Re: painful intercourse
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jul 15 17:13:36 2004
Hi,
I just wanted to respond to your message because I have a very similiar
experience. (We are also close in age, I am 23 and have been married
for one year.) I also get the pain during intercourse but the pain
afterwards happens more often and is pretty severe too. I also get the
really bad cramps that last for hours after intercourse. I am so sorry
you have to deal with this too, but know you are not alone. Sometimes
it helps to take something before sex, so that by the end it is already
working on the pain, otherwise I just stick with the heating pad and
stayed curled in a ball. If you ever want to talk my e-mail is
rozebud221@yahoo.com.
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Amanda B.
At Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Megan wrote:
>
>Hello there. I am 24 years old and was diagnosed with endo when I was
>18. I have now been married for one year. Recently, I've started
>having horrible pains after intercourse. I have tried reading up on
>this but so far have only read of women experiencing pain during
>intercourse. I'm fine during, it's afterwards that is unbarable. I
>start out cramping really bad which than turns into a shooting,
>stabbing, cramping pain over my entire abdomen. All I can say is that
>it is the worst pain I have ever experienced, and I've experienced it
>all!! I start sweating over my entire body and get nauseated. It often
>results in me throwing up. This pain has lasted up to 2 hours and I
>always have less severe pain for a day or two following(in addition to
>regular endo pain). It happens probably 40% of the time. My husband
>feels horrible, I feel horrible. It's getting to the point where we
>don't even want to "have relations" because we never know when it is
>going to happen.There's no rhyme or reason as to when it occurs. I have
>an appointment with my doctor Friday morning but it has been my
>experience in the past that the doctors I've seen never know what to do
>or what is causing this. I'm just wondering if anyone else has ever
>heard of this or(and I truly hope not too many have) experienced this
>themselves so I can hopefully go to my doctor with more information. Any
>information would be greatly appreciated.
>-Megan
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