Hello ladies.....I'm hoping for some advice . A bit of background....I last posted here in June querying going back on Vagifem after being off it for almost three months due to being unable to insert it because of herniated disk problems. It's now November and the last five months have been absolutely miserable. I've had repeated UTI's (culture positive), thrush at least five times ( swabs positive) , vaginal bleeding, blood in urine and a tentative diagnosis of lichen sclerosus for which I was prescribed Dermovate. All this time my vulval area has had a constant burning feeling....most days are a struggle to be honest. On top of that I'm still on crutches due to femoral nerve damage from the herniated disk. Some days I've felt I'm hanging on to sanity by my fingertips.
I've had a cystoscopy which showed no abnormalities and a kidney ultrasound. Today I finally had an appointment at the gynae department of the hospital. I was so glad when I got the appointment, thinking that at last I may get some answers. I was so disappointed though and tonight I just feel so deflated. The gynaecologist (male) had to be the most abrupt doctor I've ever met. He did a womb scan and at least was able to tell me that my womb lining was normal and he saw nothing of concern . I asked about the lichen sclerosis ....at first he snapped at me that it wasn't mentioned on my referral letter but I (bravely? )asked him to look. He said I don't have it, he saw no signs of it. Of course I am grateful I got the appointment and got some reassurance. However when I tried to ask about the vaginal bleeding and the constant burning he just snapped at me saying "I didn't ask you that dear!" I got the sense I was being rushed out, it was a 5 pm appointment and by now I was feeling kinda helpless so I just got dressed. I'm kcking myself now that I wasn't more assertive.
Sorry for the long winded rant but I just had to get it out.
My question. On the way out the nurse came.after me and gave me estriol cream saying that if it helped I was to ask my GP for repeat prescription. I was so flummoxed I didn't even ask how to use it...how often for example and how does it fit in with my Vagifem regime. I can ring my GP tomorrow ( if I even get through grrr! ) but in the meantime I-d like to ask the knowledgeable ladies on here if they have any advice and perhaps there are some ladies who are also using both Vagifem and estriol together.
Many thanks for reading.
Jean
