Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing well 😊

Me? Not so much... I'm not sure what I'm after by posting. Maybe advice? Maybe a vent?

Now, i will preface by saying my period is due, and i tend to get quite emotional. But anyway, jm single, hadn't experienced any sort of intimacy since October last year, and that time was not a good experience for me. Then, in November I had a lap surgery where I was found to have stage 3 endometriosis. Between those two things and some also non hooha related health issues, my confidence within myself was a little bit shaky.

Things have felt like they are finally aligning and improving, I missed human touch and intimacy, so I went looking. Ended up meeting a lovely man for a no expectations date a couple days ago which went so well that it turned into an intimate experience, just oral and fingers on me. Fantastic time, keen to repeat of course.

But then the next morning, I felt a lump. Managed to rush into the doctors, to be diagnosed with a bartholin cyst. My first ever one. The doctor told me it's not my fault and not due to the intimacy, but it's just so devastating. I mean, what're the chances that my first time being intimate in so long has lead to this cyst.

Feels like my body is punishing me, does anybody else feel like theirs keeps letting them down too? While I'm here, if anybody has advice on what they do about their own bartholin cysts, I'd love to hear it. I've got antibiotics and going to see my gyno soon

Thank you for letting me vent 🩷