The solution to painful intercourse!!!!!! Yipeee!

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I am too scared to ask for something like that.  I take Vagifem 2x/week and a little dab of Estrace between doses.  The Onc. and Gyno. assure me that the amount of estrogen in them is not harmful to me.  I was on the Femring but kept getting yeast infections.  If I remember to take the Vagifem regularly, it does seem to work, and it has been getting less painful. 

I'm new here though not new to cancer but I have only realized lately that my sexual secrets are the same as most every one else's here. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone but also so sad that any of us have to deal with it. My husband who is so incredibly wonderful to me and the very best at taking care of me has a very high sex drive and of course, I have none and it's waaaaaay too painful to get involved with. If my husband wasn't such a good guy I wouldn't worry about this issue but since he is, I do. I manage to take care of him 3-4 times a week without intercourse but I do miss it. I'm going to try the Scream Cream/lidocaine combo in hopes of bringing intercourse back to our relationship. Thank you for sharing this info.

My doc has it on a script form listed as "O-gel".  It is the same ingredients as listed in scream cream.

http://www.ijpc.com/_pdf/Scream_Cream.pdf

I see an integrative MD in addition to my conventional team. When I called his office, they recognized the name immediately and ordered it for me from a compound pharmacy called Central Pharmacy in La Habra, CA. Don't know why they didn't use a compound pharmacy here in Indiana, but didn't matter cuz it arrived in the mail 3 days after my call to the doc's office.



And YES, it DOES work!!!! Thank the Lord for these boards!!!!

Marymoir, where are you in Indiana? Anywhere near Indy? I'd be interested in who you see if so.

I'll check it out! I'm in Greenwood. I saw Ann cheger at Integrative Health Specialists to start HRT on the exact day that I had my mammogram that went to hell in a hand basket.



Talked to her a couple times since. She id'd my vitamin d deficiency as well as confirmed I wasn't in menopause at almost 56.



I just emailed them about IV vitamin c but they have to have my oncologists ok. Saw him today and he doesn't think it is a good idea.aa

I don't know if this product has been mentioned, but here's something I ran across today:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LF39IS/ref=pd_rate_ft

They are palm oil/coconut oil/Vitamin E inserts that have gotten rave reviews on Amazon.  Much cheaper than Replens, which I've been using religiously.  

Unfortunately, if like me, you need to use condoms, you shouldn't use oil-based products because they can break down the latex.

I had such a problem with atrophy, pain, inflammation, low (and by "low" I mean "no") libido, etc. that I had less and less intercourse, which of course made everything worse.  Had to get dilators, and now after months I am finally ready to graduate to the last, biggest dilator.  With regular use of that and gallons of Replens I hope to get back to my long-suffering and ever so patient husband.  

OMG a huge thank you! I am seeing my oncologist today...hoping I get up enough nerve to ask.....

TAB- Can you tell me where to find the pdf?

Thanks!

Thanks for posting this ladies.  I started Femara just about 10 weeks ago.  After reading all this I want to stop the atrophy from starting.  Things are getting a bit uncomfortable so at my well woman check up today I took the SC recipe.  The NP was not comfortable with it so referred me to the onc who I see again in June.  I have 4 months to get my courage up to talk about this to a guy.  Knowing him, he will not do it, super conservative guy.  Maybe if I cry??  LOL!

So many have tried SC since Zoh posted this?   I love having it in my bedside table.  

Thanks Jelson for posting that site.  I went on and ordered the book mentioned for my Kindle.