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[countrybumpkin]

I'm still perservering   One question, I have now got a little clear discharge which I assume is as a result of the vagifem dong its stuff.  Feels strange as I have had no discharge at all for past 3 years.
Still some discomfort on weeing especially later in the day and still getting feeling as if I need to go again after a wee but its reduced in intensity from what it was.

[CLKD]

Drinking plenty?  If you don't feel more comfy by mid-week maybe this isn't for you and perhaps your GP will prescribe something else.

[countrybumpkin]

It is alot better than it was though so I need to give it the two weeks loading, today has been much better in comparison .  I had got used to pain everytime I weed as it has been going on for so long because of my fear of any hormones

[CLKD]

Glad to know that you are getting a little relief.  It was the feeling of razor blades up there that sent me to the GP 

[countrybumpkin]

Last night was end of two weeks and I have to say the difference is very very good.  My husband has had a look and he says the caruncle is much much smaller and everything looks all pink and healthy again.  I now go down to the twice a week so hopefully I won't go backwards and I go back to GP just before the month is up for her to have a look etc.

Once on the twice a week dosage is it safe to use this then indefinitely?

[CLKD]

I hope so!  If I find symptoms beginning to niggle I do a 3 successive nights dose (Ovestin) then leave 3/4 nights. Keeps the area plumped up.

[countrybumpkin]

2 days after the end of the loading period and things are not as good, the painful weeing is much better but I now have short sharp pains inside vagine that I have never had before. I am due to use vagifem again tomorrow night and then next wednesday so will be intereting to see if this improves after I use it again tomorrow night.
I see GP again next Thursday.  My husband says everything looks okay down there and the caruncle is much much smaller so not sure what is causing these pains today.

[CLKD]

there are a lot of nerve endings down there!

[babyjane]

hello, I have come late to your thread otherwise I would have shared earlier.

When I started on vagifem 5 years ago it took me a good 3 weeks to settle into it. Back then I was on the 25mg pessaries but they were discontinued and the 10mg replaced them.  I have to use 10mg three times a week to keep my symptoms at bay. 

Anyway as I said just now, it took a good three weeks before I settled so it sounds as though you are doing all right.  Good luck with it.

[countrybumpkin]

Thanks. Not as bad today. The only symptom that seems to have remained is that for about 10 mins after I wipe after a wee I feel as if I need to go again.  This only bothers me from lunchtime to bedtime   I also seem to be slow at starting to wee but I have had this in the past well before meno and it could be all in my head of course!

[CLKD]

So do you need a boost maybe? to ease symptoms for the whole day?

[Jenna]

Countrybumpkin - your GP will probably suggest that you carry on using Vagifem every day for a bit longer before you reduce down to two a week for the maintenance dose.

[babyjane]

The only symptom that seems to have remained is that for about 10 mins after I wipe after a wee I feel as if I need to go again. 

it was explained to me by a very knowlegeable nurse that the urethra can suffer with dryness as well as the vagina and it can become inflamed and it is this that makes you feel you want to wee even though your bladder is empty.  I use vagifem but also estriol cream externally and this helps with the feelings of wanting to wee when I don't really need to go.

[countrybumpkin]

Oh thanks everyone - will see what she says next Thursday  after she has had  rummage

[Jenna]

The only symptom that seems to have remained is that for about 10 mins after I wipe after a wee I feel as if I need to go again. 

it was explained to me by a very knowlegeable nurse that the urethra can suffer with dryness as well as the vagina and it can become inflamed and it is this that makes you feel you want to wee even though your bladder is empty.  I use vagifem but also estriol cream externally and this helps with the feelings of wanting to wee when I don't really need to go.

This is very interesting babyjane - when I get that feeling (it will usually be late afternoon time and particularly in the hot weather), I use my vaginal moisturiser on the underneath bits and within about half an hour that horrible feeling has gone for the rest of the day! (Fingers crossed.) I do use estriol cream twice a week and the moisturiser ('Yes' water-based) on the other days.