# So, My Bladder's Falling Out (possibly TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860 "2009-10-15T02:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/1 "2009-10-15T02:17:13Z")
And not only that, but my rectum is, too. And the space between the two, the taint as it were, is thin. Oh boy. I’m 41, not 71! But my stuff is falling out. I’m learning to accept it and stop being shocked by it. It’s pretty shocking, all in all. But I did have 3 huge babies, and one pregnancy with extra amniotic fluid, and ladies, gravity is NOT our friend. Apparently pelvic-floor problems are extremely common, mostly around old ladies, but you know, I am smallframed and big baby boys have consequences! I found it the other day, when I was anticipating some weekend action and was doing a little landscaping. I saw something sticking out, and I said to myself, “Well, that’s not right. That doesn’t look anything like the pictures. Am I growing a penis? What _is_ that??!” Then yesterday the doctor looked at it and said it’s my bladder. Just slipping right out. Along with my rectum, but that one’s not poking out yet (hopefully never will). Oh my god. I will need to have surgery, although, scarily enough, you don’t \*have \* to. The doctor suggested a total hysterectomy with fixing those prolapses, plus building up my perineum. After full healment, I will actually be as good as new, “down there”. Yahoo. Doesn’t really make me feel better right now, but maybe someday it will. I started this job a couple months ago, so I don’t have insurance yet, which means I get to walk around like this for a while. Maybe it’ll get so bad I’ll have to wear skirts everyday? :eek: Now for the good news: my doctor is actually my boss, and she is a gynecological surgeon. Who knew that working for one would come in so handy so soon? Somebody, please to console me. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/2 "2009-10-15T02:31:46Z")
My mother’s bladder was er…coming out too. What they did to correct the problem was to put a sling in there. I used to know what it was made of, but her surgery occurred maybe about five years ago. Anyway, she was good as new after healing. Sending good thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![corvidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@corvidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corvidae)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/3 "2009-10-15T02:33:54Z")
Oy, you poor thing!!! I’m so sorry! Is there anything you can do in the meantime to mitigate the damage, until your insurance kicks in? I tell ya, this having babies business is for the birds (so says I, 22 weeks pregnant with my third.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/4 "2009-10-15T02:38:02Z")
> [@corvidae](#): > > Oy, you poor thing!!! I’m so sorry! Is there anything you can do in the meantime to mitigate the damage, until your insurance kicks in? > > I tell ya, this having babies business is for the birds (so says I, 22 weeks pregnant with my third.) You can do Kegel exercises, which I’ve warily started doing. According to Wanda Sykes, though, you can get a charley horse and then it’ll feel like you got shot in the vagina. So I’m scared to do them and yet scared not to. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/5 "2009-10-15T02:47:56Z")
I’ve been doing Kegels for years and I’ve never had a charley horse there. Then again, I don’t do them around the clock or anything. Start slow! And good luck with everything else - yikes! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/6 "2009-10-15T03:04:26Z")
Just think of it as a weapon to flash the ID’ers with. The human back and pelvic floor were **intelligently designed for quadrupeds**. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/7 "2009-10-15T05:09:58Z")
I better not ever get cancer or anything serious like that- I cannot handle this. Crying ensues every time I think about it. ::shudder:: surgery ::shudder:: I was going to say that I don’t know why I’m being a drama queen, but no, I do know. My bladder is falling out of my vagina! Oh my god! Do not google pictures. Trust me on that. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/8 "2009-10-15T05:40:16Z")
**Alice** , I am so sorry. Cry all you need to–this sucks. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/9 "2009-10-15T05:49:35Z")
That does suck. I’m so sorry. Good wishes for nothing else happening before they fix it. (You can get Kegel charlie horses?!?) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/10 "2009-10-15T08:10:28Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > You can do Kegel exercises, which I’ve warily started doing. According to Wanda Sykes, though, you can get a charley horse and then it’ll feel like you got shot in the vagina. So I’m scared to do them and yet scared not to. You may want to look at the _Aquaflex Pelvic Cone_ system - helps strengthen the pelvic floor in a structured way that many women find easier than just doing Kegels. Si ---
**Author:** ![nicole1912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@nicole1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicole1912)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/11 "2009-10-15T09:50:04Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I better not ever get cancer or anything serious like that- I cannot handle this. Crying ensues every time I think about it. ::shudder:: surgery ::shudder:: I was going to say that I don’t know why I’m being a drama queen, but no, I do know. My bladder is falling out of my vagina! I think having your bladder falling out of your vagina is a perfectly, perfectly acceptable thing to freak out about. I’d be in absolute pieces, if I were you - I wish you all the best for the surgery and the fixing of it all, and good luck for while you wait. It probably won’t fall all the way out, right? So it can’t get much worse than it already is… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/12 "2009-10-15T10:01:25Z")
A friend of mine was having regular issues with peeing herself because of 4 kids and running and peeing overherself. She is training for being a yoga instructor and does pelvic floor exercises (the hindu word is billybundis, or something like that.) all the time in her classes. The peeing issues have gone away. I wish I could remember what the heck she was talking about, but her no-more-peeing story was shadowed by her story of how she unknowingly used dish soap inplace of olive oil in two meals and no one would eat it, except her husband and he got sick. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/13 "2009-10-15T11:20:31Z")
No fun! Of the many many surgeries I have this is not one of them (nor ever could be) so I have no experience to share. But I will send you get well wishes! I hope your recovery is quick and relatively painless! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/14 "2009-10-15T16:13:37Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > … > I wish I could remember what the heck she was talking about, but her no-more-peeing story was shadowed by her story of how she unknowingly used dish soap inplace of olive oil in two meals and no one would eat it, except her husband and he got sick. Oh dear. You owe me a new keyboard. How does one mix up _those_ two bottles? Re the OP - ugh, what a pain. Definitely look into all the nonsurgical options first. You don’t want a hysterectomy just to get the bladder etc. back where they belong! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/15 "2009-10-15T16:14:41Z")
If you are the type who takes comfort in “it could be worse” Kalhoun’s MIL’s uterine prolapse story might help: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402777&highlight=uterine+prolapse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402777&highlight=uterine+prolapse) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/16 "2009-10-15T17:12:50Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I wish I could remember what the heck she was talking about, but her no-more-peeing story was shadowed by her story of how she unknowingly used dish soap inplace of olive oil in two meals and no one would eat it, except her husband and he got sick. > [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Oh dear. You owe me a new keyboard. How does one mix up _those_ two bottles? I don’t know - but I can’t help but think cilantro may be involved… (For those of you going “huh?”, for about 1/4 of the population cilantro tastes like soap. Or worse) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/17 "2009-10-15T17:38:24Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > If you are the type who takes comfort in “it could be worse” Kalhoun’s MIL’s uterine prolapse story might help: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402777&highlight=uterine+prolapse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402777&highlight=uterine+prolapse) Great, now I’m doing Kegels even **more** than I was yesterday. I’ll be sure to post an update if I get a Charley horse. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/18 "2009-10-15T17:53:08Z")
I’m glad to know I’m not the only woman sitting here reading this doing Kegels like there’s no tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/19 "2009-10-15T17:55:41Z")
Kegeling as we speak. **Alice** , my MIL had a bladder prolapse, and the surgery fixed her right up. She says that as far as she can tell, she is good as new. In case that helps at all. I’d be wigging out, too. Good luck with the surgery! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/20 "2009-10-15T17:59:03Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Oh dear. You owe me a new keyboard. How does one mix up _those_ two bottles? Maybe she was so busy doing Kegels that she wasn’t concentrating on the other tasks at hand…?😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860.md?page=2)