Hello, I'm waiting for an appointment with my GP but could do with some support in the meantime and this is the only place I can think of that will allow me to ask privately.
I have been using an estrogen cream for atrophy with some success but my outer skin towards the perineum feels as though it has split (it hasn't as far as I can tell). When I attended for my final smear test the nurse was unable to carry it out as I was in a lot of pain (soreness towards perineum) as soon as she tried to open the speculum.
There is soreness in the area if urine passes over the area but no soreness to the front. I had a lot of irritation in general but the estrogen cream seems to help that.
I suffer with haemorrhoids but am fastidious with personal hygiene as I have read that these can cause such soreness.
I just wonder if there is anyone here who can identify with these symptoms.
All my smears have been normal over the years and I'm fed up with this soreness which has been made much worse by the poor nurse trying to take my very last sample.
Heated Brush recommendation,please.