Let It Rise?


DISCLAIMER!  Dudes and sqeemish ones, you may want to skip this post. 

Yeast. In some cases a wonderful thing. It helps produce the most wonderous breads, beers and wines among other things.

There are other times when yeast is kinda sucky. Most you ladies know what I am talking about. I just had a conversation with a young lady who complained about being uncomfortable because of a yeast infection.

I, of course, had to do the proverbial 3 miles to school, uphill both ways , in the snow. I told her, “At least it's no longer a damn trip to the doctor as it was in my day. Suffering, knowing exactly what you had, having to wait for a opening, to find a doctor to stick his face where is really doesn’t belong,  only to tell you you have what you already knew you had and then send you on a trip to the pharmacy, waiting endlessly while all you wanted was a warm bath and a chance to scratch in private.”

Too graphic?  I know, I know but seriously, at least now at the first sign a gal can run to the drug store and take care of business and be on her merry way within a few hours.

For you ladies that long for “simpler” times, remember no credit cards in your name, unable to purchase a house, sexual harassment was not a thing and, yes, yeast infections that the powers that be deemed us too stupid to recognize and care for. I’ll take today over that any time.

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  1. AnonymousJune 26, 2018 at 12:17 AM

    No idea about the yeast infection. It is better to consult a doctor...

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  2. Debra She Who SeeksJune 26, 2018 at 6:11 AM

    Thirty years ago when I lived close enough to the US border to go do some cross-border shopping, I always used to buy a tube or two of over-the-counter Monostat to have on hand, just in case. Canada maintained the requirement to see a doctor and get a prescription longer than the US did. I remember writing a letter to our federal Minister of Health complaining about the situation. Then the law changed -- thanks, no doubt, to my letter, LOL! But once we could buy Monostat over the counter too, it seemed I never got another yeast infection after that. Figures!

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    1. Linda dJune 26, 2018 at 7:07 AM

      SAME!!! I think I purchased it once since it became OTC.

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    2. MarthaJune 26, 2018 at 7:37 AM

      You are very influential, Debra! LOL Thanks for that. I am so glad we have these things available over the counter.

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  3. LollyJune 26, 2018 at 6:49 AM

    Would you hate me if I told you that I have never had a yeast infection?? It's true. I never have. And also...IMHO, sexual harassment has always been a thing. Women just didn't have the resources to challenge it back then.

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    1. Linda dJune 26, 2018 at 6:55 AM

      Exactly!!! But when women complain they got fired! Crazy isn't it?

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    2. Linda dJune 26, 2018 at 6:57 AM

      Also....you are so lucky!!! Not fun.

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  4. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)June 26, 2018 at 7:09 AM

    OMG this made me laugh for a non laughable subject. Too true!

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  5. JeanieJune 26, 2018 at 8:14 AM

    I get them with antibiotics and now the doc knows when I call in to just prescribe the diflucan pill and it knocks it out fast. Very annoying!

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  6. JonoJune 26, 2018 at 10:28 AM

    Glad I didn't read this.

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  7. BirdieJune 26, 2018 at 10:40 AM

    Have you seen the commercial of the woman sitting in class and she is squirming around because she’s so itchy. It’s hilarious.

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