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Be Well
November 2, 2010 - 2:38pm
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Newbie - but oldie (like 68yo)
Hi All,
I have just developed prolapse and am new to this forum. Is there a place or forum topic for new members way past menopause?
Thanks...
kiki
November 2, 2010 - 3:28pm
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welcome
Welcome Angelica and Be Well,
I am glad that you found the WW village.
I can't answer the yoga questions, but I can talk about living with POP. Angelica, you say you would like to avoid surgery as long as possible. I would bet that, if you start working in a WW way, you will soon shift that too a feeling that surgery is something you don't need rather than an inevitability. Through learning the WW posture, looking at what you eat, what you wear, and through exercises that support natural female anatomy many women find their POP begin to improve, then they find them at a place they can happily live with, and often even better.
Have a look around the village, watch the videos, read the info. If you can, get Christine's book and DVD from the store as this will help put all the info together into one place, and give you great excercises to help.
If you can get to NM to work with Christine that is an amazing opportunity. I was there in August, and it really helped me--I realised the simple ways in which I needed to change my posture to really make it work, and had a week of doing the lovely workout--and i felt great! So if you can I so encourage you to go. But if not, you can still find huge benefits through her work.
Lots more I could say, but gotta go work...but to both of you--ask away, read away, watch away and let us know how you are getting on!
Be Well, there is a forum topic about menopause, but you will find discussions around it scattered throughout. There are women here of all ages--you are far from an oldie! Christine talks of gorgeous women in their 80's coming to work with her and finding their natural posture and as a result so much improvement... So know you are far from alone, or old, here...
Kiki
Christine
November 2, 2010 - 10:43pm
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WW work
Hi and welcome Angelica,
Kiki gave you such a lovely response. This work is about relieving unnatural pressure from the pelvic area by re-creating the true pelvic organ support system. This includes gravity (we like gravity), the way you breathe, the natural shape of your spine (posture) and the weight of the organs themselves.
Painful bladder syndrome is being treated by more and more extreme methods, so I do hope you can affect your own healing. I would look at every single thing i sent through my system, as well as all lifestyle factors including stress reduction, clothing, bathroom habits, and quality exercise. The bladder is an amazing organ, but it really doesn't like artificial foods, drinks and medicines.
We all have some level of all three prolapsed organs. That's just the way the mature vagina settles out. There is a very fine edge over which the organs fall into the "prolapse" category. You may find that as you begin to pull your bladder forward with these methods, a pessary will not be necessary.
Wishing you well!
Christine
kiki
November 4, 2010 - 1:30am
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painful bladder
I don't know if this is the same as Intercistial (sp?) Cystitis, but about 9 years ago I had horrible bladder infection like pain all the time, but no bacteria. I kept putting off a biopsy as I kept thinking there must be a simple answer--and in the end there was, as i was allergic to gluten. when i cut it out, i was a new person. no more bladder pain / irritation, no more stomach problems, more energy, happier--no longer felt like i was permanently under a bus.
I would agree with Christine and look closely at what you eat. If you haven't, cutting out foods in rotation can help see if something is affecting you. Often you have to cut it out for 2 - 3 weeks to get it totally out of your system. It took me about a week to really feel a difference, though if i eat gluten i feel it pretty instantly, next day for sure...
good luck with all this--i truly believe we hold the answer within ourselves to so many problems, be it through changing how we stand and move, what we eat, our mindset etc...& for me i'm a huge believer in how much diet affects us now, so it is where i always start...