UTI

I got herpes and other infections from anal-to-vaginal sex before: how do I play it safe now?

Kristin asks:

I have been with my boyfriend 2 years now, we have had anal sex before. I was not aware of the safety factors of it, and we had anal to vaginal sex...alot. I ended up with a horrible UTI and kidney infection. I also had anal herpes outbreak (never had one before.) This was all over a year ago. Anyway, we are trying to introduce anal play back into our sex life.
I am paranoid (as you can imagine) I need your professional advice, and opinions. Do we need to use a condom for anal since we have been together so long, and already figured out that we have herpes? Also...I am paranoid about the infection thing, obviously I'm not even thinking about anal to vaginal sex, but I am still nervous. Please set my mind at ease.

Urinary issues, brown spotting and green poop.

mary asks:

I'm 17. Today is July 12, I got off my period on July 1. I've had sex about three times since the first. I've only had sex with one guy in the past three years, and nothing like this has ever happened. I think I might have some sort of infection, but I'm really not sure. Yesterday I experienced frequent needs to go to the bathroom, and little or no urine came out. Also, at one point there was light brown spotting. I thought maybe like, holy crap am I pregnant?! But then I was also feeling an uncomfortable almost like burning [for lack of better word] sensation on my clitoris when I did urinate. The brown spotting I researched and found that it is just old blood, and could be pushed out because of an active sexual relationship, or it could be implantation bleeding, or a growing fetus pushing the old blood out. But this burning feeling is a mystery to me.

Today I woke up, and I had none of these symptoms, I do not feel the need to urinate every five minutes, and there have been no more spotting, but I did poop green today. The first symptoms I thought maybe was from pregnancy, or a urinary tract infection, they are even symptoms of gonorrhea & clamydhia, but can I get those if I've been having sex with the same guy for years?

Green poop I researched could be a sign of something I ate, or an infection. Would this "bowel infection" be related to a UTI?