Vaginal Dryness - I need help!

Shari, here's the link to the I Want My Mojo Back thread that Chrissy recommends. 

Also, the main Breastcancer.org site has some great suggestions in the section on Vaginal Dryness.

shari41 - 

Yuck, I had horrible responses when I first started taking tamoxifen & know that many women experience all kind of different things. Generally, although I do not know your diagnosis, it is the case that it's not a good idea to take anything that is estrogen or that changes to estrogen or that is estrogen 'like' - because er/pr + cancer cells feed on estrogen - so you always want to clear anything with your onc. 

You might want to take a look at the mojo thread - sometimes the 'sexual' side of things is diminished by our docs (maybe out of embarrassment?) but these women have really addressed all of the issues if you read through the thread (it's kind of entertaining as well )

I don't know that every woman shouldn't have a gander at this thread as it's a very healthy and open discussion of sexuality and potential problems & achieving what one can sexually. It beats cosmo, that's for sure. 

I'm very fragile in that area and use olive oil.  I've also put make coconut oil suppositories and put those into my vagina.  At room temp coconut oil is a solid, so you can form small ball and freeze these before using.  Messy, but it may help until you get to the MO.  

I'd love to hear back what your MO says.  I'm in a new relationship and will need to negotiate this extreme dryness issue soon.

You can also try Aura Cacia organic cocoa butter, melted or broken into slivers and used as a suppository.  Good prices on Vitacost even for the Carlson suppositories.