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Heather34Hi Katy. I am so, so sorry for what you are currently going through. I wanted to share some thoughts that I hope so much will help.
Concerning pain with dilation, in the past, Rachel, wrote the following:
“[A] recommendation would be to ask your doctor for some lidocaine jelly to mix in with your ky jelly. This is a numbing agent that you can use and then once you get comfortable with insertion you can go back to just using ky jelly…Also, you can take regular Parecetamol 1gm and ibuprofen prior to your insertion of dilators and this will help with the pain to…”
Another Forum member also commented concerning pain and irritation with dilators:
I had irritation deeper in, after insertion a few times. It seemed that I was spreading the lube around on the larger dilators too equally. It ended up being a better idea to leave proportionally more lube at the tip of the dilator. I don’t think the lube was making it all the way to the end of “the tunnel” if I didn’t leave a liberal amount on the tip. After changing my lube distribution habits (lol), the deeper irritation no longer is a problem…right now I use Sliquid Sassy. Very thick”
Furthermore, there is an excerpt from a Forum member who used Hydrocortisone as a means of fighting pain and discomfort. She writes:
“Dr. Pacik’s suggestion to use Hydrocortisone Cream has been a HUGE help for me. My lady bits are just so dang sensitive!!! I bought Hydrocortizone10 in the Cooling Gel formula for during the day and I’ve felt SO much better – then I’ve been using the Hydrocoritzone10 in the ointment for adding to my lube mix with dilating at night. I honestly can’t believe how much that’s helped me feel better …”
I also wanted to share a wonderful thread concerning Forum member, Kim’s, personal journey:
http://www.vaginismusmd.com/support/vaginismus-md-forum/?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=674
Within this thread, there are wonderful comments from several forum members as well as Dr. Pacik.
Please know that I’m here to support you always. :):):)