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Surviving60
August 15, 2013 - 4:14am
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Hi dlou and welcome. I will
Hi dlou and welcome. I will try to answer your questions the best I can.
I have cystocele and rectocele and I find them to be quite manageable with a full-on commitment to Whole Woman posture and lifestyle. But having a uterus is relatively important in making this work as it should. Your situation is a bit different because you no longer have the "hub of the wheel" and the accompanying round ligaments that can help pull and hold the organs forward in the relaxed lower belly.
When all the "parts" are still present, the overall best course of action is posture. Some women get some symptom relief from a pessary, others don't, and pessary can actually be quite aggravating to a rectocele. Since you are post-hyst I can only suggest that if something helps, do it.
Judging from your post it seems that you are still on a path toward further surgery and just looking for temporary relief until you can have things repaired. I hope you will spend more time researching this, as you will most likely only be trading one set of problems for another. - Surviving
dlouroberts
August 15, 2013 - 5:38pm
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Thank you Surviving for your
Thank you Surviving for your input. It caught my attention when you said "pessarys can actually be quite aggravating to a rectocele." That is what I am finding. I asked my Dr. about contraindications involved with a pessary and she said the only thing I needed to watch for was bleeding. Unfortunately that has not been true for me. I have had bad cramps that feel like menstrual cramps and having more trouble having a bowel movement than I did before she put it in. Haven't had cramps in a lot of years and can't say that I've missed them. My frustration is that my doctor seems to care less what I am going through. How would she like to be in agonizing pain and be told you'll have to wait for an opening to get it taken out or at least a smaller one put in.
dlouroberts
August 15, 2013 - 5:40pm
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Thank you Surviving for your
Thank you Surviving for your input. It caught my attention when you said "pessarys can actually be quite aggravating to a rectocele." That is what I am finding. I asked my Dr. about contraindications involved with a pessary and she said the only thing I needed to watch for was bleeding. Unfortunately that has not been true for me. I have had bad cramps that feel like menstrual cramps and having more trouble having a bowel movement than I did before she put it in. Haven't had cramps in a lot of years and can't say that I've missed them. My frustration is that my doctor seems to care less what I am going through. How would she like to be in agonizing pain and be told you'll have to wait for an opening to get it taken out or at least a smaller one put in.
nevaeh
August 16, 2013 - 6:54am
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Body, I am fighting the same
Body, I am fighting the same battle as you with a cystocele and a rectocele and had a hysterectomy in the 80's. I am seeing a urogyn and was fitted with a pessary. I couldn't wear it as it unkinked my uretha and urine poured and I had no control. I was told my only other option was to live with it or have surgery. Due to other health issues and my age and lack of success of surgery I am trying to live with it. It is so hard and a daily fight so I can sympathize with you.