Chelle/ V PROBLEMS & SEX LIFE (ARTICLE)

[Guest guest]

I totally agree with you Chelle. And that is just my reasoning -

for people that are not in a sexual relationship or don’t care to be, it

wouldn’t be a loss at all. And there are many more people out there that

are in that situation. There was even a study done and it was on TV, about the

sexless marriages in this country. And others like yourself, it is very

important. It was a great loss to me, and I can’t get those years back, as

I don’t have that many left. If you are a lot younger, even though it is

missing, there is a very good chance you will still be able to experience it

again.

But what I wanted to say, that it should be considered a medical

condition first, with the sexual part as a side effect. It would be able

to have much more publicity and treated as a medical condition with pain, if

the medical diagnosis was keep separate from the sexual part of it. There are

many more serious medical conditions where you can’t have sex, but sex is

not brought to the four-front as this condition is. Women going through chemo

for breast cancer cannot have sex, the secondary part of it – it dries up

the mucus so much, that even with creams, gets, etc. it is still impossible, but

no one mentions that as part of the disease. And my doctor told me that that

was just as serious as vestibulitis or vulvodynia, but no one mentions it, and

it would not be publicized in an article. She said that the disease/condition

is first, the sexual part is second and the media should treat it that way. I

hope this made some sense to you.

nne

From:

VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On

Behalf Of Chelle

Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:50 PM

To: VulvarDisorders

Subject: Re: V PROBLEMS & SEX LIFE (ARTICLE)

Hey nne,

I agree, 'women don't just live to just have a sex life' -- but unfortunately

our sex lives can be hit hard along with everything else that pelvic/vulvar

pain encompasses. Another hard aspect is that the pain varies so much

from person to person. For some it's disabling, for others annoying,

etc. *ugh*

I guess the main point being that everyone is so individual - and while ones

sex life will be of a different priority to each person, for many the loss will

be a great one.

Take Care,

Chelle

millburytimes wrote:

Hi Chelle,

Thank you for printing this article again.

This is a new article (3/08),

which is very informative on woman's health, although the woman's story is from

1998. The only part that disturbs me is that it mentions PFD, and PT, but it

does not mention any nerve connection - my doctor told me the pudendal nerve

goes right through the vaginal area.

And as always, it highlights " Sex Life " , not the

painful, disabling condition that makes it so hard for women to live on a

day-to-day basis. Women want to live pain free, and although it is important,

women just don’t live to just have a sex life.

nne