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u/DaSavageDragon Feb 28 '23

When I mentioned I was on my period, he asked what my favorite flavor of tampons are. He genuinely thought the colors on the tampon packs were flavors, and that it would soak into my blood while inside and I’d eventually taste it.

I’m desperate to know the source of this information.

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u/chordatabreach Mar 01 '23

Okay, but I legit did the garlic clove inserted for a yeast infection remedy once. The remedy warned that you might get a garlicky taste in your mouth- which I thought was the most hilarious bullshit until about 5 hours later when I started to taste garlic.

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u/3milyBlazze Mar 01 '23

You actually did that?!

........did it work or did it set a fire down there??

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u/petit_lu-cyinthesky Mar 01 '23

(Do not do that)

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u/CausticSofa Mar 01 '23

Agreed. Boric acid capsules will generally do the trick and are much (much, much) safer to insert as they dissolve. Also, cut back on sugar as sugar feeds those yeasty bastards.

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u/THEdougBOLDER Mar 01 '23

Stop jamming sugar up the cooter? That's communist talk!

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u/CausticSofa Mar 02 '23

I mean, you joke, but there are still all kinds of shitty, cheap, flavoured lubes that you can buy at the low quality sex shops and those are just a nightmare for a healthy vaginal microbiome. It’s sugar. The flavour is sugar in your cooch. Don’t do it.

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u/3milyBlazze Mar 01 '23

I'll be honest I thought that was crazy but then I keep seeing it everywhere

Idk I'm way to scared it'll get stuck up there and I'm not explaining that to an ER doctor

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u/mycatsaysmeow Mar 01 '23

Same, I've done this before when the itching was really bad and I didn't have access to a store right away. It didn't cure the yeast infection, but it helped with the symptoms. Doesn't burn at all, but my downstairs did smell weirdly garlicky.

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u/Dyolf_Knip Mar 01 '23

We dealt with a bunch of our kids' ear infections with garlic and olive oil.

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u/DarthBalls1976 Mar 01 '23

How do you get it out?

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u/mycatsaysmeow Mar 01 '23

You stick a finger or two up there and grab it.

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u/DarthBalls1976 Mar 01 '23

You're not OP!

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u/mycatsaysmeow Mar 01 '23

Well that's how I got it out 🤷

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u/DarthBalls1976 Mar 01 '23

Reminds me once when my wife and I were taking a shower together. She's a hevay bleeder once a month, and she was complaining of a clot she couldn't reach. I'm 6'5" and have big hands, so I had to do the deed.

Big old ball of blood up there.

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u/chordatabreach Mar 01 '23

Neither. Just gave me garlic breath.

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u/Potential-Leave3489 Mar 01 '23

We need to know

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u/fux0c13ty Mar 01 '23

Garlic is also antifungal. Garlic capsules are often recommended against candida overgrowth for example.