Thank you, CLKD, yes I did. I appreciate you recommending it. Whilst a lot of it was what I already knew from experience as far as symptoms etc, there were some treatments mentioned I wasn't aware of. But the main things is, because before joining this forum, I'd not had a VA diagnosis, I didn't insist the GP gave me oestrogen pessaries and cream on repeat prescription. I didn't know I would need to use them all the time to keep things under control. Plus because my GP was informed by the gynea that I had vulvadynia, I think she was of the opinion that if after one script of pessaries I was no better, then they were not the right treatment.
So I'm so glad to know what I've got and I now know to persevere with the right treatment. I'm calling my GP on Monday to talk everything through. Thank you again.