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I am 55 years old and within the last year have had extreme pain during intercourse. My doctor has not been able to do a pap smear because the opening to my cervix is closed. I have tried two rounds with estrogen products and I have a severe allergic reaction. It is like a burn with redness and blisters, my skin will tear if I touch it too hard, and there is intense itching for days.
I'm going crazy!!! Our sex life is even worse than it was before treatment!
Why don't women talk about this problem? Is there any other treatment for this problem other than estrogen? We are trying one more medication (premarin cream). If that doesn't work am I doomed to no sex life forever? This has been a nightmare and I can't find anyone else who has gone through it. Please help!
I'm going crazy!!! Our sex life is even worse than it was before treatment!
Why don't women talk about this problem? Is there any other treatment for this problem other than estrogen? We are trying one more medication (premarin cream). If that doesn't work am I doomed to no sex life forever? This has been a nightmare and I can't find anyone else who has gone through it. Please help!
PLEASE HELP!! I'm 41 and for the past year I've been experiencing virgina dayness and Pain durring sex, I've tried ky but It only burns, as a result I no longer enjoy sex and because It's so painful now, I might do it once every other month, even though my sex drive is still high It's too painful, can someone PLEASE HELP!!
THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH WOMEN. I THINK SO MANY WOMEN ARE GOING TO THE DR. AND THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO HELP US.MOST OF US JUST GIVE UP SEX.
Thank you so much for the input you gave concerning the Estriol capsules in olive oil. That makes perfect sense to me. I will discuss it with my doctor. It makes me feel so much better to know that there are other women out there who are having difficulty finding the right product to help with this problem. NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT!! I have yet to meet a woman who knows anything about this problem. Why aren't the doctors discussing this issue????
Thank you so much for the website and the book by Dr. Shames. I will look for that, also!
Thank you so much for the website and the book by Dr. Shames. I will look for that, also!
I am a 55y/o- over a year since my last period. Whenever my husband and I try to have sex we both end up in pain- cuts/abraisions.We tried several lubricants and they didn't help- he now has severely irritated skin on the ridge of his penis. I don't know if the lubricant or the cuts caused it. I am very frustrated because I would like for us to continue this part of our relationship. I have read some of the suggestions here-do you think they would help us? My Dr gave me a scrip for an estring- but I am fearful of using estogen as my mother has both breast and pancreatic cancers.
It sounds like you could use some bio-identical hormone replacement therapy of estril and progesterone. You can get saliva testing for hormones at the Canary Club at www.canaryclub.org. You can order tests yourself without a doctor. Then you could receive a referral to a knowledgeable M.D. in your area from Dr. Richard Shames M.D. (in the context of a coaching session.) I found this information in a book I'm reading entitled,"Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled by Richard Shames, M.D. and Karilee Shames, Ph.D., R.N. It provides information about thyroid, adrenal and reproductive balance. One of my friends went to this doctor and found him to be very helpful.
Many mainstream doctors don't have the expertise to help with these problems but there are doctors like this one who can help. Also take a look at my post to 121van from yesterday about the estrogen and progesterone I'm taking. You can solve this problem. I wish you the best.
Many mainstream doctors don't have the expertise to help with these problems but there are doctors like this one who can help. Also take a look at my post to 121van from yesterday about the estrogen and progesterone I'm taking. You can solve this problem. I wish you the best.
Menopause *****. It has been one and half years since my uterus is removed at 53 on Dec. 1st 2006. Since then I have experienced hot flashes, sleepless night, bone joint pain,urinary problem, hot temper, impatient, no energy, having negative thoughts, heart burns, bad attitude, depression. I am having a very terrible time now. I am feeling moody and like an old lady though people always admire my age of 55 looks like early 40's. My sex drive is zero. I am terrified to have intercourse because my virgina is dry and it hurts.
Would anybody give me advice how to overcome and face this trauma difficult time? Please have mercy and I want to get back to normal life?
Thank you for your advice and all the help I can get for moral support and wisdom to deal and overcome with the symptons.
Dorie
Would anybody give me advice how to overcome and face this trauma difficult time? Please have mercy and I want to get back to normal life?
Thank you for your advice and all the help I can get for moral support and wisdom to deal and overcome with the symptons.
Dorie
For years I avoided going on vaginal estrogen because of allergic reaction to the excipients in the products. Also the commercial estrogen products are not so great for very sensitive people.
This is what has worked for me as a chemically sensitive person:
Estriol 0.5mg. capsules in organic olive oil in veggie caps. This is not a commercial pharmaceutical. It is a compounded bio-identical hormone. Directions: Insert one capsule vaginally at bedtime. Have your doctor order it from Women's International Pharmacy. Phone: 1-800-279-5708. They will send it by mail. They are located in Arizona. Estriol is the safest of the three types of estrogen.
To be even safer you can also take some bio-identical progesterone with the estrogen. It need not be taken vaginally. The cleanest I have found is Progest-E Complex Replenishing Oil distributed by Kenogen: Eugene, Oregon 97405. I get it from Vitamin Express in Berkeley, CA. You can order it from them. Phone: 1-510-841-1798. I hope this helps.
This is what has worked for me as a chemically sensitive person:
Estriol 0.5mg. capsules in organic olive oil in veggie caps. This is not a commercial pharmaceutical. It is a compounded bio-identical hormone. Directions: Insert one capsule vaginally at bedtime. Have your doctor order it from Women's International Pharmacy. Phone: 1-800-279-5708. They will send it by mail. They are located in Arizona. Estriol is the safest of the three types of estrogen.
To be even safer you can also take some bio-identical progesterone with the estrogen. It need not be taken vaginally. The cleanest I have found is Progest-E Complex Replenishing Oil distributed by Kenogen: Eugene, Oregon 97405. I get it from Vitamin Express in Berkeley, CA. You can order it from them. Phone: 1-510-841-1798. I hope this helps.
She tells me that it is perfectly normal to have this happen to "women my age.' She says that many women just plain do without sex. She thinks this is terrible as it can be remedied soon.
She is mystified that I am having an allergy reaction as she says that she hasn't come across anyone who has reacted to it like I am. I have not tried the premarin cream yet but I think I might be allergic to the ingredients in the estrace and not the estrogin itself.
I will admit that the estrace has helped with our sex life so I hesitate to give it up.
I researched the internet and have found some very helpful websites dealing with Vulvar pain.
Thanks for the interest!
She is mystified that I am having an allergy reaction as she says that she hasn't come across anyone who has reacted to it like I am. I have not tried the premarin cream yet but I think I might be allergic to the ingredients in the estrace and not the estrogin itself.
I will admit that the estrace has helped with our sex life so I hesitate to give it up.
I researched the internet and have found some very helpful websites dealing with Vulvar pain.
Thanks for the interest!
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