I have no words. After reading post after post about the women who found that the cause was a rogue tampon, I decided to check it out for myself. Keep in mind that I had been having (other than the smell, regular) sex and had inserted and removed multiple other tampons since the symptoms began. I found it after about 10 seconds. It had turned sideways and got wedged almost out of reach. Incredibly scary to think about since it could have been there for almost a week. If this describes your symptoms, please just double check even if you feel like it is impossible like I did.
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I had the very same symptoms, spotting, discharge, and the funk ... right after a normal period. So I asked my husband who is a nurse to search in there... he didn't find a tampon . I make another apt for a pap because my swab was negative... I have to wait two weeks, so I ask.. no beg my husband to check again...after reading this forum.....and he found shoved as far as possible a piece of tampon that broke away from a tampon!!!!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I experienced all these symptoms, come to find out a tampon had been forgotten up there for a week
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Just found one lodged up there too after having all the same experiences. It’s defiantly horrifying but very relieving. I just hate to think how long it was there!
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I've put two tampons in once or twice before but the two strings always clued me in. This time that brown leaky discharge and foul odor had me confounded. Came across these wonderful posts after a week of it, and sure enough, I could feel the slightest bit of something that didn't have that wet mucus feel. But it was soooo deep inside of me and was in a shape I didn't recognize as being a tampon. I tried and tried to get it out with my thumb and middle finger, but was so afraid to pinch down too hard not fully believing that it was a tampon. Finally I pushed like I was in labor and went as far deep as I could and pulled. The tampon finally came out in the shape of a U. What a nightmare! Considering how rediculously hard mine was to get out, anyone can get theirs out!
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wow, I never thought that reading information such as this would help me solve my problem. I laid back on the bed and wow you guys were right. There it was, hard to get but I got it. My doctor will be seeing me soon. My God this is not good. I am changing how I use these things if I ever use them again.
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Alright people. This is craziness! I stumbled across this page after a late night of panic googling, trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with me. I had a one day period that was pretty heavy, followed by two days of nothing and then three consecutive days of spotting light brown blood. My normal cycle is 5 days, the first two being heavy with 3 light days at the end, so I knew something weird was going on. I noticed the spotting had this awful smell to it...like old blood and fish??? Nasty. I was also experiencing cramping, but no burning or anything when I peed. I took a round of monistat thinking maybe it was some kind of yeast infection, but I didn’t get any results from that. I have a healthy sex life with my boyfriend and I started to think I had some kind of infection or STD!! I’ve only not used a condom with two relationships, him being the second. I started questioning my boyfriend and freaking out...no bueno. Anyways, one night we were having sex and we both smelled the smell and I went to the bathroom and found that I was spotting AGAIN! I went out to the living room and started the panic googling and I found this page and the comments about the lodged tampon. My first thought was “no way in hell” but I read the comments to my boyfriend and he proceeds to tell me that he did “feel something weird” the last time we had sex (now he tells me
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I've checked and don't feel one. Is there a way that it could be very high up there and I can't feel it
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Oh my God that you all so much!!! This happened to me today!!!!! I had no idea what was going on and I am so thankful I found this post!
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I’m so glad I read this - I couldn’t figure it out either and had been with my husband and the smell and discharge was awful! I even went to the urgent care because I thought I had a UTI - which I did - but I still was bleeding and the smell was there after the medication was finished. I am 52 and hardly use tampons but I knew I had with my last period so after reading that others has some how forgotten I decided to check and like them, there it was - I can’t believe it but am so glad I found the cause and that nothing worse happened to me as a result!! Thanks for this posting everyone!!!!
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I'm on the pill and I'm bleeding now when I'm not supposed to and it have an odor with could be the reason
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I just wanna say this post just saved my life. Sure enoughmy dumb ass forgot to take out a tampon and I was tripping for like almost 2 days like what's that smell.
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I went to the doctor for that and they said I was perfectly healthy and that it was just depression.
(I don't feel depressed)
Not wasting time and money on another doctor.
I search the internet for answers because going to the doctor solved nothing.
(I don't feel depressed)
Not wasting time and money on another doctor.
I search the internet for answers because going to the doctor solved nothing.
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