I haven't posted in a while and I wanted to explain why .... My VIN has fully gone since the laser surgery!
I had my first laser surgery exactly a year ago and have had no VIN for a year!
Even though the surgery was only carried out on a small area, my immune system attacked the whole area that had VIN and the doctor says it has completely gone. I have no lumps, absolutely no marks from surgery (I can't tell where…
It has now been 3 weeks since I had the laser surgery and I wanted to update you on recovery so far. For the first 4 days after surgery the area was completely numb - so going to the loo/walking wasn’t painful at all. Every time I went to the loo I used the shower head to wash down below. I also applied OptiLube (the one with local anaesthetic) three times a day for the first 2 weeks.
After the first 4 days…
So today I had my first treatment for High Grade VIN - Laser surgery. Firstly, if you are having this done do NOT worry - it was absolutely fine!
I got to the day surgery unit at 7am and I was first in to have surgery (at 8.30am). Firstly I was show to my area with a curtain around it and got into the surgery gown. Following that my consultant who was doing the surgery, as well as the anaesthetist, came and introduced…
So... to say my diagnosis was a smooth process would be entirely incorrect!
After my doctor noticed slight lumps down below she (thankfully!) referred me to another doctor who suggested I had a biopsy to rule out the possibility that it could be VIN, a pre-cancerous condition. To me (and my mums!) horror the results came back saying it was High Grade VIN, the most serious form.
I was incredibly upset and distressed as…
