What would you do?

After weeks of being very sore ‘down below’, attempting, and failing, to have sex due to extreme pain, I went to the Gynae clinic at the hospital today. After an internal I was told that I am ‘very tight’ (no news there!) for which they are sending me some dilators (they have run out), but the soreness and pain is due to extreme dryness - hardly surprising as the tablets I’m on (Arimidex + anti-depressants, sleeping pills) all have loss of libido and dryness among the side-effects. I have been using ‘Replens’ on a regular basis and ‘Sylk’ as an immediate lubricant when intimacy has taken place.

The consultant prescribed a cream, ‘Ortho-Gynest’ which is oestrogen based. I asked her about using it and the risks, etc, and was told they were minimal. The thing is, do I use it and take the risks or put up with the soreness which, at times, has kept me awake at night? I have read about it on the internet and it says not to use it if you’ve had BC, but then tells you about possible increased risks.

Hi Granmum

Have you heard of ‘yesyesyes’? It’s similar to Sylk but a couple of our ladies from our support group have used it and prefer it to Sylk.

I think that’s the problem of being on various medications plus as we get older things start to happen as well, like dryness! As if we haven’t got enough to deal with!!

If you look on the web you should see the link for ‘yes’

Pinkdove
x

Just noticed as well (and remembered!) that there’s another thread going on called ‘Help, Sex after 5 years’ which gives you some other ladies feedback as well.

Pinkdove

KY jelly works well too