I feel like this is a much more common thing than our doctors realize. I've told Drs for 3 years that sex is painful for me. Unfortunatly, because I didn't start having intercourse until I was almost 21(and I started bc when I was 15) I didn't know that it was a problem for me until then... I told my Dr that it was painful and she told me it was because I was "inexperienced." Looking back it makes me angry... It got to the point where I was bleeding excessively everytime I had sex and it was so painful that I was in tears and couldn't continue. At that point when I went back to the Dr, they finally took me seriously. They gave me an ultrasound, which again caused tears to run down my face. The ultrasound showed me as being completely healthy, but when my OB did the "q-tip" test, she was certain that Vestibulitis was my problem. She promptly prescribed me a steroid cream(that I used for a couple of weeks.) Fortunatly, I started researching on my own and found that the steroid cream would just thin the irritated tissue...So I stopped. After more research(against my Drs orders) I stopped taking bc, I still have some pain and bleeding but most times it is tolerable(with assistance of lube.) My libido has returned and I haven't been on birth control for a year now. I would like to be able to have sex again without a condom, any ideas?
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I feel like this is a much more common thing than our doctors realize. I've told Drs for 3 years that sex is painful for me. Unfortunatly, because I didn't start having intercourse until I was almost 21(and I started bc when I was 15) I didn't know that it was a problem for me until then... I told my Dr that it was painful and she told me it was because I was "inexperienced." Looking back it makes me angry... It got to the point where I was bleeding excessively everytime I had sex and it was so painful that I was in tears and couldn't continue. At that point when I went back to the Dr, they finally took me seriously. They gave me an ultrasound, which again caused tears to run down my face. The ultrasound showed me as being completely healthy, but when my OB did the "q-tip" test, she was certain that Vestibulitis was my problem. She promptly prescribed me a steroid cream(that I used for a couple of weeks.) Fortunatly, I started researching on my own and found that the steroid cream would just thin the irritated tissue...So I stopped. After more research(against my Drs orders) I stopped taking bc, I still have some pain and bleeding but most times it is tolerable(with assistance of lube.) My libido has returned and I haven't been on birth control for a year now. I would like to be able to have sex again without a condom, any ideas?
December 26, 2009 - 8:16pmThis Comment
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