Re: Does it every go away?

[Guest guest]

Hi - I am so sorry about your pain and I hope that the ideas

from others will help. I sympathize so much with your worries. I

share some of them, although I'm older than you and married. I didn't

have this condition when I got married, but I have struggled for years

with the impact of it on my marriage and relationship with my husband.

It has been very hard. Sometimes I can barely handle it and other

times life goes on. Although it adds a major complication, I know that

there are many great men out there who consider the whole person and

there is so much more to you than this condition. Please don't lose

hope on relationships and the possibility for children. I know that

these things are not out of reach for those of us with these

conditions. And, I also know that sometimes when you have to stuggle

with some aspects of your relationships, you have more strenth in other

areas. This stuff has a way of making you wise, compassionate, and

strong - all great qualities for getting through other challenges of

life.

You mentioned that you have vulvar vestibulitis, which is what I have

been diagnosed with. I understand this term to mean pain with

intercourse or other contact with the vulva or vagina, but not

pain/itching/discomfort at other times. My understanding is that if

you are in constant or near constant pain or discomfort, you have

vulvodynia.

What were your symptoms before you had the surgery?

I am asking so that I can better understand which of the two conditions

people are talking about and what condition is it that people are

recovering or improving from. I hope that you hear from people who

have recovered from the surgery and maybe you already have. I know

there are people on this list who have recovered from the surgery - so

maybe a search for vestibulectomy would give you a list of older e-

mails about this question. I would think that experience with recovery

from the surgery would be different from recovery from vulvar

vestibulitis without surgery or from vulvodynia.

Sally

[Guest guest]

I guess I had "vestibulodynia" - only the vestibular region is affected, but the inflammation is such that i have pain all the time. The surgery helped so much... the pain was horrifying before. It's still constant, but much less intense. It is such a mental strain, I just want to hear from someone who can tell me that they had this pain but it went away. Even if it's 5 or 10 years, I guess I just need to feel like there's something to hope for. sally_bibb wrote: Hi - I am so sorry about your pain

and I hope that the ideas from others will help. I sympathize so much with your worries. I share some of them, although I'm older than you and married. I didn't have this condition when I got married, but I have struggled for years with the impact of it on my marriage and relationship with my husband. It has been very hard. Sometimes I can barely handle it and other times life goes on. Although it adds a major complication, I know that there are many great men out there who consider the whole person and there is so much more to you than this condition. Please don't lose hope on relationships and the possibility for children. I know that these things are not out of reach for those of us with these conditions. And, I also know that sometimes when you have to stuggle with some aspects of your relationships, you have more strenth in other areas. This stuff has a way of making you wise, compassionate, and strong - all

great qualities for getting through other challenges of life. You mentioned that you have vulvar vestibulitis, which is what I have been diagnosed with. I understand this term to mean pain with intercourse or other contact with the vulva or vagina, but not pain/itching/discomfort at other times. My understanding is that if you are in constant or near constant pain or discomfort, you have vulvodynia. What were your symptoms before you had the surgery? I am asking so that I can better understand which of the two conditions people are talking about and what condition is it that people are recovering or improving from. I hope that you hear from people who have recovered from the surgery and maybe you already have. I know there are people on this list who have recovered from the surgery - so maybe a search for vestibulectomy would give you a list of older e-mails about this question. I would think that

experience with recovery from the surgery would be different from recovery from vulvar vestibulitis without surgery or from vulvodynia. Sally

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[Guest guest]

I guess I had "vestibulodynia" - only the vestibular region is affected, but the inflammation is such that i have pain all the time. The surgery helped so much... the pain was horrifying before. It's still constant, but much less intense. It is such a mental strain, I just want to hear from someone who can tell me that they had this pain but it went away. Even if it's 5 or 10 years, I guess I just need to feel like there's something to hope for. sally_bibb wrote: Hi - I am so sorry about your pain

and I hope that the ideas from others will help. I sympathize so much with your worries. I share some of them, although I'm older than you and married. I didn't have this condition when I got married, but I have struggled for years with the impact of it on my marriage and relationship with my husband. It has been very hard. Sometimes I can barely handle it and other times life goes on. Although it adds a major complication, I know that there are many great men out there who consider the whole person and there is so much more to you than this condition. Please don't lose hope on relationships and the possibility for children. I know that these things are not out of reach for those of us with these conditions. And, I also know that sometimes when you have to stuggle with some aspects of your relationships, you have more strenth in other areas. This stuff has a way of making you wise, compassionate, and strong - all

great qualities for getting through other challenges of life. You mentioned that you have vulvar vestibulitis, which is what I have been diagnosed with. I understand this term to mean pain with intercourse or other contact with the vulva or vagina, but not pain/itching/discomfort at other times. My understanding is that if you are in constant or near constant pain or discomfort, you have vulvodynia. What were your symptoms before you had the surgery? I am asking so that I can better understand which of the two conditions people are talking about and what condition is it that people are recovering or improving from. I hope that you hear from people who have recovered from the surgery and maybe you already have. I know there are people on this list who have recovered from the surgery - so maybe a search for vestibulectomy would give you a list of older e-mails about this question. I would think that

experience with recovery from the surgery would be different from recovery from vulvar vestibulitis without surgery or from vulvodynia. Sally

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[Guest guest]

I guess I had "vestibulodynia" - only the vestibular region is affected, but the inflammation is such that i have pain all the time. The surgery helped so much... the pain was horrifying before. It's still constant, but much less intense. It is such a mental strain, I just want to hear from someone who can tell me that they had this pain but it went away. Even if it's 5 or 10 years, I guess I just need to feel like there's something to hope for. sally_bibb wrote: Hi - I am so sorry about your pain

and I hope that the ideas from others will help. I sympathize so much with your worries. I share some of them, although I'm older than you and married. I didn't have this condition when I got married, but I have struggled for years with the impact of it on my marriage and relationship with my husband. It has been very hard. Sometimes I can barely handle it and other times life goes on. Although it adds a major complication, I know that there are many great men out there who consider the whole person and there is so much more to you than this condition. Please don't lose hope on relationships and the possibility for children. I know that these things are not out of reach for those of us with these conditions. And, I also know that sometimes when you have to stuggle with some aspects of your relationships, you have more strenth in other areas. This stuff has a way of making you wise, compassionate, and strong - all

great qualities for getting through other challenges of life. You mentioned that you have vulvar vestibulitis, which is what I have been diagnosed with. I understand this term to mean pain with intercourse or other contact with the vulva or vagina, but not pain/itching/discomfort at other times. My understanding is that if you are in constant or near constant pain or discomfort, you have vulvodynia. What were your symptoms before you had the surgery? I am asking so that I can better understand which of the two conditions people are talking about and what condition is it that people are recovering or improving from. I hope that you hear from people who have recovered from the surgery and maybe you already have. I know there are people on this list who have recovered from the surgery - so maybe a search for vestibulectomy would give you a list of older e-mails about this question. I would think that

experience with recovery from the surgery would be different from recovery from vulvar vestibulitis without surgery or from vulvodynia. Sally

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