Millie -- rectocele
From: cathy:- (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Tue Nov 26 13:12:53 2002
Somewhere I followed a link (probably one of Helen's -- all the best
links are hers, of course! :-) ) on rectoceles, and there was something
along the lines of "some women find it necessary to put a finger or 2 in
the vagina a push in order to get the stool out." In other words, it is
NOT hopeless, and surgery is NOT the only treatment. If the problem is
purely mechanical (in other words, simply a matter of things being the
wrong shape and/or in the wrong place because the adhesions have pulled
on them) then there IS hope that you can do some trial and error and
figure out something that will make things work better. Awhile back Jo
mentioned that squatting while you push rather than sitting on the
toilet helps. (Do you know that until the sit-down latrine was invented
in the 1600's, all humans squatted to go? Do you know that there are
modern indoor toilets with a water supply that flush into a sewer that
you squat over rather than sitting down? They are quite common for
indoor plumbing in places known as "3rd world" countries. In some cases
progress ain't all it cracked up to be! I know someone who claims that
they are much better for completely emptying your bladder...)
But anyway, I think you should search around the web for info on
rectocele and enterocele, and see if you can find a better description
of the technique involved. And try squatting to push, too. Sure, it's
possible that this won't help at all, but then on the other hand there
are no side effects from trying. Which is a lot better than can be said
for "trying" surgery!
--
cathy :-)