Re: what does AP mean?
From: maryviolin1@yahoo.com
Sun May 15 10:30:40 2005
Hello margaret.... I still do not understand ...
posterior perinorrpaphy??? and pelvic prolaspe repair....
what does the A stand for.... wouldnt it be anterior....
instead of posterior...... well as far as the pessiaries
are concerned I was offered that BUT I had an extreme
prolapse in which my uterus was coming out and I could
see it.... and also I had had 4 miscarriages and the
thought of another one was more than i could bear and
I had a questionable mass on my ovary which they ended
up taking out anyway....... so I could see how someone
who had a minor prolapse without other complications
might have chosen the pessiary.... let me know what
exactly is involved with that AP repair thing.....also
I read that they sewed my vagina to the right side....
and I am having alot of pain in my lower right side where
my appendix is..... wondering if it could be adhesions.....
going in for the bowel surgery on Thursday.... I am
really nervous about it......Thanks for the info mary
>
>AP stands for posterior perineorrhaphy. Its part of pelvic prolapse
>repair. I get on my hobby horse often about how simple non surgical
>treaments like pessiaries are underused because they are "old
>fashioned". They may be old fashioned, but they're cheap, comfortable,
>easy to use and they're a great way to avoid more surgery.