My story...

Hi everyone! My name is Cristina I'm italian but i currently live in London.
I stated suffering of vuvlodinya 9 months ago, and everything started without no reason or previous symptoms, just one day it came. I spent the first 4 months seeing doctors and no one was able to give me a right diagnosis and made me take loads of antibiotics saying that they reconised that I was feeling bad and it could have been some kind of sofisticated virus not visible on the analysis but that we had to kill in any case.
While I started these cures I felt worseand worse. When it started I'd just moved to the UK, I will always remember it as the worst moment of my life.. So difficoult to handle. I didn't even know how to ask for a GP, went to the hospital several time but too difficoults to explain how I was feeling.. I mean I know a bit of english (in fact I also saysorry for that, hope you understant).
By the way the previous doctors that I mentioned are italian from my city which is Bari , in the very south of Italy, because finally I decided to be cured by my doctors. What happened I've already told youbefore.
They never convinced me and I've always belived that was not the right way and I started searching on the internet untill I finally discovered the vulvodynia.I have to thank Aida who is also a member of this forum plus she is the creator of the italian forum Volvodiniapuntoinfo.com because I found all the information about it and also a very qualified doctor in Rome who is curing me from last december. I'm taking as medicines Laroxyl which is the antidepressant used most for the vulvodynia but I'm also doing pelvic physioterapy.
Today I feel much better and If I only think how I was feeling bad until a few months ago i would probably kill myself.. It's really hard but we have to belive it will finish one day! it's also difficoult to find comprehension around us, isn't it? I decided to share my story here as well, also if some of you have any suggestion about specialists, cures, supports here in London I would much aprreciate because I'm here alone and once a month I usually go to rome to see my doctor. It's also hard to afford.. I don't know if here in the UK there is any support in terms of money for the vulvodynia, because in Italy we do not have any advantage and the cure are very expensive! I realized preatty soon that you must be rich to cure the vulvodynia! that's the end of the history! Thanks to everyone who read my story, thank you girls for your patience, I wish the best of luck for all of us!
take care
Cristina

Hey Cristina,

I see this post is old, , hope things have improved.

I know what you mean about not wanting to live with this! It can really ruin things.

What are your symptoms and is your pain provoked or unprovoked?

Belle x