Mar 6, 2013
“I have been living with secondary vestibulitis for a few years (and and few other related pain conditions) and really bent over backwards to salvage my sexuality.” This is the story of Arashi, visual artist, writer and sex-positive vestibulitis patient and her surgical choice to heal her condition. Watch here as her story unfolds, from the weeks before her surgery to heal her vestibulitis, until a year...
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Vestibulitis: A Visual Diary
Mar 6, 2013
The Vestibulitis Diary – Part 19: Finale
One Year After Surgery I hadn’t written about the pain for a long time. Like a sad memory, I tried to repress it, tuck it away in the back corner of my mind. People sometimes ask if the surgery killed the pain, and whether or not I would suggest surgery to others. The surgery was both easier and harder than I had thought. It was easier because my Dr. did a modified vestibulectomy which took out just... read more
Mar 6, 2013
The Vestibulitis Diary – Part 18: Out of Sync
Day 200 After Surgery 6 months out from the Vestibulectomy surgery and things are still not completely fine. I had recovered a lot. There was a lot of residual sensitivity that faded. The stitches are gone. The stress induced hematomas went away. I was very thankful to have all those painful things gone. But now is my battle against scar tissue. Before there had been constant burning pain, where even a... read more
Mar 6, 2013
The Vestibulitis Diary – Part 17: If Only
Day 95 After Surgery We tried sex for the first time after the surgery. Apparently a little under three months was just too soon. It hurt as bad or worse before the surgery. Admittedly I was slack on the physical therapy and daunted by a big hematoma on the incision line that would flare up and be gone in a matter of hours (being fairly painful in the interim). Needless to say, I was saddened. It was one... read more
Mar 6, 2013
The Vestibulitis Diary – Part 16: Inflamed
Day 20 After Surgery Tuesday was bad. It was exceptionally hard to go to work. My skin was inflamed right near the surgery area. It all left me feeling really down, I began to wonder if I would ever feel good again. If one listens too much to the majority of catastrophic thinking on VVS boards, one wouldn’t be too sure of a major cure anyway. There were hours this day where the inflammation was so... read more
