microbiome test help
hi, i need (professional) help administering a self-test microbiome vaginal kit from Juno and don’t know who to turn to. i’m in my 30s and i’m asexual (truly ace, never had sex or any interest in it) and i have never been able to insert anything down there (not tampons, not fingers, not toys- especially not a long swab stick thing) without pain and nausea. my obgyn know all of this and called it Vaginismus. (she had recommended a pelvic floor specialist if i ever want to be sexually active, but that’s sort of besides the point.)
anyway, my vulva has been frequently, frustratingly, and embarrassingly itchy for about a year now. my obgyn did a “wet smear” for yeast infection & BV and that wasn’t it - but she noted visible redness/irritation and gave me a Triamcinolone Acetonide ointment to heal it, but after a few weeks, that still didn’t help. (there was relief but only temporary, it keeps coming back.)
so i still don’t know what’s wrong, and now my obgyn is backed up and i can’t see her for at least a month. so i ordered a thorough self-test vaginal microbiome kit that tests for all sorts of bacteria and and yeast, thinking i might be able to do it myself but surprise surprise! i was wrong. so now i have this kit and cant do it myself but still want the answers it could give.
my question is, if i schedule an appointment with my obgyn for a month or two from now, is that something she could possibly do for me? like, is that a thing a gynecologist could do?? her receptionist wont answer me or pass on the question for me; instead she insisted on scheduling a phone appointment (over a week away from now) just so i can ask the dr this question myself.
and follow up question, if not her, then who? is there some kind of (professional) vaginal guru wizard who will stick a swab in me for 20 seconds?? (i’d ask a close friend for help if i had one, but i don’t, so that’s not an option either - and no i’m not looking for someone random to volunteer either). for context purposes only, i’m in california (so hoping that works in my favor of there being a wider variety of specialists - i just don’t know what kind could help with something like this)
please be kind in the replies i already feel like sh*t and am so embarrassed to have to ask about this stuff especially at my age, but im desperate for help and answers. thank you!
*rewritten to clarify im not looking for an individual person, im looking for an answer on what type of specialist can help me, and i will look for an individual myself from there… thanks