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[CLKD]

How about bicarb of soda?  Made into a paste and applied?  Or put into the warm bath and swirled around, then sit in it for a while.
Grandma swore by it, also zinc and caster oil 

Also, laying naked for a while can help ease symptoms.  Sometimes we have too many layers on and letting the air get to our personal places can help.  Did you try the LIVE yoghurt?  Laying on a thick warmed towel after application can be seen as 'me' time 

I wonder what you are allergic too?  Could it be that you are very tight 'up there' so that any interference causes irritation which gets painful?  I felt like it was barbed wire up there until I used pessaries and the name of course escapes me   

[losttheplot]

I've tried allsorts 

The discomfort comes & goes, and I feel it more when i'm sitting or if I lean forward. I am a little worried about this pain, I've gone from the wire brush feeling to something that feels more like stitch But before I panic myself too much I must remind myself I've had this pain before (a couple of times) and all was well (health anxiety kicking in a little). ho hum.

[Rose]

Was just thinking about what your doc said about referred pain, which is what I've been told due to chronic back pain. I have now been diagnosed with Vulodynia. If you Google it then you may find out if any of the symptoms apply to you. I have same problem with allergy to the fillers they put into the creams and vagifem. It felt like I'd taken 20 espressos! now got cream from compounding lab here in Oz which is helping the VA but the referred pain is still there. As I was saying to another lady, have you tried seeing a Homeopath? Just a thought.

[losttheplot]

Hi Rose, thank you for posting. I'm pleased to have met someone else with referred pain- not that i'm pleased you've got it...its awful
Today mine was so bad that I almost phoned the dr, but suddenly it lifted so I decided I will wait...I might see if I can get a closer appointment.
Funny thing is, i''ve had referred pain before in my Coccyx, it was my lower back that caused it not the coccyx but it took the dr a year (when I couldn't sit down) to realise.
Our bodies are odd.
I'm trying hard not to worry and keep my imagination in check.....I just never thought VA could cause this type of pain. I not able to see a homeopath, money is tight but thank you

[Rose]

Did you see a programme on TV about pain? It spoke about how we react to pain and how referred pain is the brain's hyper sensitivity to pain. I asked my GP if my brain is more 'alert' to pain as I've had chronic pain for 10 years and he said that it was. I have had the nerves that are impinged, burned , so realistically I shouldn't have anymore pain but my brain has now retained the memory of the pain and so it just keeps ending pain signals. He gave me an example of an amputee who still feels the missing limb even to the point of feeling itch in the missing limb. Referred pain was something I wasn't expecting. I am sorry that Homeopaths are more expensive. In the rest of Europe, homeopathic medicine is cheaper than mainstream. Here in Oz we pay for all our medication and so going to alternative sources costs about the same.