Chelle/Estrace & Lidocaine nightly - nne ---> was: Missed diagnosis....

April 9, 2008

I am surprised that Dr. Q didn’t give you anything. He always

either gave me Versed or a narcotic and Valium before any of my injections. Yesterday,

I didn’t know what would happen and I knew I couldn’t stand the pain if she

examined me internally, so I took my narcotic and valium right before I went

into her office.

I feel really bad that you never had anything and you had all

that way to drive. I always have a large ice pack with me too. Does ice help

you at all? When I was in the waiting room, I sat on the ice while waiting. I

have the bubble flexible bags and my daughter sewed me some pretty covers for

them, so I don’t mind taking them with me.

nne

From:

VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On

Behalf Of Chelle

Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:52 PM

Subject: Re: Estrace & Lidocaine nightly - nne --->

was: Missed diagnosis....

millburytimes wrote:

>>>>Chelle, I always mix the two together - every

night, sometimes I add emu oil too. I hope it works for you. It deadens the

area a little for me, but it is no permanent cure, and lasts only a few hours,

that is why I am having the injections. I have a very sore spot at the entrance

to the vagina – one of the areas’s which they did yesterday. I didn’t find it

too bad – better than what I expected, but then again I took my med cocktail

right before hand – a pain pill and valium.

Marinane, I cannot count the times I have 'asked' for some meds

to help me through all the blocks or injections and I have never gotten

anything - not one time! I'd say that's why the injection last week was

so painful...*ugh*. I asked if we could use some Lidocaine first - but

Libby said it would take awhile for it to numb me - and we had a five hr. drive

ahead.

Do you have the Lidocaine compounded? I can tolerate the

2% lidocaine and even Libby said that the 2% is very mild. It's the 5%

that I've had trouble with. The 5% is what was used in the studies of the

overnight cottonball treatment (I think it was at Chapel Hill, NC). My

compounded Lidocaine was delivered today. Pete (at Bellevue) said that if

this bothers me at all, to let him know and I could try a soothing base of my

choice, like aloe vera or emu oil, etc.

Hugs, Chelle

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