Penny Pijnenberg

So I never really got worried, but it was just super annoying.

And it was like, and I see a lot of, I'm in an international support group.

I see a lot of women using the word flare-up.

So, and it started with a few days of flare-ups.

Then over the years, it went into weeks and eventually even months.

And of this, and again, like I never had any bladder infection or UTI.

And that's the thing, right?

The janitory syndrome can be serious.

many things.

So my main problem was just like this crazy irritation.

I described it, I think, in the presentation.

It was like this constant feeling of having like a fire and a whole colony of ants growing 24-7 through your underwear.

And you still have to function, right?

And it's not something you're going to moan about at work.

You can say, oh, I have a headache or I pulled my back.

But you're not going to say, I had this horrible problem with my private parts.

You probably would get reported to HR, right?

You would say these things.

And was it affecting your sleep?

Yeah, sometimes it was difficult to fall asleep, yeah.