When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
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Christine
July 14, 2011 - 11:28am
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trust in your caregivers
Dear Marric,
I am sending you prayers for a good outcome.
I only wish there was more research on uterine prolapse and the inguinal canal/genitofemoral nerve.
Take good care today, rest well tonight and please let us hear from you when you recover.
Hugs and best wishes ((((Marric))))
Christine
gardengirl
July 16, 2011 - 4:10am
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femoral surgery survivor
Marric
I had surgery for a femoral hernia when I was in my 30's- am now 58. I was always lifting heavy things and did so until I developed a cystocele 18 months ago. Just wish I had learnt my lesson about lifting when I had the hernia.
It took a couple of years for all the tenderness to finally go away after the surgery. There was just a hint of a lingering soreness until one day I realised it was gone.
Sometimes surgery can be a good thing - tho no surgeon is going near me and my cystocele. We have other ways of dealing with POP thanks to Christine and the WW team.
mom.of.three
July 16, 2011 - 8:54am
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The Nerve(s) of POP
My thoughts and prayers are with you Marric.
I am totally interested in finding more information on femoral nerve damage and POP connections. There have to be more of us out there...and we can help each other. I think we are just seeing different doctors and they don't see the connection...but we feel it.
I am open for anyone to look at what I have gone through to help another person. I would not want anyone to experience the pain and frustration that I have endured. If my experiences would help another person...
I have learned so much from the ladies here...Thank You!
The support is wonderful....Thank You!
marric
July 18, 2011 - 3:42pm
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Uterine prolapse related to femoral hernia
Mom of Three -
I am now recovering from femoral hernia surgery and hoping it will be successful in relieving my pain. I found the following bit of info on a website:
"Women may be especially prone to femoral hernias because of the tendon that attaches the uterus to the public bone and holds it in place. A femoral hernia may occur when the tendon breaks down and the uterus drops. Women may also experience pulling of the fallopian tubes as part of a femoral hernia and can be extremely painful to women with this condition."
I found this interesting as within a few months of feeling my uterus in my vagina, I started having the groin pain, and ended up with with the diagnosis of femoral hernia.
Marric
marric
July 18, 2011 - 3:49pm
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Hopeful that pain will subside
Garden Girl -
It's day three since my surgery and I am hoping to at least get back to the point where I can drive my car and sit at a desk without being in severe pain. From what I have read on the website, it sounds like of a lot of hernia repairs take a long time for the pain to go away. I am praying that this is not the case with me as I have been out of work on sick leave and am hoping to get back to work soon. I am praying and hoping the surgery is a success and I don't have future problems with the mesh.
Thank you for your comments.
Marric
marric
July 18, 2011 - 3:52pm
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Thank you Christine
Thank you Christine for your prayers and words of encouragement. The surgery was more painful than I ever expected and I will never do an out-patient surgery again. I am starting to feel better though - so please continue with your prayers.
Marric
louiseds
July 21, 2011 - 3:23am
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You will be in my prayers, Marric
We have had two hernia ops in our family in the last year or two, one umbilical (DH), repaired without mesh, and one inguinal with mesh (DS2). So far, so good with both. There was a lot of discomfort for the first week or so, which really slowed them up, but it started to feel better, for both men, after that. I was quite surprised at how quickly they came good. Of course, they had to take it easy for the first few weeks, which men seem to find quite easy. Marric, you will just have to pretend to be male for a few weeks. ;-)
Remember that this mesh is well covered by fascia, fat and skin, whereas the pelvic organ repair has the mesh just inside the vaginal walls, and very mobile. I cannot see how you could have as much trouble with a mesh hernia repair as with a POP repair. Hope your recovery is straightforward.
Louise