# 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:** 2
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/21 "2009-10-15T18:11:41Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I’m glad to know I’m not the only woman sitting here reading this doing Kegels like there’s no tomorrow. You can add me to the list. That’s how many of us, now…? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/22 "2009-10-15T18:24:27Z")
Nothing valuable to add, just that I’m currently sick but have had a real ‘Thank god, it could be much, much worse’ moment. Egads. ---
**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, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/23 "2009-10-15T18:26:20Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > You can add me to the list. That’s how many of us, now…? +1 for me ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/24 "2009-10-15T18:36:22Z")
Here’s another great [prolapse thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=392572)from a few years ago, the one that started me doing Kegels. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/25 "2009-10-15T18:49:37Z")
I think we need a thread like this every week to remind us to do our kegels 'cause I did them when I read the other threads, and I’m doing them now, but in between I tend to forget. That and a “remember to do a breast self exam” thread every month. ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/26 "2009-10-15T18:55:25Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > Here’s another great [prolapse thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=392572)from a few years ago, the one that started me doing Kegels. With more on Kalhoun’s MIL’s uterus! (I’d think it was endlessly amusing after a few cocktails, too). ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/27 "2009-10-15T20:29:53Z")
Frankly, given what you’ve written about your boss/doctor’s narcisisstic personality in other threads, I’d get a second opinion in regards to the part about the total hysterectomy. She may be a brilliant surgeon, she may be authoritive, but the narcissism could also make her the kind of doctor who likes to play god with a women’s reproductive health. I’d want to find out if it is really necessary to take _everything_ out in order to fix your prolapse issues I’ve had a supracervical hysterectomy, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. But I also kept my ovaries. “Total hysterectomy” often means taking the ovaries, too. You’re still quite young, and unless they are specifically giving you trouble, ovaries are a good thing to have, especially in regards to sexual function. (A cervix is good in that regard too, as it leaves you with a more natural end to the vaginal canal, but hysterectomies can’t always be done that way.) ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/28 "2009-10-15T22:30:40Z")
Don’t know nothin’ about kegels, or birthin’ babies… But I’ve got a couple extra rolls of duct tape if you need 'em. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/29 "2009-10-15T22:37:56Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > Frankly, given what you’ve written about your boss/doctor’s narcisisstic personality in other threads, I’d get a second opinion in regards to the part about the total hysterectomy. She may be a brilliant surgeon, she may be authoritive, but the narcissism could also make her the kind of doctor who likes to play god with a women’s reproductive health. I’d want to find out if it is really necessary to take _everything_ out in order to fix your prolapse issues > > I’ve had a supracervical hysterectomy, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. But I also kept my ovaries. “Total hysterectomy” often means taking the ovaries, too. You’re still quite young, and unless they are specifically giving you trouble, ovaries are a good thing to have, especially in regards to sexual function. (A cervix is good in that regard too, as it leaves you with a more natural end to the vaginal canal, but hysterectomies can’t always be done that way.) Agreed. Sounds a little hinky to me that you’d need (almost) absolutely everything taken out. Also, I hope this doesn’t gross you out, but as horrified as I am at the thought of any of my organs migrating outside of my body, I’m a little jealous. Are you allowed to touch your bladder, now that it’s accessible? I’d love to be able to see and touch one of my inner organs. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/30 "2009-10-16T02:27:20Z")
There was a great British show called “Embarrassing Illnesses” a while back where they showed, graphically, people with, yes, embarrassing illnesses. They featured a woman with a prolapsed bladder in one episode. The image is rather burned into my mind, but there were far worse things presented that I try harder to avoid remembering. ---
**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 16, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/31 "2009-10-16T02:36:01Z")
The reason she says I need a hysterectomy is because I’ve already had one ovary and tube out, and the other ovary can actually slip down, too, if it hasn’t been suspended artificially during the other ovary removal. Plus my case is pretty severe- the excess amniotic fluid during my last pregnancy really screwed my abdominal fascia, ligaments, and muscles. I could leave the uterus in, sure, but there’s a good chance that sucker’s going to fall out anyway if I do. My aunt’s fell out last year while she was golfing. I’ve always been adamantly against elective hysterectomy- I swore that I wouldn’t have one unless absolutely necessary. That’s MY body part and I wanted to keep it. But I’m getting comfortable with the idea of it being removed. Yes, she’s a narcissist. But she’s still brilliant and a very accomplished and talented doctor and surgeon. I trust her. ---
**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 16, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/32 "2009-10-16T02:40:50Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > Also, I hope this doesn’t gross you out, but as horrified as I am at the thought of any of my organs migrating outside of my body, I’m a little jealous. Are you allowed to touch your bladder, now that it’s accessible? I’d love to be able to see and touch one of my inner organs. Yes, you can touch it. Boing, boing. It actually rubs against my panties and irritates. This is so gross!! ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/33 "2009-10-16T03:08:01Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > The reason she says I need a hysterectomy is because I’ve already had one ovary and tube out, and the other ovary can actually slip down, too, if it hasn’t been suspended artificially during the other ovary removal. Plus my case is pretty severe- the excess amniotic fluid during my last pregnancy really screwed my abdominal fascia, ligaments, and muscles. I could leave the uterus in, sure, but there’s a good chance that sucker’s going to fall out anyway if I do. My aunt’s fell out last year while she was golfing. > > I’ve always been adamantly against elective hysterectomy- I swore that I wouldn’t have one unless absolutely necessary. That’s MY body part and I wanted to keep it. But I’m getting comfortable with the idea of it being removed. > > Yes, she’s a narcissist. But she’s still brilliant and a very accomplished and talented doctor and surgeon. I trust her. Well that certainly puts a different face on things. I hope I didn’t offend you. I agree that a hysterectomy should only be done for very good reasons. I wish you all the best. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/34 "2009-10-16T03:10:56Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Yes, you can touch it. Boing, boing. It actually rubs against my panties and irritates. This is so gross!! That must be the strangest sensation, feeling irritation on your _bladder_. Does it still feel like it’s in your abdomen, or does your body adjust it’s “visual” sense of itself? (Kind of like having a foot amputated and getting a phantom foot feeling, only in reverse.) That might be a really stupid (or just uncomfortable) question, sorry. I hope you’re able to get it taken care of soon, and that the hysterectomy goes as well as possible. And thanks for tolerating my curiosity. ---
**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 16, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/35 "2009-10-16T03:24:53Z")
It doesn’t feel like it’s in my body or not in my body. The only thing I actually feel is the irritation when it rubs. If I hadn’t looked down there, I wouldn’t have even known I had it and would’ve just thought I was just being too sensitive whenever I felt the rubbing. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/36 "2009-10-16T03:33:20Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > Agreed. Sounds a little hinky to me that you’d need (almost) absolutely everything taken out. > > Also, I hope this doesn’t gross you out, but as horrified as I am at the thought of any of my organs migrating outside of my body, I’m a little jealous. Are you allowed to touch your bladder, now that it’s accessible? I’d love to be able to see and touch one of my inner organs. Oh, god, I thought I was the only person who was ridiculously curious about somebody else’s misfortune. What I want to know is, what color is it? Pink? Are you looking at, like, the “outside” of your bladder, or the “inside”, or what? (You don’t have to answer, obviously. I mean, really.) ---
**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 16, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/37 "2009-10-16T04:45:46Z")
You know how sometimes penises are really red and veiny? It’s kind of like that, with a thick clear membrane covering it. It doesn’t have an end like a penis or anything- it’s just a bulge, of course. The doctor said, in answer to my questions, that no, it won’t puncture, and that yes, you can walk, exercise, and have sex with it. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/38 "2009-10-16T04:49:22Z")
I’d say, if you’re going to switch to skirts, make sure they’re long ones. ---
**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 16, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/39 "2009-10-16T05:02:51Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > You know how sometimes penises are really red and veiny? It’s kind of like that, with a thick clear membrane covering it. It doesn’t have an end like a penis or anything- it’s just a bulge, of course. The doctor said, in answer to my questions, that no, it won’t puncture, and that yes, you can walk, exercise, and have sex with it. Ew. Ok, I guess you can’t really have sex \*with \* it- it’s just not that appealing. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/40 "2009-10-16T10:57:23Z")
:eek::eek::eek: I wish you all the best, too. I can’t imagine being in that situation and having to wait until insurance kicks in. I’d be all, “Do something NOW!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860.md?page=3)