Re: New and at a loss - does anything work?

[Guest guest]

There are definitely effective treatments! I know that horrid pain

with intercourse, but I am getting better and not feeling it anymore,

and many others are too. You have to be willing to do alot of

research and trial and error - it's taken me years to find the right

combination of meds, therapies, diet, etc. and I'm not done yet but

I'm much better than I was before! Please take some time to read the

files and open your mind to the variety of treatments out there, like

PT, diet changes, topical and oral meds...I use topical estrace and

it has helped SO much. I only use it topically, not vaginally, and I

believe studies have shown that not much is absorbed systemically

with using just a tiny amount topically for skin repair/stretch. If

you do some reading on hormones, especially Vliet's works, there is

some interesting research on estrogen not presented by the media that

may decrease your cancer fears. Others are more well-versed than I

but when it comes to hormones, don't believe everything you hear,

take the time to read and research on your own. Even some doctors are

not well-versed in hormone therapy and the vast, vast different

between hormones like premarin (made from horse urine and not meant

to be metabolized or used well by the human body) and bio-identical

hormones, which are chemical matches to what women actually produce.

Melinda