Pap smear
I am getting my first pap smear soon, I had been avoiding it because of fear of penetration. I am pretty sure I have had vulvodynia for 9 years jow. Everything looks normal, but I have immense pain during penetration. It's raw and burning. I used to have a swollen clit and chronic burning in my vestible for years but it has subsided and is now only upon being provoked. Any gyno I've been to says they dont know what vulvodynia is or that Im not in enough pain cronically to have it and that I should be screaming in pain if I really did have it. My burning happens if I don't drink wnough water now or the wrong part gets touched while sitting. The truth is, yes, my pain is less now, but Im also used to itt after years of chronic pain. I can't stand penetration as it's too painful. It makes me suicidal and this is my last year. I will tolerate this. What can I do to get taken seriously or believed? I've had this sibce I was 16 and have given up hope. There aren't many gyno near m, so I feel I have limited options.What can I ask the doctor to help ease the pain during my pap smear? Any sort of pain killers or adjustments?