I know a couple posts ago I wrote that I feared that my doctor would dump me onto a pain management physician/clinic, but I think I was just projecting my fear of what I've seen a lot of other doctors do when they hit a wall or have to deal with a recalcitrant condition. I've seen the "best" doctors at "top" hospitals/institutions dump patients onto another service just so they wouldn't have to deal with their complicated conditions. But my doctor's manner today was 180 degrees opposite of that. I can't find one negative thing to say about her. Throughout this she has been so supportive, encouraging, and committed to my care.

She says I don't have scar tissue, but she did recommend PT (physical therapy). There is a pelvic floor PT here Houston called the Pelvic Health and Physical Therapy Center and they have a specialist in vulvodynia/vestibulitis etc and I saw her once before I had my surgery. My doctor talked to her afterward and I guess the therapist expressed to my doctor that I was pretty "mentally resistant" to the idea of PT, which was true.

The reason I was mentally resistant was multi-factorial. First, they told me at PT that 80% of pts with my condition can achieve full resolution of their symptoms through PT and I thought that was bs. Second, I had to wait nearly 2 hours for my SCHEDULED appointment (which they told me to arrive EARLY for) so I was in a terrible mood. Third, THEN they made me pay $55 for the vaginal sensor on top of my $35 co-pay. I probably wouldn't have been as irritated about that if not for the waiting. In fact, I probably would have not been mentally resistant at all if they hadn't made me wait for 2 hours. It's not like there was a PT emergency. And then afterward I had to wait MORE to go see the useless M.D. in charge just for insurance purposes. I was so agitated because I was going to be late for the rest of my day that I almost walked away.