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granolamom
March 15, 2011 - 2:38pm
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what on earth
yes, my first reaction would probably be panic too.
but now that the initial panic (hopefully) has subsided a bit, realize that it is highly unlikely that there is new trauma, so extensive that these symptoms are not reversible.
you've been stretching and redecorating. ok, maybe not paying close attention to your posture, or maybe this is just out of the blue. (could you be pg?)
in any case, you've reversed it before, you will reverse it again. and it will probably not take as long this time either.
and of course we dont mind you're running here for support, that's why we are here.
zoeUK
March 15, 2011 - 3:29pm
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Thank you Granolamom. Lovely
Thank you Granolamom. Lovely to see the same friendly faces are still here to calm the panic!
I am slightly calmer, and your comment has helped. You are right of course. Logically there has been no major trauma like childbirth so it should not be irreversible. I just have had awful De ja vue like feelings of fear.
I think I have carried some stupidly heavy and awkward items in the last few weeks now I think about it. Perhaps I have weakened some muscles. My posture has certainly been challenged this week (think 'twister' game for contorting myself into odd positions for painting!)
I guess this has been a wake up call. I didnt ever expect things to get this bad again, which only goes to show how fantastically I have been liveing for almost 3 years.
I couldnt be PG as hubby had a vasectomy during my last pregnancy, but I see your logic ;)
Maybe I will start a period and that may explain a little way. Mostly I just need to get myself back to an even keel.
I will report back and pop in more often in future. So nice to see some names are still here who helped me so very much to get my life and sanity back the first time.
Is it common for prolapse to 'relapse' occasionally?
Thanks again, Zoe x
granolamom
March 16, 2011 - 10:08am
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prolapse relapse
I think it is common.
the WW techniques are not a 'cure' or a 'fix'. it is management.
yes, for many of us, these methods will improve, reduce or even reverse the prolapse. but for many of us (most, I would guess) when you stop the posture or the exercises, or stress the support system too much with twister-painting or crazy lifting, the pop symptoms will be back. sometimes you can get away with it for a bit, but every body has its limits. so I can do some gardening and painting without symptoms but if I'm tending to three sick kiddies for two weeks, carrying my 16 mo on my hip and not sleeping, yup, my symptoms may come back. I've been at this for so long now, that I dont tend to panic immediately anymore. I kinda see it as my body's way of letting me know I am doing too much or not tending to my own needs or whatever. its comforting in a wierd way, to think of it as 'communication' rather than 'dysfunction'. I dunno..works for me.
zoeUK
March 17, 2011 - 6:17am
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it's good to know that it's
it's good to know that it's not unusual.
Yes, I guess it's a warning to slow down and take care of yourself. Nobody likes to think of themselves as having limitations, but we all do have one way or another. I rested up yesterday and it was no where near as scarily peeky as the day before come bedtime :)
It's all a learning curve for me.
Thanks again for the reply.
louiseds
March 19, 2011 - 6:03am
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Limitations
Yes, I guess we all have limitations. This becomes more so as we get older. However, as an older person, I now figure out the optimum way to do a task and always do it that way, or figure out before I start what will work POP wise, and what won't work POP-wise, instead of exercising the bravado of my youth that leads only to regret.
My limitations are now along the lines of "It's too heavy for me to lift without hurting myself. Where is the bag trolley?" or "No, I won't take this box in from the car for you. I will fetch the bag trolley so you can load both boxes onto the bag trolley and take them inside yourself". or "this painting job will take a long time, because it will take me a long time to change positions repeatedly, so I don't suffer tomorrow".
Things happen slower. I leave heavy jobs for my husband to rescue me from them. I guess I am just turning into a cunning old crone. What limitations?
We all have limitatons on what we can do, or how long for. It is our *expectations of ourselves* that really get us into strife!
Louise