Vulvodynia Support

I'm sorry it didn't go well!  I hope your new friend is understanding and compassionate, it's hard enough to deal with it yourself.  It may not be the lubrication, if that doesn't seem to make a big difference, I'd wonder if it could be a state of tension in the pelvic floor muscles.  Can you remember how things went last time that made things get better over time?  Would a journal help?

I'm kind of at a loss, since we're all different, but i hope you can figure out the best solution for your situation.  Let us know if we can help, okay?  Even if it's just to gripe. ;)

Take care!!

Judie

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(Since Jill has her favorite shoes....)

Hey Judie,

Thanks for letting me gripe. It is a little sore on entry still, but you were right about tension in the muscles. Things seem to be going better now. I haven't used Xylocaine yet, but keep it around just in case.

Did you have your surgery?? If so, how did it go?

I did!  I had my right bunion corrected and my second toe shortened 11 days ago.  I can't believe it's been that long already.  It really wasn't as painful as I thought, this week I'd classify it as more uncomfortable than painful and having the toe shortened was actually worse than having the bunion corrected.  I'm walking, I have been more and more since I walked out of surgery.  I have crutches for when I need to get around quickly, I've been off the pain meds since about day 5-6, but I'm still icing every day in the afternoons especially since I went back to work.  The other foot is probably going to be another 2 weeks, once the right foot can go in an athletic shoe, we can cut up the left. ;)

I'm glad things are getting better for you!  I'm looking for a relapse, as I screwed up and had to take Plan B yesterday.  Since Plan B is a huge dose of levonorgestrel, which is what caused all this to start with, I'm expecting the next several days to get interesting.

Take care!