Re: cystocele
From: dawn (momofverymany@aol.com)
Mon May 7 14:31:42 2001
At Sun, 6 May 2001, Jean Long wrote:
>
>I also had a Cystocele and a fallen Uterus.
>They took out the Uterus and sewed the bladder back up.
>I also have a moderate Rectocele.
>Jean . . .
>
>** The greatest Gift of all ......... is the gift of love**
>I too had a recocele and cystocele repair done 2/2000 I had both repaired vaginally although I no longer have the constant pressure from below. I never had bladder control problems, my prolapse was so bad it actually prevented me from passing urine effectively, I kept ignoring it because of my "issues" but I did have a horrible post op coarse of recovery. Just make sure that you are comfortable with you MD and their philosophy of pain control meshes with yours. I would hate for you to be in pain and have an md that doesn'e believe that you are. as for the rectocele. it was supposedly repaired, but i continue to have the same symptoms post op as i did preop. and i now have vaginal pain which i did not have before. The vaginal approach from my post op research is more likely to fail than the abdominal approach. I was not an eduacted consumer. in this appraoch an incision is made from the urethra back to the cervix and across just behind the urethr in a t shape they attach the fascia beneath the skin and take off any exess tissue and sew you back up. the reason the catheter is sometimes necessary is due to the inflamation to the areaa the urethra is swollen shut so to speak. good luck to you. dawn
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Linda McGee" <LindaM160@hotmail.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 1:19 PM
>Subject: Re: cystocele
>
>At Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Corinne Zych wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone ever had a cystocele, and if so, what did they do for it? It
>>is a terrible feeling to always be feeling that there is a ball between
>>your legs. I am afraid if I have surgery, that there will only be more
>>adhesions and more pain. I am tired of the pain, I have alot of lower
>>back apin, espcially when I am lying on my back!
>
>I had a cystocele repair along with a rectocele repair and a
>hysterectomy about 6 months ago. The relief that I feel now is worth
>any discomfort that a had due to the surgery. I only stayed in the
>hospital for three days, although I did have to have a catheter for
>those three days. I returned to work 6 weeks later. I'm a nurse and
>speaking from experience and medical knowledge, I can tell you that
>without the surgery this condition would only have worsened. I no
>longer have the weak bladder control, pain, and feeling of heaviness in
>my pelvic region that I had before the surgery. Life is normal again! I
>would have the procedure done without hesitation if presented with the
>problem again. I hope this helps.