My vulvodynia Story!

Hello to all!

I am new to this forum and I would like to share my story with you all! First of all I would like to say that it is the first time after 2,5 years that I have vulvodynia that I feel that there are people who can understand me. It is very important to me.

Two and a half years ago I took antibiotics and after 4 days I felt itcing in my vagina. I called my gynecologist who gave me suppositories and a cream for yeast infection, although everthing went well with the suppositoties the last day of my therapy, I begin to have terrible burning sensation from the cream. I called my doctor again who gave me another therapy for yeast infection because he thougt that there was an persistence infection. My tragedy started. I took the therapy an every day I was even worst. The tests I did was all clean but the syptoms was there. Ι had around 4 tests and the last one was finally positive at yeast infection. I took the therapy but after that there was no relief for me. I was feeling that every cream and suppository made me even worse. My doctor told me that propably I was allergic to drugs and I should stop everything and try only lactobacillus oraly and vaginally. Nothing happend. I changed doctor who gaved me another therapy for yeast infection and vaginal washes. Finally with all these creams, suppositories and vaginal washes, I destroyed my flora. In all these time (2-3 months) I had around 10 tests and all were clear. I changed doctor again who after 2-3 tests and visits diagnosed me with bacterial vaginosis (probably because of the bad flora). I took antibiotics but again with no relief.

Not to expatiate a year passed with visits at my gynecologist, test which some of them where positive at bacterial vaginosis but most of them negative and myself with not a single day of relief. Burning, soreness and itching were there every day. But something came to make things even worst: pain at urination and frequent urination. I had an homeopathy therapy, reflexology, I visited a dermatologist, a physiatrist and finally an psychiatrist. All with no result. I was in panic, my life have been destroying, I had no social life, I became hypochondriacal because I thought that all these bacteria are responsible for my situation and not to mention my sex life, which bacame a permanet anxiety for me.

However I didnt give up. I made urine tests (which were clear) and after 2 unsuccessful visits to urologists who they simply gave my a therapy of 6 months antibiotics, I finally found this holy man: an urologist who after a lot of tests diagnosed me with chronic pelvic pain and talked to me about interstitial cystitis and vulvodynia. My life is much better now, I take some pills for urination, amitriplyline, I use rephresh which I found very helpful, I wash only with baby shower gel, I wear cotton underweare, rarely trousers and I am able to have sex but not very often. I have my bad days and good days, try to live with that and live normal as far as I can.

I apologise for the big post and for my english. I am from Greece.

Love to all and courage xx

Good to hear that your symptoms have improved. (And your English is excellent.) The most important thing one can do for oneself with this condition is to not give up!