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Hello!

I'm new here so I thought it might be nice to introduce my self a

little. I'm 24, marriend, no kids. I suffer from vulvar vestibulitis

syndrome, which was diagnosed a month ago. First I thought it was

vaginismus, so I've been member of the vaginismus group too. (I

wasn't that wrong, since feeling pain in vestibular glands makes my

PC muscles tense to protect me, which causes additional pain during

intercourse.) But the reason is VVS and that's why I'm happy to join

this group. I really really want to get rid of this condition.

I have some questions in my mind. Last night we managed to have

painless intercourse using EMLA (anesthetizing creme) to my

vestibular glands. Has anyone used this? I was surprised it worked so

well, it was incredible pleasurable and I felt no pain at all. But

afterwards glands and other places around vulvar area became sore and

stinging. So does intercource just make things worse? Should I try to

heal the tissues firs? We've been waiting for this for so long and I

feel temptated to ignore the effect on my condition to be able to

just enjoy sex! But there are other ways to get satisfaction, so if

this is a risk, I could try to wait...

An other question is about Vagifem. I noticed in your old

discussions, that some of you are using it. Another gyn gave me

vagifem, but didn't diagnose VVS. So I went to see a really great

specialist who made the right diagnosis. His opinion was that

hormones are unlikely to help, but I could try it if I want to. Now I

hesitate, but am likely to try it. Someone mentioned that only

Estradiol 17b is same as the naturally produced one. Vagifem is

Estradiol, but don't know what kind. Does anyone have information

about this?

It's good to be here! It would be encouraging to hear success stories

too! I'm starting to believe that I'm actually able to beat this some

day..

love,

Päivi