11 months post op

Thank you Donna, I do hope that ladies do find comfort from my experience in the realization that although it is a long recovery we all eventually get theready in the end.

X ☺

Hi. I thought when you get surgery you can do more things not less??

I was advised after my AR never to lift anything heavy again. Once you have had one prolapse there is a chance that you may have another as the pelvic floor is weak so you have to be careful.

Thank you I'm not a doctor,

Been really difficult over psst few months had such hope that I'd be further along.

Usually at this time of year I get quite depressed and time goes much slower, but you know what thus year time seems to have passed much quicker.

Maybe because we have not had such a bad winter and my spring bulbs have come up earlier this year. I have also booked our main holiday much earlier so looking forward to that too. Maybe I'm getting use to relaxing more too, and you are right 'better than more surgery' . I would assume that repeat surgery must have less chance each time so this it it can't afford to take any chances.

Take care,

X

If I had not had surgery my prolapse would have gotten much worse and eventually would have had to go on the long term sick and probably had to give up my job. I would be limited to very short trips out, unable to go for short walks without being in pain. I have become incontinent unable to reach toilet in the morning flooding on way down the stairs in the morning and my bowel which was not emptying properly and I couldn't seem to wipe clean was getting embarrassing, I was dreading being at work , suddenly needing and being unable to access toilet immediately at work.

Surgery has at least stopped all that in its tracks and improved things to the point I can function at least in basics. I wish I had taken time to recovery properly in early werks/months the first time round and in later years wish I had not pushed the boundaries of what I knew I could cope with then maybe repair would have lasted longer, I so wanted to continue my lifestyle without too much change.

As immotadoctor says you have always got to be careful we are all different ages, some of us been through the menopause and some have weak pelvic floors and collagen not so good. We all have to learn what our individual limitations are.

I personally would think twice now before taking any chances, if this fails again in the future if won't be down to anything I've done this time, unless my work push me to far.

Take care, and please be careful .

Phyl x

It's definitely getting lighter in the evenings now (although maybe not tonight!) & Spring is just around the corner 🌷.

I think you were very brave & have done everything right. I know when I eventually have my current prolapse repaired (when I muster up enough courage) I will take more time off work than I did last time. At 53 I don't want to retire yet but I know my body is not what it was. I would never have believed what problems a dodgy pelvic floor can bring!

Our parents/grandparents never spoke about it. My mother was fairly active but don't think she had any problems although she wasn't as active as I've been middle age.

My grandmother was quite sedentary she did a lot of either sitting around or baking pastries, pretty sure it killed all the men off, they all had heart problems, she never ate her pastries and she buried her husband and two sons. Never heard any of them complain; my mum had 4 kids and my gran had 5. Didn't know my mum's mother she died before I was born so don't know the history at all.

I was always hauling camping equipment about, done thus for years and can remember always feeling like something wasn't right at back end when heading up north in the car. A heavy feeling like I need the toilet at back end yet I didn't need, could never figure it out it settled down after a day or so; looking back mow realize it was the heavy lifting and carrying camping equipment such as large canvas and gas bottles and the like.

Anyway wish they had warned us better.

X

Hi Imnotadoctor,

My doctor said to do hysterectomy with uterus prolapse so I could lift my grandchildren,, ?? misleading

I'm sure some ladies are able to lift grandchildren after repairs, not in early months but much later once repairs and deep tissues well healed and after physio to strengthen muscles.

I had been helping my daughter after hysterectomy and AR, in early months when I shouldn't have, she was on maternity level and was with her quite a lot, didn't mean to lift kids but when they put themselves in danger you lift them away instinctively. You've done it before you realize. I could easily lift them on to my knee by Sitting first and sliding them up my leg on to my knee without doing damage, or sitting on floor with them. But was really painful when I lifted them without thinking.

Needed someone their if baby sitting, to lift them in and out pram or highchair. Couldn't push pram uphill till much later months.

Phyl x

If you have a hysterectomy Buster you won't need a uterine prolapse repair because you won't have anything to repair.

Are you in the UK? I would check the NHS information page, there is also patient info on here. As far as I know you must be very careful for at least 6 - 8 weeks. After that I would check with your doctor & physiotherapist.

I think Buster may be confused. I have replied to her because it sounds as though she is having a hysterectomy in which case recovery is very different and you can lift once recovered.

It's not misleading at all Buster. You have a uterine prolapse and your doctor mentioned hysterectomy. That means your uterus is being removed so you will no longer have a prolapse. There is information on this website about hysterectomy.

Hi Martin. So the doc told me that if I do a hesterectomy because of my uterus prolapse that I would have a chance of additional prolapse because of the vaginal wall being weak because when you have a uturus prolapse the vaginal wall can come down the vaginal area too,,so when they do the hysterectomy they stitch the vaginal wall up and there is a 30 percent chance of additional kinds of prolapse. So you have to be careful picking up things. I guess if you need a hysterectomy and have no prolapse and you keep your cervix you have a good chance of no further prolapse.

Keeping your cervix doesn't make any difference to be honest. If you are going to have a further prolapse it will happen anyway. It's the pelvic floor that protects the bowel and bladder from prolapsing. Having a hysterectomy obviously gets rid of a uterine prolapse because it's the uterus that has prolapsed. A hysterectomy that leaves the cervix is a partial hysterectomy but if they remove the cervix that's a total hysterectomy. I don't know how old you are but some consultants offer to perform an oopherectomy as well. If it's a hysterectomy you are having it doesn't need to be performed by a urogynaecologist.

Marton, so even if you have a uterus prolapse of grade 3 and they need to do the stitches to pull wall up a gynecologist would be ok instead of a urogyno?

Also what do you think about the 30 percent change of after surgery that I could have different kinds of prolapsed?

If you have a uterine prolapse that needs repairing then obviously you need a urogynaecologist but if a decision is made to do a hysterectomy then a gynaecologist can perform this. If you have a hysterectomy then there's always a slight possibility of a bladder or bowel prolapse but no more than before a hysterectomy.

Thanks Martin. Why do you think the Urogyno said 30 percent chance of additional prolapse. And more than I one said that.

I have no idea. Different consultants have different perceptions of how successful surgery is. I suggest you ask them. By the way I'm not Martin.

Sorry matron! The hand out they giave is from studies that have been done in the past. I am located in Santa Fe New Mexico. USA