My mind is blown. How do you…I mean…does your bladder still fill up as usual? Do you have to pee every five minutes?
Kegeling as I type
ETA: Wait, I’m not done boggling. How would you have sex with it the way it is? Wouldn’t it get all compressed up by your cervix? I mean, hypothetically. You don’t have to speak from experience, and this is the most TMI I have ever gotten and I feel ashamed but I’m also curious.
So sorry to hear your troubles Alice! I have walked that walk, almost exactly! (my bladder wasn’t poking out… but damn close!) I had a partial hysterctomy 10 years ago (when I was 36) as part of the repair for the bladder (a sling was used to lasso that bad bladder to it’s proper location) The reason for the partial hysterectomy was that my uterus was shot (falling out of the vagina), and was so messed up that I probably couldn’t conceive again if I tried. I saw it as a bonus! NO MORE PERIODS!! I kept my ovaries though.
Last year, I had a posterior vaginal repair done. My rectum was starting to bulge into the vagina. NOT FUN. The doc had said that many women just deal with this. They wear a tampon 100%, or just put their fingers…welll nevermind. TMI for sure. I was appalled! There was NO WAY I was wearing a tampon every day just to have a bowel movement!!! NOT HAPPENING.
I highly recommend getting both procedures done ASAP. The toll this is taking on your emotional well being, and your femininity are VERY worth it! No longer do I have to walk around feeling was I was feeling, has just made me a totally new person. DO IT. DO IT. DO IT!!!
Ho boy.
My mom had one of the early sling surgeries when she was in her 50’s. It lasted about 20 years, and while her doctor is pushing her to have another procedure done, she’s not all that cracked up over the idea. She has been fitted with a pessary, which is sort of a doughnut shaped device inserted in her vagina to hold the bladder back in place. It is a pain, but much preferable to dragging her entrails behind her.
She was complaining to her gyn about having to use one and feeling a little freakish about it, but the doctor told her that she would be shocked at the number of younger women who use them — especially those who have had premature hysterectomies as she did.
So sorry you are having to go through this, hope things get better for you soon.
I’m confused. I can’t figure out where that bladder is coming out. The urethra seems way to small to accommodate this. Is that where it’s protruding out of?
If I understand it correctly, it’s actually the bladder pushing the vaginal wall through the vaginal opening.
My mother in law has had a prolapsed uterus for about 10 years now. She doesn’t give a shit. I told her the doctor could do a drive-by exam, seeing as it’s practically between her knees at this point. She’s not hearing of it. The problem is that she gets UTIs fairly frequently, and the doctor seems to think this has a lot to do with it. She still doesn’t give a shit.
Good luck with your surgery. I cannot imagine NOT doing it, though I suppose if I was a surly 86 year old, I might not give a shit, either.
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Bodies are always doing inconvenient things like this. I hope all goes well for you, Alice.
Ah, thanks for the link! I was afraid to search for what I might find.
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in a word, pessary. think of it as sort of a vaginal butt plug. You insert it and it presses the organs back up inside. It will keep the bladder from getting infected from the rubbing. I cant believe she dodnt suggest it as a measure until you can get something done?!
think of this thread as the girly equivalent to the bashed in the nuts threads for guys
and I have kegelled ever since I heard about it back in my early 20s …
For some reason, I thought a pessary ring was inserted by the doctor, and possibly it’s stitched in? That might be old school…
Maybe we should (kegel) take turns posting (kegel) a thread every couple of (kegel) weeks reminding us of (kegel) prolapse etc. (kegel)
I know about pessaries- we have exactly ONE very old patient with one in. She comes in every month or so and we take it out, wash it, slather it with estrogen cream, and put it back in. It’s gross, too, and huge. I don’t see how people go around with one of those!
I don’t really leak urine- about the only trouble I’ve had is when I think I’m done and I stand up, sometimes I’m not really done. That has taught me to just sit there for a minute. I have no bladder symptoms other than that.
This is like a horror movie, I know. When I first found about it could happen, I was shocked. When I found out it happened to me, I was devastated. People don’t tell you these things when you’re young. How many of us would even have children if we were warned that our insides could fall out because of them?
I feel for ya, Alice, but at least there’s a remedy. I cannot possibly imagine going through life without the fix (Ma, I’m lookin’ at you!!).
Yes, at least there’s a remedy. Sometimes our fear of pain or of the unknown keeps us from making the best decisions, but I for one am looking forward to it now. As much as I cried and bitched about having to have it at first (I hate pain and needles), now I’m visualizing my new youthful rejuvenated vagina and looking forward to it.
A vaginal tune-up…you’ll be the envy of the neighborhood!