the situation and if it gets unbearable, go the the ER.

Hugs,

Christine

Is keflex an antibiotic? Because if you had a yeast infection that caused you to scratch the area the way you described, an antibiotic will only further throw off your system. I would take a probiotic supplement (acidophilus, etc) to try to reestablish the good bacteria. Even if that's not the reason that you were itchy, it can't hurt.

Other than that, I'd wait to see your doctor before taking anything.

Hope you feel better soon.

~Erin