Now the down side is that we have been stuck at this level, with a couple of areas still in high pain. So after her second visit to Dr G he added physical therapy to help with the PFD, and then after her third visit he added valium vaginal inserts.
My wife has high levels of pain in her clitoris area, and moderate pain (4ish) on the upper right and left sides of her labia. The key area of change is the lower left around to lower right now have mostly no pain, which were areas of 8-10 before. So some really good progress, I should also mention there have been maybe 3 times of sex in the last 6 months that were zero pain. Huge win!!! But the areas in pain currently have not changed, so we have hit a plateau.
At the last visit she had with Dr G they discussed that her highest levels of pain seem to be around her period time. So he suggested looking into (I don’t know the name) but they basically just blast the uterus with a laser and burn up the tissue so she wouldn’t have a period any more (also no more kids). So she was to look for a local doc that can do that procedure.
So this week she then met with two local docs, her normal ob/gyn who delivered our second baby and a UofM pelvic pain doc. Her ob/gyn said that she thinks the surgery is rather extreme and that she should just consider going on a high dosage estrogen only birth control pill which would give her the extra estrogen she needs and stop her period. She would also like her to continue the estradiol cream with it. If that doesn’t work then consider the surgery. Nice doc, my wife really likes her.
Then the UofM doc, bedside manner left much to be desired. Very combative right from the start. She basically said surgery seemed extreme, she liked the idea of the birth control pills, she would also like to switch from the antidepressant to an anti-seizure pill that has shown good results. She would also like to stop the Estradiol cream and replace with just an estrogen cream, she doesn’t like the testosterone in it. She then got on her soapbox, which really pissed me off, she told my wife she really needed to go to counseling (something her clinic also has) for this as she will never get better and she needs to learn to deal with the fact that she will have this pain for the rest of her life.
So our next step is to circle back with Dr G and get his feedback on the estrogen BC pill vs the surgery, the antidepressant vs the anti-seizure meds, and if he has any other ideas to reduce the pain in her clitoris and upper left and upper right labia.
So there it is, just a little shorter than the history of the world. But it brings us up to date with what is currently happening with us.