This is ridicules! I am 80 years old, and my Mayo doctors take me serious. I used estrogen cream every 3 days, and had two sessions of pelvic floor phys. therapy. Between the cream and the therapy, I can live a mostly free of pain normal life.
I am a doctor myself, and if a doctor would say this to me, I would chew them out like crazy!
Nobody has to live with pain and discomfort if it can be prevented easily!