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" Question Last year I was diagnosed with an &amp;amp;#8216;imperforate hymen&amp;amp;#8217;. I had an operation to cure this, and everything is now &amp;#039;normal&amp;#039;.  The thing is I am really scared about having sex. I know that for a lot of girls it hurts the first time but I don&amp;#039;t know if it will be worse for me as I have had this problem.  I can&amp;#039;t use tampons as they don&amp;#039;t actually go up! Please give me some answers as I really don&amp;#039;t want to go to my doctor.   Answer I see that you&amp;#039;re only 16 &amp;amp;#8211; so don&amp;#039;t rush. In fact, my guess is that it will be easier than average for you to have sex &amp;amp;#8211; simply because your hymen (&amp;amp;#8216;virgin&amp;amp;#8217;s veil&amp;amp;#8217;) has already been removed by the surgeon. It sounds as though you&amp;amp;#8217;ve got in a bit of state about all this, and that&amp;amp;#8217;s probably why you can&amp;amp;#8217;t get tampons in. Being tense makes the vaginal muscles contract. The real experts in this sort of problem are women doctors at family planning clinics and Brook advisory service for young people. Ring them up and arrange for one of their nice, motherly doctors to check you out. My bet is that they&amp;#039;ll have you using tampons in no time.  Good luck. You will be ok. Yours sincerely Dr David Delvin, GP   Other Qs &amp;amp; As I find it hard to relax with men Scared of physical intimacy Too nervous to enjoy sex   Last updated 27.10.2010 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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