Re: CANNOTHAVESEX: I have no hymen. I still can't have sex. reproductive specialist
From: T. Lyons, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:01:36 -0500 (CDT)
Message posted on T. Lyons, MD behalf by: Hope Waltman, Fibroid and
Women’s Health Forum Moderator
You need to evaluated by a specialist who has experience with
congenital defects in the reproductive tract. Either the hymenotomy
was not performed completely or there are other defects to be dealt
with. See a reproductive specialist to fix this problem.
--
T. Lyons, MD
ATLANTA, GA, Sightline of Atlanta
http://www.thomasllyons.com http://www.endocenters.net
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At Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Sexless wrote:
>
>Okay ladies. Here's my story.
>
>Firstly, I'm 19, and I've had a fair amount of boys in my life since the
>age of 14.
>
>But I'm a virgin. I'm not abstinent, or waiting to fall in love, or
>anything like that. I'm just plain frustrated now. I just can't seem
>to have sex at all.
>
>Okay. This all started when I was about 13. I started my period, but
>did not bleed. Why? My hymen was too thick. Diagnosed a few months
>later, and my doctor performed a hymenectomy on me. Recovery was
>inconvenient, but swift. So, I'm hymenless. After recovery, I could
>NOT insert a tampon during periods. It just did not work. ing ouch.
>
>Less than a year later, I got my first boyfriend. On our one year
>anniversary, we tried having vaginal intercourse. Obviously, it didn't
>work. It was profoundly painful.
>
>Now, I can tolerate pain at LEAST as well as the average girl, and if
>attempting penetration hurt this much for everybody... we'd ALL be
>virgins, I assure you.
>
>A handful of years and boys later, here I am, in the exact same
>position. EVERY time I attempt to penetrate myself with either a finger
>or a penis or what have you, it just doesn't work. Things can go in
>(EXTREMELY uncomfortably) for about one inch, and then it's like they
>just hit a wall--not that I would let them go in anyway, this pain is a
>blinding, suffocating, overwhelming pain. A mixture of unbearable
>pressure and a ripping, tearing... just... ouch. Seriously.
>
>Also, every time I push a LITTLE harder than usual, I tend to bleed.
>It's definitely blood, but it isn't menstrual blood or anything, it's a
>little more brown than that. But it certainly IS blood.
>
>So, I looked up vaginismus. This is a condition in which the pelvic
>muscles contract involuntarily in anticipation of intercourse. Treatment
>involves exercises... yadda yadda yadda.. I tried it. Long story
>short, it just doesn't seem to help.
>
>I need help. Does anyone have any ideas? This is really taking a toll
>on me. Quite depressing, to say the least.
>
>PS: I am taking birth control pills for painful period reasons.
>
>Thank you.
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