So how much could mty cystocele improve?

Submitted by zoeUK on July 11, 2007 - 2:41pm
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Hi ladies,

i am new to all this and am just in the process of trying alternatives to surgery as I have just been diagnosed as having a severe cystocele (large and down to my vaginal opening).

I am so reluctant to go for surgery and am really willing to work at other methods. I have already taken a good hard look at diet and am rectifying this, I'm also goint to try and correct my posture.

What I need to know is as everyone seems to say Cystocele responds the best of all cseles to lifestyle changes, what exactly can I hope to achieve? Is it that my bladder will move back up slightly or right back up or what?

It would really help if I knew what is possible and how things could physically actually happen.

Thanks in advance,
Zoe x

MeMyselfAndI

July 11, 2007 - 2:56pm

My Cystocele was the worst one of my prolapses...

It was peeking out every time i stood up and made walking soooo uncomfortable that sitting was the best idea!

After speaking at length with Christine and posture and LESS - Many ess Kegels - My Cystocele now no longer peeks and 99% of the time I forget about it :)

The only time it is low is just before period time.

So - For me - It is now not something that takes over my life :)

I hope it will be this way for ou also...

Sue

Look into the eyes - They hold the key!
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kiki

July 11, 2007 - 4:31pm

when i first prolapsed and all the doctors said you will see a ton of improvement in the next year i didn't believe them. i had a golf ball hanging down--there could it go??? how could it defy gravity?
well, 5 months later i don't know it's there at all. there is a slight bulge inside and that's it. I go through periods (ie a few hours) of having to pee more which is annoying, and sometimes if i am sitting and stand i feel like i really have to pee--but i'm working on just letting it pass.
all my symptoms from that--backache, irritable bladder, they are gone (I can largely thank my accupuncturist for that I think).

unfortunately my rectocele hasn't been quite so accomodating at moving, but even then i notice it for a total of minutes most days. i had a very bad day the other week when it really came down again, but within a few days it was right back where it had been.

i have done a lot--posture, diet changes, accupuncture, physio, homeopath, reiki...and they are all helping in different ways. but the end result is amazing. and i never would have believed it!!!

according to my physio I was a grade 2/3 when I first prolapsed, and now i'm about 1.5...
have faith...so much can change ;-)

hope that helps
Kiki

zoeUK

July 11, 2007 - 4:38pm

Thanks Sue,

This is just what I hope to achieve. Walking is uncomfortable for me too at the moment and thats without it actually poking out so I can imagine it must have been awful for you.

Really glad to hear of your recovery, you are an inspiration!

Zoe x

I have a beautiful 5 wk old baby boy and a wonderful 2 and a half yr old daughter who make it all worth while :-)

zoeUK

July 11, 2007 - 4:45pm

Kiki that helps imensly thanks!

I too dont understand how my bladder could move up again and defy gravity but you are proof that it can and that's enough for me. I am really encouraged and when I think that just a few days ago I was feeling like my life to some degree was all but finished!
I have so much hope and faith now that things can only get better. My Dr was the opposite to yours and told me things would get much worse and nothing but surgery will help. I'm just so glad that my instincts told me 'no!' and finding this site has given me the support and info. I need to say no to surgery.
I hope your rectocele continues to improve, I'm sure all your hard work will pay off eventually.

Zoe x
I have a beautiful 5 wk old baby boy and a wonderful 2 and a half yr old daughter who make it all worth while :-)

louiseds

July 11, 2007 - 9:29pm

Hi Zoe

You sound much more confident now that you can improve the cystocele. Remember that you can ring Christine for a phone constultation via the Wholewoman Center Shop webpage, but more importantly get a copy of the second edition of Saving the Wholewoman from the same online shop. It contains a wealth of information, statistics and full explanations of posture and exercises.

Keep calling back here too.

Cheers

Louise

mom30

July 13, 2007 - 4:14pm

My son is almost 3 now and I do not notice the prolapse on a daily basis anymore. I'll always know it's there, but I no longer constantly worry about it. One thing that does get irritating, is sometimes finding a good pair of jeans(I guess I have always had that problem though:)!!). Making sure they aren't too small and they aren't too low around the waist.
Just keep coming on this website to know you aren't alone in the world.

louiseds

July 15, 2007 - 12:15am

Hi Mom30

I'm not sure whether or not I read your comment correctly. I think you would fine low cut jeans would be better prolapsewise, as they don't compress the abdomen, ie they allow the belly to assume a shape that allows the pelvic organs to come forward over the pubic bone. If you wear jeans that are high cut, they tend to compress the belly inwards and push the pevic organs backwards and downwards, where they sit over the pelvic floor and are more able to sink lower, ie they are not supported by rigid bone.

Cheers

Louise