Vaginal atrophy

This is all very helpful, thank you. I realize now the “uti” my internist diagnosed wasn’t a uti at all. It never went away with antibiotics he prescribed.
I wonder what dosage of estradiol is the general recommendation. I’ve been told ½ gm 2x/wk and also 1gm 3x/week. That’s a big difference! Any input appreciated!

sue417,
I use estrogen cream and alternate it with coconut oil. I also had pelvic floor PT as I was diagnosed with pelvic floor prolapse. Both effective.

I also use estrogen cream but the dryness is still terrible. I went to my gyn and she told me that I have some “vaginal prolapse”. I can tell that my bladder is being affected as well because I have to urinate frequently. The gyn is sending me to a gyn/urologist in May to see what can be done. I know that I don’t want any surgery but I don’t want this prolapse to get any worse.

Pelvic floor physical therapy might take care of the problem.

I wonder if doing pelvic floor exercises will help as a preventive measure. I don’t want to make things too uptight.

That would be wonderful if that could be the cure! Can pelvic floor physical therapy reverse a vaginal prolapse? Thanks so much for your input!

Pelvic floor physical therapy
Along with estrogen cream took care of my problem. I had a lot of pain - felt as if I had a uti all the time.

I would have to learn how to do those exercises, but if they could solve my problem, I would be so happy! Thank you for that advice.

Hi
I am glad I found this post. So I just finished dcis breast cancer surgery and radiation I have been coping with bladder issues for one year my oncologist just put me on vagifem. I have a new GP which I see April 15th I'm asking for an internal because the pressure I feel inside is driving me crazy no one has done an internal on me in over 2 years .I don't know if I have vaginal dryness if my bladder is prolapsed or what's going on but I feel like I'm going crazy some days it's so uncomfortable. If you have vaginal dryness does it feel like it's burning inside because some days that's what I feel and I didn't know if I should use also a moisturizer with the vagifem. My oncologist just increased me to use it every night. Does anyone else use it every night. I was using it every 3 days. I have recently seen a urologist and had a cystoscope where everything looked normal. I do utiva cranberry supplements and d-mannose it has helped decrease the bladder infections. Just frustrated 😠