Pain after Vestibulectomy - Solved ?

Hi Ladies,

For those of you who haven't seen my more recent posts, you can type in "vestibulectomy" in the search bar to see my most recent posts on my recent new pain.

Luckily enough, I got an opportunity to be seen by my surgeon, Dr. Andrew Goldstein, this past Saturday. He examined me quite a bit before finding what he felt was the source of my newly discovered pain. He found a small lump under my skin, which turned out to be a small cyst - the size of a bb gun pellet. He could only find one and when he pressed on it, it cause me to feel the awful pain I had been sitting on for the past 3 months. He called it a "Skenes Gland Cyst" - never heard of this before. He told me they are actually quite common after a vestibulectomy, but that mine appeared in somewhat of a weird location. He removed it right then and there in his office. I had no time to think about it. It just happened - somewhat traumatizing, but hopefully worth it. The cut wasn't too too big, but did required 6 stitches. Similar to my vestibulectomy recovery, I'm on bed rest for a bit. The total healing period is 6 weeks. I need to ice it constantly and take sitz baths.

I hope this helps other women who discover some random pain near the urethra! He told me they're hard for doctors to find because they are under the skin and are not visible. You have to feel for them by doing a careful examination.

I'll be doing an update in about a month to let you all know if the procedure helped/ worked.

-Jen

I am so glad he found the cause! I bet you are so relieved!

amyhopexoxo,

I'm hoping that by removing the cyst, my pain will be over. He seemed pretty confident that the cyst was the source of my pain. In a way I do feel better knowing there was something to be removed, but I'll only feel happy when I know for sure. These next 6 weeks are gonna be slow, but hopefully worth it!

Please keep me updated!
I spoke with him on the phone and he is so confused on why I am still in pain.