Re: laser surgery & estrogen

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Yup. My spell-checker 'helped' me a little too much there.

I can't spell for beans so I use the spell checker to try to avoid

embarrassment. Oh well...

Nicola Philpott wrote:

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> Thanks for your reply. I'm guessing that you meant HPV where you wrote

> HIV. Glad to hear you're doing well.

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> N.

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> S.McGowan wrote:

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> > > I'm curious to know who had laser treatment and then got VV. Also,

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> > I had laser surgery to remove abnormal (mildly dysplasic) tissue from

> > my urethra several years ago. My urologist felt it was most likely

> > HPV, but did not rule out a spontaneous change in the tissue.

> > Since dysplasic tissue can turn cancerous, I'm very glad to have

> > had it removed. I am not convinced it was caused by HIV.

> > If they had done a DNA test on the tissue to confirm HIV,

> > then I feel I would know for sure. But apparently DNA tests are

> > not done routinely for HIV. (Some recent articles have found

> > that the incidence of HIV DNA in women with vv suspected of having

> > HIV was no greater than in the control group).

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> > Anyway, before my surgery I had extremely bad pain on urination.

> > Also, I had frequency and urgency, and some embarrassing 'dribbling'.

> > It was bad.

> > The surgery fixed the problem immediately. I was given

> > tylenol+codeine for the post-surgical pain and did not need it.

> > Unfortunately, my pain creeped back a few months later.

> > However, it was much much reduced and occurs much less often.

> > I have no frequency, or 'dribbling' anymore.

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> > A few months ago I started having classic vv symptoms.

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> > I think the whole set of symptoms are progressive and caused by the

> > same illness. I don't think my laser surgery caused my vv in any way.

> > I am very glad I had it. My urologist was great and it's too bad

> > he's not on my health care plan anymore.

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Subject: Time: 10:36 AM

OFFICE MEMO RE> laser surgery & Date: 6/28/99

Nicola and All,

Just to put in my 2 cents with HPV, I had an abnormal PAP, was diagnosed with

HPV and had freezing about 9 years ago - have had a lot of problems since but

can't attribute it completely to the freezing (also had a serious long course of

antiobios then too). Years later a doctor told me it may not have been HPV at

all. The original doctor actually told me it was because " you yoing people

sleep with everyone now and it's epidemic " . It was a terrible time, very

confusing, and ever since has been upsetting to think I had an STD because I was

always very careful and didn't sleep around AT ALL.

I can see why many of us would have this in common, simply because of the trauma

from the treatment causing major vaginal upset for years.

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Date: 6/26/99 6:36 PM

To: Ann Gildea

From: VulvarDisordersonelist

Lainey and others treated for HPV,

Did you have laser treatment? Since I had it all over, I was lasered

everywhere, but it's only my vestibular glands that are inflamed. My

dr. said that it would make sense for that to be the cause b/c my vulva

has fewer folds than normal, probably removed in the surgery, which I

guess would make the vulva more open to irritation. I'm going back on

the Premarin and cortisone combo which helped me before; I went off

about a year ago b/c I didn't think I needed it anymore (reached a

plateau), but I think I need to keep it up.

I'm curious to know who had laser treatment and then got VV. Also, for

those of you on estrogen, did you reach a plateau and then eventually

start to get better again? Did you go off the estrogen and get worse?

Nicola

Lainey9911@... wrote:

> From: Lainey9911@...

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> Nicola:

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> I wanted to comment on your post in how much I agree that the

> treatment for

> HPV is a big cause of VV. Today I was hurting so I looked and sure

> enough

> it's in the areas where I was treated. I wish what I know now, I knew

> then.

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> Lainey

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