Vaginally stenosis

kimmy7589

No one has talked about vaginal stenosis which is scar tissue from the radiation. This made any kind of penetration painful. My radiologist gave me vaginal dilators in different sizes.

b3strong

This is a very common side effect of the Nigro treatment for anal cancer. All of the women I know with anal cancer had this outcome, including me in 2012. (We were a part of the Blog For A Cure anal cancer blog which retired a few years back.) The younger you are, if you use the dilators, then it seems stenosis marginally improves over time or may be resolved altogether for some. I was 56 at the time and could not bring myself to use the dilators enough to improve the situation. I opted to go with ThermiVa vaginal rejuvenation from my GYN about 10 months after the end of chemo-radiation which gave me significant improvement. And, I think the younger you are the more ThermiVa helps. Downside is ThermiVa is pricey. I really wish insurance companies would come on board and cover vaginal rejuvenation as part of recovery costs. By the way, if they gave you the hard wax dilators in 3 sizes, know that there are better alternatives (e.g. the Milli dilator). Good luck to you and I hope you have a speedy recovery.

mis714

Have the same problem :( im trying dilator as well. Wen I went gyno she said basically 'if u don't use it...ya lose it' and said to keep trying. It does hurt but getting lil better. I broke up w bf in 2023 but haven't sex since 2022. Which is Not like me at all. It's very disheartening. But ya gotta stay positive n keep stretching. I went to pt for pelvic floor therapy and it taught me abunch of exercises....look into it

SimplyRedeemed

same here. Dialatirs help but still can’t have sex. I’ve consulted with a urogynocologist and she prescribed estriodiol cream & considering laser therapy.

SimplyRedeemed

Intimate Rose dilators are great as well