Re: A ? for everyone
From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Feb 19 10:12:15 2001
Hi Kristy,
All of those symptoms you described fit me! I always thought it was just
me though and have never asked my doctor about it. Please let me know
what you find out!
At Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Kristy wrote:
>
>Hi everyone!!
>
>I have a question for everyone. Do you have vulvar pain in
>addition to the endo? If so do you also have the following
>symptoms besides the pain: burning, redness (this doesn't
>happen to every woman with vulvodynia but does happen to
>most women), irritation, itching, swelling? Also do you
>find that there is pain when the speculum is inserted (not
>just whatever pain you feel when the organs are palpitated
>once speculum is in)?
>
>If the answer to these questions are yes then you most
>likely have vulvodynia.
>
>Here's the reason that I'm wanting to know. I have reason
>to believe that there may be a connection between
>vulvodynia and endo. The reason that I'm concerned about
>this is b/c of the fact that so many of you are saying that
>you are having pelvic pain when the exam is done, and I
>have reason to think that endo isn't the only thing that is
>causing all of this.
>
>I figured this out that this might be a possibility about
>the vulvodynia along with endo b/c of my own experience two
>weeks ago when the exam hurt so much at my vulvar opening
>as well as when my dr felt my uterus.
>
>I would like to write a letter to the organization that
>oversees the Pain Management specialty to ask why most drs
>(especially in my area) don't want to help us. And I would
>like to have these figures to put in that letter.
>
>I would appreciate any help that you all can give me. I did
>ask my dr if she knew of any connection between vulvodynia
>and endo and she says that she doesn't know of one, but
>there has to be even though it's hidden and I would like to
>unlock it. Whatever that connection is won't apply to me
>b/c of how my vulvodynia is caused, but I want to do this
>for all of the rest of you that may have vulvodynia also so
>that hopefully we can get some more answers to all of this
>and maybe one with the other may lead to an answer for a
>cause and an eventual cure to both.
>
>Thank you everyone.
>
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/4659/kristyspage.html
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Kim
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