hi, i'm new! need answers!

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Hi there, my name is Miranda! I just joined the list, in hopes of support and answers. I was diagnosed with vulvar vestibulitis in January after two months waiting for a specialist and four months not knowing why I couldn't be intimate with my boyfriend. Since then I have been distracted by University and not able to think about the issue as much, but now that things are calming down I'm starting to fret and get emotional about it. My boyfriend has been a huge support and hasn't pushed at all, but I'm frustrated and getting desperate for a solution!

In January I went to a specialist in Toronto who gave me a list of things I could try to help (eliminating potential irritants, cotton undies, using a hot teabag to help numb the nerves). But so far, it seems like nothing has helped. I did have a yeast infection but used Monistat and thought it was gone.

So, I have a few questions, if anyone can help I will be very appreciative.

1- I can't tell when I have a yeast infection EVER. I get practically no symptoms and don't notice until they tell me! I never had one in my life before I got VV. But I have noticed that the inside of my vagina seems fleshier and swollen since I was diagnosed with VV. I want to know if that has to do with the VV or with yeast? I can't tell and I'm sick of going to the doctor's every two weeks with a different question every time! Also, I have to wait three months to see the specialist in Toronto and don't have an appointment until the end of the month

2- Second question! I have a theory of what caused my VV. In the summer I was travelling in Eastern Europe, and somewhere between Croatia and Prague I picked up scabies (like lice) from a hotel or something. I have read that chemical reactions can be one of the causes of VV. I noticed that right after I did the treatment for the scabies (with Kwellada cream) my VV started. I noticed right away because I went in for a check up and it was disgustingly painful, and it was within a week of when I used the cream. I really think I'm onto something here as far as the cause...it was a mystery to me but I have done a lot of reading and think this might be a part of it.

Has anyone developed VV after using this cream or possibly others? If other people have, I really want to look into a way to get the company to put a warning of side effects on their label, which they don't have. It's ridiculous that this could have caused my pain and they don't even have a warning!

3- Last question, has anyone had success with kegal excercises as a way to help their VV? Or physical therapy?

Thanks a bunch

Miranda