Re: MY STORY & CURE, I know your pain and frus tration!

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Wow -- thanks for the posting. I've just got a couple of follow-up

questions....

I'm not entirely sure which estrogen cream I'm using now (have only used

it for 2 days), but Premarin sounds familiar. Is the Estrace Cream an

estrogen cream? And if so, why use that one rather than Premarin -- is

there a difference? Like, if I have no relief from Premarin, might

Estrace still work?

And can you trace back to what started all of this for you?

Thanks a ton! It's really comforting to read about other women going

through this same thing and it really helps my head a lot.

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> MY STORY & CURE, I know your pain and

> frustration!

>

>

>

> Hi Alison, & all,

> (Hi gang, I orginally was going to just send this to but

> thought

> what the heck, I'd send it to the whole group as we have many

> 'newbies'

> now. Forgive my length and repeat! (you know me, motormouth) ha ha,

> And 'welcome Alison and all you new gals' too. Dee~

> ~~~~

> Hi :

> Sooo sorry you have to be on these lists, but your story is so

> familiar!! Almost identical to mine and so many others on the list!

> I

> don't want to discourage you but I had my VV for almost 10 years, but

> fortunately for the past 7-8 months, I feel wonderful!! FINALLY!!

>

> I tried the whole gamut, you name it I did it. From yeast meds,

> antibiotics, diets, scads of different doctors, STEROIDS, cooking my

> panties in the microwave, biofeedback, NAG, boric acid capsules, to

> even

> at one time sitting in almost pure bleach water trying to kill what

> ever

> this thing is!! (DON'T DO THIS!) The worst part was feeling as though

> I

> had some horrible contagious disease and was so ashamed and the

> thought

> that I could never have enjoyable sex again! And believe me I loved

> sex

> and making love!

>

> MY WARNING: (my nightmare) One of my doctors kept me on steroids of

> various kinds for almost 9 months, including pramasone, and of course

> I

> was the 'good patient', I was determined to lick this! Anyway, it

> ended

> up all my skin blistered and peeled off, my labial lips fused (the

> smaller to the larger), I turned an ugly gray color with no tone where

> the skin was just floppy and sagging and so so fragile. AND THE PAIN

> *OUCH*, just thinking of it makes me want to scream, I mean it was

> unbearable. Oh, how I cried and cried!! I now know never to stay on

> any steroid for more than 3 weeks at most. (me? I won't touch the

> things

> except in extreme pain and even then only 2-3 days at most.) Talk

> about

> learning things too late! *sigh*

>

> MY CURE!

> What eventually helped me and I'd say I'm 98% better, is that I

> finally

> stuck to one thing. I think we get so frustrated that if it doesn't

> work in a month or so we tend to give up and try something else.

>

> But... I used " Estrace " cream (NOT PREMARIN) and only very sparingly

> in

> the beginning. (this was after 2 years of using absolutely nothing

> and

> totally celibate) At first I could only use a dime size every 3-4

> days

> because I was so raw and sore. LISTEN TO BODY WISDOM, IF IT HURTS,

> STOP!! SLOW DOWN,LET UP! Eventually after 3 weeks or so I could do it

> every other day. Keep in mind the Estrace is to 'rebuild' the tissue

> and it just takes time. After about 4-5 months, I also added a

> Testosterone cream (not the methyl but natural T. to toughen the skin)

> also dime size and I did both approx 4 times a week. After approx 7

> months I was using both but simply as a maintenance dosage twice a

> week,

> which is what I do now.

>

> The Estrace brought the vaginal tissue back to normal, full, plump,

> natural color and even the labial lips have unfused 98%. HOORAY!

>

> THE BEST PART! AND HOPE FOR EVERYONE!

> I haven't had any pain now for about 3 months and am having the most

> wonderful delicious sex again. ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN AT ALL. Its like a

> miracle! I feel so good and have gained my self-confidence back as a

> woman. And the pleasure is undescribable! Finally!

>

> ONE OTHER THING I DID.

> For the past several months I added Aloteks 'Immune supplement' orally

> which is based on Aloe, vit E. and betaglucans in a rice bran flour, I

> took 2 a day. BUT.... I also, on the doctors recommendation, inserted

> a

> capsule vaginally about every 3 days. Remember Aloe is extremely

> healing, and I wanted healed there most of all!! Besides healing it

> left me with a wonderful lubricated feeling and it is totally

> harmless.

> I really feel the key to all of this has something to do with an

> immune

> breakdown, thus the reason I also take it orally too!

>

> So now I still do the aloe capsules orally and vaginally too. (as well

> as the Estrace and Testosterone) I'm afraid to change one thing as I

> feel so great! (by the way, they (the aloe) also 'fixed' my bad pap

> test!!! If you care to check out the site where I get them its

> http://www.alotek.com Loads of information there! Not pushing this

> brand, but tried others and went back to this even tho its expensive,

> I

> felt it was the only one that really worked for me. I JUST KNOW I

> FEEL

> WONDERFUL AGAIN!!

>

> So that's my story and I'm sorry its so long but hope it may help and

> give hope for what its worth . Warmest Regards, Dee~ (smiling all

> the time now!)

>

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