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[sfreesto]

For me I’ve had to cut back on the external Ovestin as it was making me burn, and I also needed a thrush treatment (I always take the oral pill for that). I think for my body it was too much (and it seems getting VA under control is a very individual experience) alongside the Intrarosa pessary I am using daily that melts and treats the external tissue too. I have now even managed to heal those wretched painful fissures with Dermovate. It is all very weird this VA how it can come on so suddenly, wreck your life for months, and then settle as quickly as it came!


Patchsmama, I understand your fear concerning systemic HRT, but I am thinking that if you have had a surgical menopause then you no longer have the tissues in your body that may pose a risk. Perhaps you could be referred to a menopause clinic, or if you could afford it then make an appointment with Newson Health (they do online as well as in person appointments)? Wishing you some peace from this. X

[Patchsmama]

So sorry to hear your suffering.  I had similar a few years ago and kept using more and more oestrogen until the burning was so bad I visited the Doctor and was given Canestan HC. This cured it in that instance. I needed to use less oestrogen going forward and not more, it can be very confusing as a thrush infection will burn just like VA, just it maybe worth a try?
Hope you feel better very soon

Thank you so much. I did wonder about thrush but, on the rare occasion I’ve had it before, I’ve had the itching and white discharge, never the needing the loo feeling that I get with VA. The GP did take a look but all she said was it looks a bit dry. Ugh!

[Patchsmama]

For me I’ve had to cut back on the external Ovestin as it was making me burn, and I also needed a thrush treatment (I always take the oral pill for that). I think for my body it was too much (and it seems getting VA under control is a very individual experience) alongside the Intrarosa pessary I am using daily that melts and treats the external tissue too. I have now even managed to heal those wretched painful fissures with Dermovate. It is all very weird this VA how it can come on so suddenly, wreck your life for months, and then settle as quickly as it came!


Patchsmama, I understand your fear concerning systemic HRT, but I am thinking that if you have had a surgical menopause then you no longer have the tissues in your body that may pose a risk. Perhaps you could be referred to a menopause clinic, or if you could afford it then make an appointment with Newson Health (they do online as well as in person appointments)? Wishing you some peace from this. X

I think you are totally right when you say that VA is an individual thing. There seems to be so many different ways in which women are affected.  The main thing I’m worried about with systemic HRT  is breast cancer.  I did have a GP trainee who explained it all to me a couple of years ago, re pros and cons,  and he was very good but I just couldn’t bring myself to make the decision.

Things seem slightly calmer today, so I think I’m going to try to reduce the Ovestin and use Yes OB in between. It really shocked me how quickly and severely it flared up after 4 years.