hi ya'll

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Hey everyone,

I've been lurking for a while, but wanted to post to thank everyone for the

continued ideas

and info you've been posting. I haven't had time to read many over the last few

months,

but wanted to say thanks to whoever posted about Urethritis about 2-3 months

ago. That

spurred me to see a really good urologist. I have burning during urination and

pain during

sex. If I stand still for 15 minutes I feel like a UTI is coming on. I had gone

to one Urologist

in 2005 and he said that it's normal for some people to have burning during

urination so I

got fed up with doctors until I saw that post, and then decided to try a

different doctor to

see if maybe Urethritis could be it. He said it might be Urethritis and gave me

Estrace

(which was irritating on the urethra but fine on the vulvar area) and

Doxycycline. I've been

on Doxy for about a month, and have 2 weeks to go, with no improvement. I burn

like

crazy in the sun, though! I can't even walk my dog without an umbrella or I'll

start itching

where the sun hit. One of the side effects of Doxy. Anyway, I stopped the

Estrace after

about a week cause it was irritating and want to try all non-hormonal things

first. But I

still have it... he gave me a free sample which was really cool! But now I

understand why

people want to have it compounded - it can irritate if you're sensitive to that.

Anyway, the

urologist thinks that if the Doxy doesn't take away the burning during

urination, I will have

Urethral Diverticulum, which is scary when I research it online. I think I have

a combination

of that, vaginismus, and a hormonal imbalance. I will post again in a couple of

months to

give another update. The urologist is named Dr. Sajadi and he practices at

Prince

Urology Associates,

http://princewilliamurology.com/

This is right down the street from me. Their claim to fame is that the head

doctor there

was the one that re-attached Wayne Bobbit. Ha ha!

Anyway just wanted to say thanks for the ideas and continued support. I'm

interested in

any stuff that comes accross about hormones and vaginismus and anything to do

with

burning during urination. Thanks.

shannon