I have been sexually active for 17 years. About 3 years into sexual activity after a boyfriend did the deed inside of me, I experienced terrible burning to the point where I was in tears. This was not the first time that I let him do the deed inside me but this was the first horrible experience I'd had with it. I examined my vaginal area and saw that I had what looked to be a white lesion on the right side of my vaginal wall, more on the outside than in. I went to the emergency room and they tested me and all the tests came back negative. I thought for sure it would be herpes but here it is 14 years later and I have been tested for everything - HIV, herpes, syphillis...the only thing I've ever been found to have is HPV and I seem to get a lot of yeast infections. Sometimes they don't seem to go away. I also have been told I have vericose veins in my vaginal area. My doctor seems to think that a lot of my irritation stems from the fact that my nerves may be out of whack in my vaginal area. I started using topical steroids and creams and then I found out I was pregnant so I had to stop. It seemed to be helping at first and then not. I know that I have this burning whether the deed is done inside me or not. A lot of the time it causes me to have to stop intercourse part way in because I can't take the pain anymore. It leaves me in tears and usually an ice pack or very cold wash cloth is the only thing that soothes it. It takes hours for the pain to really die down. I cannot use lubricants either. They do no good and half the time make it worse. Different positions, nothing...
Sometimes I am lucky and have no pain but most of the time it's there. Someone in a previous post said they could only have sex twice a week. I'm lucky if I can once a month. Thankfully my husband is very patient and understanding and I can and do do other things to pleasure him but it sucks for me in a bad way!!