Re: RE: Vulval Vestibulitis

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Hi Mak,

I haven't tried the anesthetic cream or found a wonderful boyfriend yet

(though folks like you give me constant hope!), so I can't answer those

questions for you, but I wanted to respond anyway to offer my support.

First, I think it's great that you have such a supportive boyfriend to go

through this with. Second, I think you should definitely go ahead with the

therapist's appointment. Though this is most definitely a physical problem,

it has major emotional fallout, and why not take advantage of a resource that

can help you deal with it? As your male doctor asking about bleeding after

sex so aptly demonstrated, not all doctors are particularly good at dealing

with us as people. Sex seems to be a touchy subject even for doctors working

in the gynecological field. (How many times do we feel we must apologize

either for wanting to have sex or for wanting to feel no pain even if there

isn't a penis around to be inserted at the present moment? Sometimes I want

to ask if they would treat me if I were a nun, or if then it would be okay in

their minds to be in pain since it wouldn't be interfering with my sex life.)

Anyway, good luck with everything. Keep us posted, keep in touch, and have a

scone or two for me.

Cheers!

Jodi