People's Experiences with Surgery

Hi everyone,

I've posted here a few times but I'll just give a little back story. I've had provoked vulvodynia for almost 2 years. It's driving me insane. I was on amitriptyline and it cured me, but when I went off it the vulvodynia came back. So I went back on it but it's still here. I was also on 300mg of Lyrica per day for about 6 months but it did nothing for the pain. I also tried the laser treatment but that didn't work either. As the laser treatment is relatively new there was no guarantee it would work or not, but I thought I may as well give it a go.
My gynaecologist said my next option would be surgery. I just don't know if I could go through with it. She said the success rate is only about 80% so I don't know if it would be worth it to go through all of that for it to possibly not be gone. I was wondering if any of you could share your surgery stories and if it worked for you.

Thanks so much girls. This forum has really helped me.

Hiya, I've had the surgery done :-)
And in my opinion it was the easiest surgery and recovery ever. I'd have it done again tomorrow if I had too because it was that straight forward.
80% success rate is high when you think about it, if you google the statistics they are actually quite high. I wouldn't be worried about it not working, if the doctor has said your next option would be a vestobulectomy then that's a good sign that your a good candidate because there's only certain people who qualify to have a vestobulectomy.
I only had my surgery in Jamuary, my sex life is so much better and so is my daily life too!

Oh that sounds amazing. Unfortunately I went to the doctor the other day and its now changed from provoked vulvodynia to generalised provoked vestibulodynia so she thinks I'm not the best candidate anymore thanks for replying though I'm happy it worked for you!