Marca/Bartholin's Glands Removal

[Guest guest]

I have never heard of having the glands removed before –

it sounds like a various serious surgery, and truthfully, I would not have had

it done if that had been my choice. Can your doctor have any of his patients

that had the surgery give you a call? I certainly wouldn’t have it done,

unless I talked to a few people. I wonder why such a long recovery period? Is

there any chance of incontinence?

I disagree with your doctor and so does my doctor. You might

give my doctor a call, he returns all phone calls (no charge), if you would

like a second opinion. My vestibulectomy worked for three months, and I feel

would have continued to work if it hadn’t been caused by my pudendal

nerve. Most women who have PN have Vulvodynia or Vestibulitis or both. If you

read the statistics, it says about 80 percent are cured with the surgery I had.

That says there is a complete cure for 80 percent. The president of the NVA had

it done ten years ago when it was considered serious surgery (they had not

perfected the technique yet), and she is completely cured. That is enough for

me to take a chance if I didn’t have PN, and I would do it again. What

would you have to lose if you had the simple surgery? Of course it is your

choice, but without any surgery, you are still left with the vestibulitis.

nne

From:

VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On

Behalf Of Marcia Gallas

Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:47 PM

To: VulvarDisorders

Subject: Re: Bartholin's Glands Removal

Hi nne: Yes, we emailed offline about it.

I read that it can

take over an hour to remove EACH Bartholin's Gland. My doctor thinks

that vestibulectomy by itself doesn't fully address the problem. So

I was wondering if anyone here had those glands removed in addition

to the " regular " vestibulectomy. I read that after this procedure

one needs at least 2 weeks of strict bed rest. I just don't know

anyone who has had the same procedure. I haven't even talked to him

about it yet. I am attempting to wait until the end of summer as

there are things in my life I HAVE to do. I'm wondering not only

about recovery time but also wondering if there really is such a

thing as a complete cure for vestibulitis.

Thanks!

Marcia

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> Marcia, I had a Vestibulectomy. I was completely healed in ten

days. I had

> very little pain - only when urinating and then I used a squirt

bottle of

> water which took care of it.

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> From: VulvarDisorders

> [mailto:VulvarDisorders ]

On Behalf Of Marcia Gallas

> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 7:37 PM

> To: VulvarDisorders

> Subject: Bartholin's Glands Removal

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> I'm here infrequently so I'm sorry if this has aleady been covered.

I

> am considering a vestibulectomy. My doctor removes the Bartholin's

> Glands as part of the procedure. I am wondering how these glands

> affect vulvar vestibulitis which is my issue. I haven't been to

this

> doctor in over a year. Of course when I see him again I will ask

him

> but I wanted to ask you gals since you are experts! Has anyone here

> had this procedure done? I just want to know what to expect in the

> aftermath and what the general recovery time is.

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> Thanks!

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> Marcia

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[Guest guest]

I have a personal friend years ago who had the Bartholin glands removed and was fine afterwards. She just always needed extra lube for sex although some physicians say it doesn't change that. But hers had swollen up to the size of a huge golf ball (normally they're the size of a pea at the 4 & 8 o'clock area) and it had absessed too. Some call it a bartholin cyst and the duct gets blocked and they can become infected.

She let me see it, it was really weird to see that big thing hanging out of her and very painful. It's not that common (but not unrare) for one or the other to get infected, (they say 2% of the women) but certainly like any surgery it's not done lightly to remove them and only if necessary. In her case it kept returning.

Another one I know of was able to shrink her swelling down with hot Epsom salts sitz baths and was fine and not bothered again. Some they are able to drain and they do ok. So it definitely depends on the circumstances.

Here's a link about them for more info.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/980401ap/hill.html

Good luck if you go for the surgery hon, let us know.

Dee ~