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I've diagnosed myself with rectocele I've had no children but bad constipation and I'm only 20! My gyno said everything looks 'normal' and couldn't find it! I was emotional so he reffered me to physio (I'm waiting on appointment) I'm wondering is any other young woman have had this problem? I'm a lot looser than I used to be and I feel horrible and it's knocked my confidence. I really want and need the op to get my life back on track (but I do want children in the future) how do I get my gyno to refer me to a surgeon? I've heard they don't normally like doing the operation on the young? Surely it would mean I would heal more quickly thou? Anyone else had rectocele repair ? How did it go? And how long did you have to wait for the op on nhs? I'm very deppressed
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Also, fwiw I think one reason that they don't like to fix it in young women is that if you do have children, you are likely to blow out the surgery. Also, if they have to fix it a second time, the repair is less likely to be successful.
I have had this, at least, since I was 31 which is fairly young but the symptoms showed up post birth so it isn't as young as you are.
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I haven't had an op yet. I was diagnosed last September at age 40 -- took me ages to realize what was wrong -- but no op yet. I've had loads of tests and gone through a course of PT. The main thing seems to be that my doc wants me to get help with my back pain first as that is even more of a problem for me. I think I will get the op in April, but I'm not sure. I may need to wait till Fall, but I hope not.
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The bulge doesn't normally protrude, but it has and can. It has happened during a bowel movement when I didn't know what it was - I was straining and it popped out of my vagina. It kind of freaked me out as I didn't know what was going on. That was when I was 31 and that is how I know I have had it this long. I've also had it bulge out the vagina from gas, but that was after a weird exam by the colorectal surgeon where he poked lots of intestine through the rectocele It kind of went back in place after about a week of pushing it back through and splinting when I go to the bathroom.
As long as I splint when I go to the bathroom it mostly stays in place. It's often mid vagina and I have to push it back to go to the bathroom.
The symptoms are milder if I can keep the constipation under control. I still have to splint, but it's better.
If you have to splint it seems like there is something going on and they should be able to find it. I hope you can get to the right doctor and they can help you.
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For managing symptoms, I work hard not to be constipated using both diet and medications. It really does help. I also bought a box of rubber gloves as it makes splinting easier for me.
I have read read that for some people, especially if the prolapse is mild, pelvic floor exercises can help. I was told that my pelvic floor is in spasm and that I shouldn't do kegels. I went to physical therapy for it and I thought that we would work back to them, but instead I was told I was banned from kegels for life.
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