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[Whatsupwiththis]

Catbat  trust me...we have ALL been there.  You are definitely not alone.  Like the other ladies mentioned, vagifem takes a long time to work.  As Haydo mentioned, for the most part you can get comfortable but you need to maintain it.  Even after 2 years (6 months daily now down to 5x a week), I still have moments of soreness but much, MUCH more manageable.

[Gracie]

16 weeks in (I think) using Vagifem since being diagnosed with VA and its turning into a journey of trial and error.

For no reason whatsoever I had a flare up yesterday, that's when you start to do funny things, me anyway, I crushed a Vagifem tablet using warm water and Slyk moisturiser and turned it into a paste and rubbed well in on the outside.

Today feeling a lot better and will try using Ovestin again (didn't suit me first time I used it) because using a pestle and mortar was hard work, those Vagifem tablets are darn hard, no wonder they don't dissolve in some women!

I hope in the future I can laugh at what I got up to living with this awful condition, one day!!

[CATBAT]

Thanks to a switched on GP ( male) I think I have caught this early hoping for some good results soon

[CATBAT]

Hello all . I’m having a low day and doubting myself and symptoms ( I have health anxiety so not unsual for me) still Vagifeming every day but internal soreness persists … been 3 weeks and losing hope

[CLKD]

It can take several weeks to ease symptoms.  Some ladies require two pessaries occasionally as well as moisturisers on the outer areas.  Have a lookC at 'sylc' and 'yes' websites: I use KY Jelly on the labia if they begin to itch as well as 'ovestin' inside and out.  It's Trial and Error.  It's about getting the regime 'right' to suit you.  When I get the need2P I take 2 'nurofen' 3 times a day for a couple of days; to ease that nip as the spincter closes off the urine flow.

[CATBAT]

Thanks CKLD . I suppose I’m just doubting if it is VA has I have no external issues . But when I sit down it feels like I  being squashed internally if that makes sense …

[CLKD]

Yep.  4 me it was like razor blades  up there.  Sometimes the skin is so thin it can split which adds to the 'ouch' feelings!  Keep up with the treatment.  Take pain relief if necessary.

[Gracie]

I did a lot of research on Vagifem and it can take a very long time to feel any benefits. I've read 18 weeks to feel any improvement, patience is the key here.

I am just beginning to feel so much better after approximately four months using Vagifem alongside Novestin which I apply locally.
 

[Haydo]

As others have said it can take weeks/months but you just have to persevere.   If you give up you will just be back to square one and have to start over.  It will make a difference, but you just have to give it time.  We’ve all been there - the frustration of not knowing if the vagifem is working, should you try something different etc.  Keep going with it, don’t get disheartened and you’ll start to notice a difference eventually. 

[Gynaikeíos]

Keep with it CATBAT 
I am almost a year with treatment and it becomes manageable. The first stages did feel a long time but it is a steady recovery to what I can manage.

With best wishes.

[CATBAT]

Thanks all . It’s so annoying always having your vagina in your mind !!

[CLKD]

Loving your sense of humour   

[Gracie]

I crushed a Vagifem tablet using warm water and Slyk moisturiser and turned it into a paste and rubbed well in on the outside.

Love your resourcefulness Gracie ! the americans have Estradiol in a cream maybe we should be pushing for that here.

Thankfully I don't have to crush another Vagifem tablet. After reading advice on here I can now use Estradiol (Novestin) cream mixed with a small amount of Sylk moisturiser and its working brilliantly just rubbed in on the outside.  I would highly recommend using the cream alongside the Vagifem tablet.

[Gracie]

Sorry for the confusion, my dyslexia trips me up a lot sometimes!

I am using Ovestin cream each night, just a small amount mixed with a small amount of Sylk moisturiser applied on the outside and the effects have been amazing, someone on here said its a game changer and she is absolutely right.

I insert the Vagifem tablet every morning, four months on I am at last feeling the benefits of the treatments.

Hope that's clearer 

[CLKD]

Is it a tablet or pessary - clear as mud this VA treatment  . What ever works ?