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Hi. New here to the group. Just got back from a visit with my primary care physician and she told me I have a cystocele and urethocele. Prominent is all she said, but I could have told her that with the way I started feeling this week that prompted me to go for the visit!

Interested in hearing from women who have had positive experience. Up to now I only hear horror stories

Help, advise, incouragement, anythng. Here's my story, I had a cystocele/rectalcele in Jan 06. For the past 2 years my husband and I have suffered thru painful dysfuctional sex, time after time. I'm so depressed about ever having the surgery and agreeing to the mesh. Seeing my physicians did not help, my uro told me we needed to stretch things back out, the pain was in my head. My gyn didn't see any problems, also told me to get a taper candle and stretch. Well guess what?

Christine,

You mentioned abdominal stretches in one of your posts last week.
I've been doing some at night and notice a huge improvement in my POP. It was so good Wednesday, I was almost symptom free. Just wondering if what I am doing is what you were writing about. I'd like to hear more about what you meant.

I'm lying on my back and stretching full body with an emphasis on the pelvic region. I did this repeatedly stretching and holding in different ways. I was reading at the time. I found it extraordinarily interesting that it seemed to change things.

Judy

Now, this is quite TMI, but I was wondering something..

before my prolapses when I would go number two, I'd pee then go number two. then be done. Well, now its in the opposite order. I cannot pee when I sit down, ony a few drops come out, then I poo, then the urine just comes flying out of me. I literally cannot stop it, or control it. Once I finish, I have control again over my bladder. It seems so odd to me now, but maybe its normal.

I'm always on the search for fiber filled food, other than granola or grains because...well, they get so boring!
I found Fiber One Yogurt at the grocery store the other day. I got strawberry, and have been having one a day (5 grams of fiber)
Okay, just thought I'd share, if anyone is interested!

I've been thinking of all of you, especially those with difficult men for husbands.
then my mind wandered to the question of exercise with POP and the invariable 'how can I strengthen my core without stressing the prolapse'

how you doing?

hey ladies,
I said I was going to stay away a bit and I have been spending much less time here, but keep getting drawn back....
So here I am-was feeling a bit better but slipping down again...arguing with my husband, still trying to figure out what is going on with my son, feeling blue and overwhelmed...oh, and so broke...
Went to PT on monday and though the therapist was very nice it was creepy...especially since I don't go to drs...she poked around in there and then did this biofeedback thing...anybody have any experience/opinion on that? I should look in the archives I guess...

im waiting on the book to come and i know i read here somewhere that posture is explained on the site but i cant find it, does anyone know where i would find it,