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!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
Technology never sleeps, however, and we have better tools today for controlling spam than we did just a few years ago. So I am very excited and pleased to bring the forum back online.
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MeMyselfAndI
July 22, 2006 - 2:00am
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Not really sure what you mean but will answer what I think you mean...
1... So now what? - Life goes on
2... Are you meant to have an op or what? - Not if you do not want to - Impliment the posture - come back in 3mths and tell me YOUR answer to the question :)
3... Chinese medicine helping? - No idea
4... Exercise... Yes and no... There are exercises on here... Do what works for you :)
louiseds
July 23, 2006 - 5:29am
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prolasp
Hi Louisemrs
Welcome. From your questions, it sounds like you have been reading a few posts on this Forum, and have decided that it is worth checking out further. You have some pelvic organ prolapse.I hope I am right so far.
You can do nothing, and it may get progressively worse.
You can have surgery, but first you will need to understand what your gynaecologist is talking about as there are a myriad of different types of surgery, for different combinations of conditions. Buy Christine's book and find out all about how your body works in relation to the pelvic area. While you are immersed in the book, take in all she has written about surgery, ie how they do the different procedures, but more importantly the success guaranteed by the procedure, or to put it another way, the risks of it not turning out 100% or being left with other symptoms you didn't have before, or getting prolapses developing again after a period of time ... back to step 1. While you are immersed in the book check out the credibility of the medical references Christine uses to back up her claims that surgery is highly over-rated as a guaranteed fixall for prolapse. The all come from highly respected medical journals. The gynaecologists know there is no guarantee that the patient will be better off after surgery, but still do surgery on women who request it. What does that say about the risk-taking behaviour of vulnerable women?
Your third choice, of course, is to do what we Wholewomen do, and change the way you use your body; sitting, standing, walking, lifting, and anything else you do. ;-) Fix your posture as Christine suggests.
Lighten your bowel by feeding your body right so that you do not ever again strain to use your bowels.
Exercise appropriately in a way that stabilises all the muscles that are related to the pelvic area, not just the pelvic floor (which Christine believes, and I now believe, has only a minor role in keeping pelvic organs inside, where they belong.
Change the way you clothe your body so that your belly does not get squashed by your clothes and try to push your pelvic organs out through one of the holes between your legs.
Change your environment so that good posture is possible wherever you sit or stand, and you breathe the best air and eat the best food you can.
Try these for a few months, but especially the posture. If you experience no gradual improvement you can always go back and opt for surgery, but after choosing surgery, you cannot go back to your God-given body. You will have to work harder on posture, exercise etc to get results. Many women have regretted having surgery, but there are not a whole lot of women writing on this forum that Christine's methods are useless. Most of us find that they work well enough to keep us away from the scalpel, hopefully for a long time, maybe forever.
If a doctor says you need surgery, ask another, and use your brains to decide for yourself. Oh yeah, and stick around here and find out what others have done.
Cheers
Louise
Dana1984
August 12, 2006 - 10:20am
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Hello, I am 21 years old and the doc just told me about my prolapse, one for my uterus and one for my bladder. He said it was a 2 or 3 on the scale of 1-5. He suggests I get surgery but I really dont want to. I think he is telling me this so I stay in the military rather than get a med discharge. After reading some forums here I have noticed that I would be extremely restricted after the surgery and that would be bad if they put me in the desert and told me to run with a gun. Also my career feild involves heavy lifting, pushing and alot of rushing. I think the Military is trying to shaft me!
I am so thankful that I have read these posts because it is really pushing me to say NO even more. I am also glad that I am smart enough to research before I commit.
I think I will buy this book I keep hearing about and do things naturally.
Thank you so much for being available to me.
-Dana
Christine
August 12, 2006 - 12:09pm
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diagnosis
Hi and welcome, Dana,
Surgery is a terrible response to prolapse and archaic treatment for such a young woman. If the surgeries worked all would be swell, but they do not and you would be forever incapacitated in ways you never dreamed.
Prolapse and incontinece are very prevalent in military women. And from the WholeWoman perspective this comes as no surprise. Your musculoskeletal framework has been "androgized" by the constant suck-n-tuck required in military stances. Military clothing reinforces this process by cinching your torso at the waist.
I would say go for an honorable discharge, learn natural female posture and all other lifestyle changes we are working with here, take up belly dancing, fall in love with the man of your dreams, and enjoy the rest of your life as a whole woman!!!
:-) Christine