PLEASE CHECK FOR LYME DISEASE!

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,Can you please explain to everyone what your treatment for your Lyme disease was.I was tested a few years ago but it was negative.thanks

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anyone suffering from vulvodynia or pain in the female area needs to

rule out Lymes disease via clinical sympotms diagnosis or by testing

through a lyme lab.....I had this horrible pain nonstop for 18

months, CONSTANTLY to NO avail, and I am sucessfully still painfree

since being treated back in late 2006. I understand the emotional

and physical aspects so well, and I am not trying to advise someone

of something not realevent. A life of sexual pain is horrible and

unjust for husband and wife, not to mention family and friends.. I

am happy to anounce I am due with my second baby in one month....

SOMETHING I NEVER COULD HAVE DONE without being diagosed and

treated. SEX was NOT POSSIBLE, even sitting or wearing pants was

NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I tell you this , ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS HOPE !!!

as I could not tolerate ANY TYPE of contact....

please give it a chance... My doctor has referred many people to

me for support who ended up with the same vuvlar pain label, in all

to turn out to be lymes diagnosis....

its a nerve affecting disease by pathogenic/bacterial nature, and

will really cause severe issues if not treated.

I am available to help answer any questions by direct email cause I

dont have much time to read each forum post. BUT THANKS TO THIS

FORUM ETERNALLY DEE!! It was my lifeline for many MANY MONTHS and I

think of you all OFTEN). shami86@...

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> Thank you for sharing your sad story. My wife and I are

struggling

> with this same situation and have so much in common with you.

>

> We have been married now for 8 years and my wife wasn't diagnosed

with

> Vestibulitis/Vulvodynia until we had been married for 4 years. My

> wife is 30 and I am 33, so our ages are very similar, too. I

> completely understand the emotional difficulties your ex

experienced

> and my heart goes out to you.

>

> Just last night my wife asked me if I wanted a divorce, not due to

any

> infidelity but because our lack of physical intimacy has been so

> emotionally difficult. She is currently treating with

Nortriptolene

> and two different steroid creams, but the psychological trauma

from

> years of painful sex (pain in varying degrees) prevents our

intimacy

> as much as the physical limitations.

>

> Part of the frustration is the non-linear nature of the disease.

A

> couple years ago, we had sex maybe 6 times all year. But with

> diagnosis and treatment, we have managed and the outlook has been

> optomistic. But there are ups and downs and we can't take

anything

> for granted.

>

> I don't experience the physical pain, but the lack of sex in an

> otherwise loving relationship has stunted our ability to express

and

> share intimacy. And the prospect of a lifetime of " sexless "

marriage

> is difficult for a relatively young man to accept.

>

> On the issue of divorce, I won't consider leaving marriage for

this

> and I hope to avoid temptations outside our marriage. I am

struggling

> with feeling emotionally disconnected from her right now because I

> need relief from the pain of rejection.

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>

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I have Lyme and am pretty sure I've had it since I was 12 or 13 years

old. I took tons of antibiotics last year (I had been sworn off of

them for many years because I had suffered a severe candida issue). I

halfway regret taking the antibiotics. They didn't take my pain away

and have really messed up my GI tract. I like to think that they

helped me get rid of any lingering bacterial issues, but I don't know

for sure. At this point I think it's perhaps that Lyme messes up so

many things-- hormonally, neurologically, etc. that it's not

necessarily the bacteria itself that is causing symptoms but the

effect they have on the body. Maybe if it's caught early it's simply

the bacteria, but in my case my hypothalmic-pituitary-axix (HPA) is

super messed up. And I think for me this is where my issues are coming

from.

Just some thoughts.

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> ,

> Can you please explain to everyone what your treatment for your

Lyme disease

> was.

> I was tested a few years ago but it was negative.

> thanks

> susan

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