OMG, what is wrong with me? - Women's Health Message Board

MyNameIsMe · 06-05-2009, 02:04 PM

Hi!
I am a 31 yr old female who has never been pregnant.
I've been suffering with some vaginal and bladder problems for the past 2-3 yrs.
Pain with intercourse, vaginal dryness, clitoral problems, no sex drive, bladder spasms, etc.
Lately it's gotten a lot worse. The bladder spasms are very bad so I have to watch my caffeine intake as it makes them so much worse.
I haven't been able to have sex with my husband in 3 months... we tried last week but it was too painful.
This whole last couple of years we've barely been able to have sex and it's killing me as well as my husband! I miss that closeness.

I've been having weird clitoris problems that have gotten a lot worse over the past several months.
I think it started out with kind of a numbness and pressure, that started about 2 yrs ago and then it turned into feeling like a pin was inside my clitoris.
It gets swollen sometimes and very painful and uncomfortable.
Anyway about a month ago my clitoris was especially irritated and swollen and looked so strange. Kind of knobby like? Hard to describe. Also I noticed small white bumps on the skin around it.
It calmed down with time and with epsom salt soaks. I made an appt with my gyno the next morning but the wait was over a month!
I hadn't seen her in 2 yrs, I know I should have made an appt but it's just been a horrible and hectic couple of years.

Anyway today I was using the bathroom and wiped and noticed spots of blood on the paper, I wiped 2-3 more times and each time got more spots.
I went and got a mirror to see if I could see where I was bleeding from, I didn't but saw something very shocking and upsetting.
I do not know what it is for sure but I think it is my cervix that is at my vaginal opening!!!!

I am so horrified and depressed! I can't believe all this is happening to me.
I called my gyno to talk to someone and they weren't much help at all. They couldn't tell me anything but did schedule me to see the nurse practitioner next Wed for this problem. I will still go back finally for my scheduled appt with my gyno the following Wed.

Can anyone here help me? I'm really freaked out and am just devastated!
If this is cervical prolapse then my only options are surgery or that pessary device correct? Both of which are supposed to be horrible and cause problems as well!
I was already so devastated having no sex drive and it hurting so badly when we tried to have sex as well as the discomfort that was constant-all this that all started in my late 20s... I already felt like an old woman and that my life was over and now this huge new problem?! What a nightmare!!!!

Thank you!

charlenef · 06-08-2009, 06:34 AM

It sounds like your uterus is falling out my mil would push hers back in until she finally broke down and got the surgery

tgrobar75 · 06-20-2009, 04:20 PM

Actually, I would not be concerned if it was a cervical prolapse. Unless it is symptomatic, you do not have to do anything about it. It may even come and go with your cycle or with exertion.

However, your other issues sound like a bladder condition called Interstitial Cystitis or Painful Bladder Syndrome. It also sounds like you may have vulvodynia or vestibulitis. Unsure which one unless you are evaluated by a physician. These are pretty text book symptoms so I would definitely get it checked out. Don't ever let a doctor tell you that there is nothing there or that it is all in your head. These are very real symptoms and you do not have to suffer with them. You should see a urogynecologist (that is actually where I would start). If they can't help you, move on to a urologist and a gynecologist.