Re: my surgery

[Guest guest]

Yeah, see, Dr. Haefner told me that there was a risk of going near

the urethra. The risk was that my urine stream might change

direction (it did not). My doctor in Raleigh did not want to remove

the portion of the vestibule near the urethra at all.

I was very anxious to have that part of the vestibule removed. I

think if I hadn't had that done I would have been wasting my time

because I had severe pain at the front (12:00).

I am *so* glad she did it.

I agree completely that you should find a doctor who has done many

vestibulectomies. Also you want to make sure they know how to make

the correct kind of stitches so the incision/scar does not become a

problem afterwards.

>

> My doc was " conservative " in that he did not cut as near to the

urethra than another doctor might. Still, it was considered a total

and not a " partial " vestibulectomy. I did go back for an additional

excision, though, because his decision turned out to be too

conservative for me. He removed a little more tissue the second

time around, so that if the vestibulectomy is a kind of " horse-shoe "

shaped excision, he extended the 2 horseshoe ends.

>

> The partial/total vestibulectomy is an ongoing disagreement among

surgeons. The problem with a partial that my experience illustrates

is this: There seems to be a " sqeaky wheel gets the oil " phenomenon

where the area of worst pain sort of hogs the spotlight, so that a

level 1 or 2 pain elsewhere in the vestibule isn't really noticed.

Until the area of worst pain is removed and the 1/2 pain area can

begin to assert itself.

>

> My advice is to see a surgeon who has done many, many surgeries

and therefore has enough experience to start drawing conclusions

about what does or doesn't work.

>

> Good Luck! Email me if you wish.

>

> Lia

>