My long search

Submitted by 3canyoudoit2 on June 14, 2015 - 5:41pm
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I have been on this forum for over 2 years and have always wondered why the treatment wasn't working as well as others. I always felt that I had something else going on.

We I have found that I have a tipped uterus which is adhered to my bowel from previous surgery. This is adding to the constipation of my existing rectocele and intersusseption of the rectum.

I would like to ask anyone out there if they have this too?

It was discovered when I went to get Mayan massage to possibly help my bowel and adhesion scar tissue. The massage involved manipulating the uterus away from the bowel and spine. I felt it move but not enough to get completely away due to the adhesions.

I go back for another treatment and in the mean time I have been doing caster oil packs every 5 days on and 5 days off to soften and dissolve the scar tissue. This can take up to 6 months for old scar tissue but I will give it a shot as I would rather do this than have another operation.

I would like to ask Christine her thoughts on this as I wonder if the uterus would be better moved surgically disconnecting the adhesions or by trying the caster oil way and massage.

I believe the daily wholewomen exercises I have been doing religiously would work better after my uterus is freed from my bowel adhesions.

Please can I have some definitive information here on this forum if at all possible....

I really believe in the exercises on wholewomen but I have the added adhesion problem.

Sarah ....Keep searching and asking questions.

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3canyoudoit2

June 14, 2015 - 5:51pm

I thank all on this forum for advising me to seek advice for my complicated situation. I am grateful that advice was given and as I result I found massage to help a lot. I have also found that the position of the uterus is extremely important as it can add to constipation before and during your period.

Retroverted uterus and tilted uterus can put pressure on the bowel and obstruct the passage of feces.

The medical establishment say it doesn´t usually cause symptoms but that has not been my cause.
I believe that the adhesions that are holding my uterus back towards my bowel are also cause my rectocele and intersusseption. I think that Christine writes that that tilted uterus is a prolapse anyway. I believe that the adhesions caused mine and that I didn´t have weak liagments but that the adhesions are cause my uterus ligaments to be stretched and weakened because of the adhesions.

I really really hope and pray that when I can get the adhesions dissolved that the other problems of my bowel will disappear when the uterus goes back to its place.

Are there any others out there who would agree?
Or is it too simplistic?

What do you think Christine?

Aging gracefully

June 14, 2015 - 6:08pm

I agree canyoudoit that the retroverted uterus causes obstruction of feces to pass through the rectum, because I have personally experienced this for years starting at a young age.
The whole woman work has really helped to pull my uterus more forward pulling it of my rectum and creating much relief in that department.

I don't know if Christine will come on to answer your question about adhesion, and I haven't read about anyone else having this on the forum. You may want to book a consult with her.

3canyoudoit2

July 6, 2015 - 11:02pm

I thank you for commenting....it is a great search for the solutions and now I am doing caster oil packs for the adhesions and Proteolytic enzymes for this problem to decrease them. Also self administered massage from Arvigo Mayan massage for retroverted uterus.
I find the WHOLEWOMEN yoga downwards stomach exercise really helps but still battle with lower back ache. I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS THE FECES TRAPPED STILL AFTER INCOMPLETE BOWEL MOTION OR IS IT THE STRAINED TENDONS???? Anyway I believe that massage in the sacral lumber spine helps this for me too.

Celeae

July 8, 2015 - 5:34am

Hi youcandoit, I also have a retroverted uterus which obstructs defaecation and always has done, now that I know better, I realise this was happening to me as a child although I didn't understand it at the time. I have also had bowel surgeries (as a younger and now older adult) and no doubt plenty of adhesions in there too. How do you do the "self-administered Arvigo massage" please? I have regular abdominal massage from a shiatsu therapist but the more I can do myself the better.

Surviving60

July 8, 2015 - 8:41am

Celeae, if this is something that interests you, while waiting for youcandoit to reply, you can find their website to look for courses and practitioners. - Surviving

Celeae

July 8, 2015 - 3:26pm

Thanks Surviving - I have already looked but the web site doesn't give much detail (not that I could find anyway) so Id be interested to hear youcandoits reply to help me decide if I want to investigate it further. I've also looked on you tube, there are a lot of abdo massage demos but its not easy to tell if any of these are Arvigo ones.