Topic: coconut oil, vitamin d and sexual desire!!!

I'm so prone to infections since chemo/menopause (both vaginal and bladder/UTI )that I have to be very careful what I use. I usually have coconut oil on hand and use it for cooking and some skin applications but I personally wouldn't use it 'down there'. I have tried replens and the like and the absolute only things that has helped me is estrogen and yes, I'm hormone positive but my GYN feels strongly it is fine and my onc has no problem with my use of non-systemic estrogen. I do take tamoxifen daily. My quality of life is so much better now.

I take 4-6000 IUs of Vitamin D and sometimes my dr gives me the weekly 50,000 IUs and I still test too low. I think Vit D helps with many, many things but haven't heard anything about desire. I believe decent vitamin d levels does help with pain in general.

Best wishes and feel free to PM me

Byyyy:  Thanks for the information on vaginal estrogen: I have been hesitant, but will use it in the future, because doctors seem to concur (for once!) that non-systemic estrogen is no problem at all. 

Beside, I have always wondered about those treatments aiming to block estrogen. There is a discussion somewhere here about that: if, indeed, estrogen is the problem, how come the overwhelming majority of women come down with GYN cancers around or after menopause, when it is depleted? That question has not been answered yet, of course......l 

I've tried the coconut oil (yes, the white jar) - a litte messy as apply with fingers. I had lots of issues with burning and discomfort with the OTC moisturizers  - - one brand really burned and very uncomfortable.  The coconut turns to liquid really quick from body heat - - so insert quickly.  I've had no issues, discomfort etc and it smells nice.  I've also applied externally only Vitamin E oil - not internal. 

"Don't let fear of tomorrow rob you of the joy of today."

Vegetable oil. Works, nontoxic, no alcohol, and does not taste bad. Soothes soreness too. Recommended to me by my nurse-practitioner.

this is all so helpful--I am armed with replens, coconut oil, vegetable oil.... how can I fail????? virginia,I don't know if we have Palmer's--- I got this coconut oil at the supermarket..... 

I want to try as many things as possible before I resort to re-introducing estrogen---- because I am doing so much work to block estrogen with lupron and femara..... but  a girl's gotta live!!!

My gyn recommended the coconut oil.  Yes, it is messy.  But when I just was there for a checkup and complained about the mess, she gave me a "plunger" like you use for monostat.   It helps get it in before it melts!

I really don't want to try the estrogen cremes until I am a few more years out.

hello talbrig

My coconut oil is very hard in the jar, how do you get the plunger to suck it up, maybe you live in a warmer weather and you oil il more liquid, mine goes liquid in the summer when the home temperature is higher but at this time of year oil is very solid.

cp418,

Thanks for the tip, you are just toooo funny, ''stuffing a truky''lollll So I guess if we shape it sort of like a suppository it would look like your method. I know I have used coconut oil on wounds and it seemed the were healing faster.

This discussion sure grabbed my attention. I've been using Replens...with so-so results. Like many of you, I'm wanting to try anything/everything before I consider using a vaginal estrogen.

Back to the coconut oil.....cp418, how often do you use this? Every night? Is it like Replens in that it actually moisterizes the vaginal tissues? Or is it used as a lubricant during sexual intercourse?

Heading out in search of coconut oil.....................

hi.  Coconut oil has worked good for me.  I buy a jar and then separate into smaller containers and pop into the freezer.  And then use one at a time.  It seems to help if I use it daily.  I use the organic kind.  It's cheap.  Starts as a solid and melts as another post said.  Also good for general massage. 

I didn't have any success with commercial products.  Best wishes,

Wendy

Umm ... what is the difference between the use of coconut oil, vaginal estrogen cream, or ky lubricant?

Thanks talbrig, did not think about scooping while hard. Will again try this method

I was having terrible issues with vaginal dryness and my gyno prescribed Vagifem.  It's a small pill that you insert vaginally 2x per week (it comes on the end of a little applicator thingy.)  Vagifem delivers a small dose of estrogen to the vaginal walls; it's a tiny amount and it's localized so I can use it even though my bc was hormone receptor positive.  Let me tell ya'.....this tiny little pill has made a WORLD of difference!!  It's great!  It unfortunately hasn't made a big difference in my sex drive....I still don't feel the desire to have sex very often.  But at least when we do, it doesn't hurt from the dryness.

..ok... I don't have a Whole Foods in my neighborhood.  So, what do I do?  How do I get coconut oil??  Please help...