Re: New to the group - looking for help

[Guest guest]

you mentioned that your doctor has you using vaseline cut with aspirin for

topical pain. Where do you get that? I heard that aspirin is not supposed to

be used on mucus membranes.

Ora

>Hi everyone:

>

>I'm a 27 year old woman and I've just been diagnosed w/vulvodynia

>vulvar vestibulitis. My ob/gyn gave me estrace cream, vaseline cut

>w/aspirin for topical pain relief and 20 mg nightly of Elavil. I'm

>also being treated herbally for a yeast problem and am eating a sugar-

>free, wheat-free, dairy-free diet (although not necessarily a low

>oxalate one).

>

>I have so many questions and no one to really answer them. I really

>feel that I am not getting the support that I need from my lover and

>my family. I'm hoping maybe that you can answer my questions or share

>your experiences with me. I've been feeling so incredibly depressed

>since all of this began. My ob/gyn thinks that I have this due to a

>lot of unwanted trauma inflicted on my vagina. And maybe that's true,

>but all I know is that I haven't felt so separate or distrustful of

>my body for such a long time. It's like there's a separate part of me

>that feels completely detached from all of this pain and is just so

>angry and frustrated that my body is visiting this kind of suffering

>on me. I've completely lost my sex drive (and am even kind of

>repulsed by the idea of having sex although i am in love with the

>most wonderful man) and I don't know how to explain this to my lover.

>I don't think he'll get offended but I think that once we could have

>sex again, he'll always be thinking about the fact that it has hurt

>me so much. And I, psychologically, am so scared to have sex again

>because I'm worried it will hurt and I'll tense up and the whole

>cycle of pain and frustration will start over again.

>

>I'm sorry to ramble about this. I'm just so upset and I feel so

>alone. I don't know anyone else who has this and so I don't have any

>success stories to draw upon for help. I'm hoping maybe someone can

>offer me some advice regarding these problems.

>

>Thank you for reading this. I'm so glad to have found a place where I

>can share these feelings openly.

>

>.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

you mentioned that your doctor has you using vaseline cut with aspirin for

topical pain. Where do you get that? I heard that aspirin is not supposed to

be used on mucus membranes.

Ora

>Hi everyone:

>

>I'm a 27 year old woman and I've just been diagnosed w/vulvodynia

>vulvar vestibulitis. My ob/gyn gave me estrace cream, vaseline cut

>w/aspirin for topical pain relief and 20 mg nightly of Elavil. I'm

>also being treated herbally for a yeast problem and am eating a sugar-

>free, wheat-free, dairy-free diet (although not necessarily a low

>oxalate one).

>

>I have so many questions and no one to really answer them. I really

>feel that I am not getting the support that I need from my lover and

>my family. I'm hoping maybe that you can answer my questions or share

>your experiences with me. I've been feeling so incredibly depressed

>since all of this began. My ob/gyn thinks that I have this due to a

>lot of unwanted trauma inflicted on my vagina. And maybe that's true,

>but all I know is that I haven't felt so separate or distrustful of

>my body for such a long time. It's like there's a separate part of me

>that feels completely detached from all of this pain and is just so

>angry and frustrated that my body is visiting this kind of suffering

>on me. I've completely lost my sex drive (and am even kind of

>repulsed by the idea of having sex although i am in love with the

>most wonderful man) and I don't know how to explain this to my lover.

>I don't think he'll get offended but I think that once we could have

>sex again, he'll always be thinking about the fact that it has hurt

>me so much. And I, psychologically, am so scared to have sex again

>because I'm worried it will hurt and I'll tense up and the whole

>cycle of pain and frustration will start over again.

>

>I'm sorry to ramble about this. I'm just so upset and I feel so

>alone. I don't know anyone else who has this and so I don't have any

>success stories to draw upon for help. I'm hoping maybe someone can

>offer me some advice regarding these problems.

>

>Thank you for reading this. I'm so glad to have found a place where I

>can share these feelings openly.

>

>.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I have put crushed aspirin on painful pimples and it made them much better. I

have also taken it by mouth when I had a sore in my mouth and it really helped.

Inside the mouth might work because it would be washed away rather quickly with

saliva. Also the directions on the alka seltzer bottle (alka seltzer contains

aspirin) state it is all right to gargle with it. But I never have.

The active ingredient in corn plasters is salicylic acid which is in aspirin.

It is also the active ingredient in many corn and callus removers and you know

what it does to them.

Ora

>Actually I used this one time when I had ulcers in my mouth and also when I had

strep throat, I used aspirin crushed up and it worked wonderfully. I don't see

why this would not work actually, may be a good idea.

>Traci

[Guest guest]

I have put crushed aspirin on painful pimples and it made them much better. I

have also taken it by mouth when I had a sore in my mouth and it really helped.

Inside the mouth might work because it would be washed away rather quickly with

saliva. Also the directions on the alka seltzer bottle (alka seltzer contains

aspirin) state it is all right to gargle with it. But I never have.

The active ingredient in corn plasters is salicylic acid which is in aspirin.

It is also the active ingredient in many corn and callus removers and you know

what it does to them.

Ora

>Actually I used this one time when I had ulcers in my mouth and also when I had

strep throat, I used aspirin crushed up and it worked wonderfully. I don't see

why this would not work actually, may be a good idea.

>Traci

[Guest guest]

Actually I used this one time when I had ulcers in my mouth and also when I had strep throat, I used aspirin crushed up and it worked wonderfully. I don't see why this would not work actually, may be a good idea.

Traci

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome,

You sound like you have a good doctor to start with. First, she

believed you. Second, she started you on some meds that seem to help

a lot of us--the Estrace cream and the Elavil. Third, someone (I'm

hoping your doc--just to know one is out there!) guided you to do the

yeast and gluten free thing. You are off to a good start. Some of

the women on the list went thru three or four docs (or more) and

months or years to get this far. (-:

Keep up the good work.

I don't know anything about the aspirin cream, but one of my docs did

tell me that aspirin also has an antibacterial/antiviral effect on the

body, so this could be good.

I have tried the low oxalate thing (mostly by adding calcium citrate

capsules) and it helped my vestibulitis. But I don't have the other

muscle or nerve related vulvadynia pain. Many other women on the list

do. Try reading the older posts for some help. And if you have had

some sort of sexual trauma such as rape, please consider a counselor

who specializes in counseling these types of things. This could help

you get past the pain psychologically, so that when the physical pain

clears up, you'll be more able to have sex w/o pain. (My

gynocologist--male--explained to my husband that just the thought of

sex now elicits thoughts of pain and that it would take awhile for

healing of my body and mind before this didn't bother me.)

Please keep posting and letting everyone know how you are. There's

lots of great info on this list, and all these women have been very

helpful to me.

Meg

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome,

You sound like you have a good doctor to start with. First, she

believed you. Second, she started you on some meds that seem to help

a lot of us--the Estrace cream and the Elavil. Third, someone (I'm

hoping your doc--just to know one is out there!) guided you to do the

yeast and gluten free thing. You are off to a good start. Some of

the women on the list went thru three or four docs (or more) and

months or years to get this far. (-:

Keep up the good work.

I don't know anything about the aspirin cream, but one of my docs did

tell me that aspirin also has an antibacterial/antiviral effect on the

body, so this could be good.

I have tried the low oxalate thing (mostly by adding calcium citrate

capsules) and it helped my vestibulitis. But I don't have the other

muscle or nerve related vulvadynia pain. Many other women on the list

do. Try reading the older posts for some help. And if you have had

some sort of sexual trauma such as rape, please consider a counselor

who specializes in counseling these types of things. This could help

you get past the pain psychologically, so that when the physical pain

clears up, you'll be more able to have sex w/o pain. (My

gynocologist--male--explained to my husband that just the thought of

sex now elicits thoughts of pain and that it would take awhile for

healing of my body and mind before this didn't bother me.)

Please keep posting and letting everyone know how you are. There's

lots of great info on this list, and all these women have been very

helpful to me.

Meg

[Guest guest]

,

We all understand what you are going through. This disease is so tough.

Even when/if relief is found, there is still the psycological and

relationship aspect of this after years of pain in an area that should feel

only pleasure. My husband and I had alot to work through after my surgery.

It was difficult because I still associated the act with pain, even when the

pain was no longer there. We had to really work on making intamacy rather

then sex itself the goal while sharing intamacy together. Dont hesitate to

talk to your significant other about this openly. Its the only way the two

of you can work through this. And if problems arise that you have trouble

getting past, dont hesitate to find a sex therapist in your area that is

familiar with vulvar vestibulitis.

Bunny /| |\

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