WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 1997: Re: Painful intercourse

Re: Painful intercourse

From: barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:08:11 -0500 (CDT)

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>At Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Laurie wrote:
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>>At Mon, 16 Jun 1997, anonymous wrote:

>>Michele,

First I would suggest that you go to a competent >>physician that you feel comfortable with, and get a thorough GYN exam.

Dear Michele,

The above advice from Dr. Laurie is the bottom line in receiving treatment for your painful intercourse. The two key words are "competent" And "comfortable with".

>>Then I think you should have a detailed discussion with your provider,
>>to see if he/she feels adequately trained to help you with this problem.

This is the hard part, as most of us do-not feel we have the right to take up too much of our doctors time. While we may feel this way we are also doing ourselves and our doctor a diservice because then we miss out on the opportunity to Really get to the bottom of our problem. I find that if you tell the doctor that you have a Lot to talk about and could he/she set aside enough time so you both feel comfortable and neither one of you is rushed. When I worked in a busy internal medicine practice we called this a conference visit and it ment, Time To Talk.

>>If not, request a referral to a pelvic pain specialist or a specialist
>>in sexual dysfunction.

Michele, do you live in or near a large metropolitian area? A good place to start is a teaching hospital where doctors like Laurie Lovely are doing advanced training in special areas and you would be treated by several competent doctors and the chief of the department as well. Second, try a large hospital, call them and see if they have a referral for a pelvic pain specialist as Laurie suggested.

Please follow through on this as I feel there is much that can be done to help you. We sometimes feel uncomfortable talking about sexual problems but remember Obgyn's are trained in this area of medicine and to them these are Real problems that they want to correct.

My heart goes out to you as you search for answers and I truly hope you get help soon. Just a thought: are you the one that feels divorce is the answer? Could it be that you are blamming yourself for something that you have No control over... Remember, Pain is Pain no matter where or how we have it and it must be stopped if at all possible.

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Barbara Nesbitt
Co-Moderator, Women's Health Forum
OBGYN.net

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