We eventually found a Dr who specializes in PN issues, Dr A for those of you in Minnesota. He was sure that she had PN and we started the nerve blocks and lifestyle changes to accommodate this condition. My wife did 6 rounds over 1.5 years. This yielded maybe 4 times of reduced pain sex and for the most part didn’t really do anything other than cause her discomfort and cost us a lot of money. At this point our insurance decided to stop covering the shots. So again we are at the point of what to do next. When we caught the Nightline or 60 min or whatever show Dr. Goldstein was profiled on. We procrastinated due to the travel required to get to him, but eventually scheduled an appointment with him.
We went through the initial meeting, which is not fun for anyone with this type of pain. See “down there” blog for a full recap of what is done. But once it was done we were told that she didn’t have PN, that she had atrophy and a bunch of other things like PFD, and a bunch of the V disorders. So she was put on Estradoil, a very low dosage antidepressant for pain management, told no sex for 3 months and her IUD had to be removed. Dr G’s statement was that the problems were caused by hormonal birth control and that she would be pain free in about six months. After the first 4 months she was down from pain levels of 8-10 to about 4. We were pumped, sex was happening on a regular basis of about once to twice a week and she was enjoying it, but with discomfort.
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