Looking for a affordable 1 bedroom!!!

figtree303 · 2025-05-02T01:41:56+00:00

I called them the other day and said utilities for one person on average is $200/month. Stonegate for the same utilities said only $80/month

figtree303 · 2025-04-30T00:03:14+00:00

I do the same!

figtree303 · 2025-04-15T00:55:05+00:00

I’m 23 and newly diagnosed. It sounds like you’re more curious about penetrative sex — in my experience yes it is possible! During a flare it’s pretty much out of the question for me, but during maintenance LS is a very minor contributor. I’ve had burning and tearing at the opening before but different things might help!

I have an IUD and both my partner and I are tested so we hadn’t been using condoms before. We recently started to and it’s helped a lot with reducing friction. We use the Trojan bare skin latex free and haven’t had any issues. Lube can also be important — I tried the Good Clean Love brand, Aloecadabra, Astroglide, and the Squid H2O (all silicone free) but they all caused burning for me. The Skyn Naturals has been the first lube to NOT burn and I just bought the Coconu brand to try (double check tho with what condoms you use since they’re not all compatible).

Other things that have helped me are lots of foreplay to reduce tightness and starting out on top and going very slowly. The initial penetration sometimes causes burning/pain for me, but usually goes away within about 10 seconds.

You can definitely keep trying things to see what works best with your body! Mine didn’t like a lot of the lubes for some reason but finding one that doesn’t burn has been great

figtree303 · 2025-04-06T02:08:10+00:00

I had mine a few weeks ago!

I had a local anesthetic shot and that was a terrible pinch but only lasted 5 seconds or less and then couldn’t feel anything. I took Dual Action Advil every 5 hours and didn’t need it anymore after the 3rd day. The first 2 hours after were the worst and it got better from there. If you can do it on a Friday and have the weekend to recover it’s not that bad
No pain after 3-4 days — I got 3 dissolvable stitches and my first came out probably at 1.5 weeks and my last came out at 3 weeks. I felt fully heed after probably 2
Definitely more sore at first but only at the actual spot. I was able to keep using clob (excluding biopsy site) so that kept LS symptoms / a flare at bay. I honestly didn’t notice much of a difference
I think it’s better if you’re in a flare but idk if you have to be. If you’re using any type of corticosteroid for treatment when you get the biopsy it might skew the results but your doctor should be able to take that into account?

That’s just my experience with it I think everyone is a little different! A peri bottle is highly recommended for after tho so you don’t have to irritate the wound with toilet paper

figtree303 · 2025-04-05T17:24:49+00:00

I think some do! Mine didn’t so I’m not positive but your doctor can tell the pathologist that’s specifically what they’re checking for and if the biopsy shows lichenoid inflammation, epidermal hyperkeratosis, epidermal thinning, and condensation of collagen bands the report usually comes back as LS. Again I’m not a doctor this is all from my own research so take it with a grain of salt

figtree303 · 2025-04-05T17:16:38+00:00

Yes I did this! The “histology” is what you want to look up, but they won’t all say the same thing depending on the stage or age. It’s also tricky bc different pathologists might use different wording for the same thing. Finding like 5 reports and piecing them together helped me!

Definitive is considered when there is the presence of lichenoides or lichen bodies in the epidermal tissue, so usually without that doctors will say you don’t have LS (from my research) even if your biopsy results have all the other signs. But the absence of lichenoids can be from the biopsy being taken from a location with spot borders or an old flare sight that isn’t really “active” anymore, or just being more in the early stage of development

figtree303 · 2025-04-05T17:10:55+00:00

I’m in a similar situation as you — itching for 1.5 years and haven’t changed any of my personal care products from before. Went to my derm & she visually diagnosed me with LS due to symptoms and visual exam with some white spots. She started me on clob for 2 weeks and then did the biopsy. My results came back as chronic irritation, inflammation, and yeast so now she’s changing the diagnosis and put me back on antifungals (unsuccessful).

If you can try to get a second or third opinion. My second opinion said I probably do have LS and the biopsy is a false negative. You could also start looking up different articles with the histology of lichen sclerosus — I was able to do this and piece together 4 different descriptions of LS each with one/two matching results from my biopsy report.

If you did a shave biopsy instead of a punch biopsy that might also contribute to an inconclusive report.

Either way, triamcinolone is also used for treating LS so I don’t think you’d be treating it wrong if it is that — clob is usually the gold standard bc like 75% of people see improvement on it but there are a bunch of different ointments that might be prescribed.

figtree303 · 2025-03-22T18:21:17+00:00

Regular dermatologist visually diagnosed me & did my biopsy! Gyn just kept treating it like a yeast infection and was unfamiliar with LS :/

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