DESPERATELY NEEDING ADVICE ON BLADDER PROLAPSE

Pessary good if you are shown how to insert &remove it yourself for when you need it eg before exercising. I have managed mine for months with no side effects. Probably better than leaving it in for long periods.

Dear Frightened,

By my name you'll see I have a vested interest, but let me tell you what I know.

Pessary use will help to support, fitting can be tricky. It can take up to 3 goes to get the right size, there is nothing worse for the morale than one dropping out - but persevere! More and more Clinicians are being trained in pessary fitting and sizing, so give it your best shot. Some women can get infections with a full-time pessary, but not all. Some pessaries are removable which give a little more freedom if you are sexually active.

Watch your weight - lose any extra you are carrying. this is for 2 reasons. 1. the physical pressure is too much on the weak muscles and 2. The muscles become even weaker because the muscle fibres are replaced with less strong fat cells.  

Pelvic Floor Exercise - if you do not change what you do, there will be no change in your pelvic floor, and you could suffer other organs prolapsing. I know my machine because I know the clinical results, but there are others out there. Realistically don’t go for a manual device, your floor is too weak, an electronic one is powerful and will target the muscles. I believe ours is the strongest machine available and with our new Glide probe it is unsurpassable - but you have to use it.

Correct your posture - sit up, walk tall. Don’t sit on your tail bone. When you pelvic floor exercise, sit up straight. Check out films on You Tube by Michelle Kenway and Tasha Mulligan. Brilliant helpful films that will really help you manage your prolapse.

Buy a toilet stool like the Squatty Potty – it will help take the strain off your pelvic floor when you poo, and make sure you eliminate more fully Amazing health device, but it works so well that everyone soon stops being embarrassed!

Get your GP to refer you to a Physio - if you don't feel the benefit, ask to see another Physio. They can be priceless in helping you correct the weakness in your body and could be the magic ingredient you need to avoid surgery.

Supplement with Vitamin D3 - a common vitamin lacking in women with a weak pelvic floor...

If you can afford them, buy a pair of EVB Support Shorts - giving a whopping 71% extra support to the pelvic floor.

It is devastating I know, but by being proctive you can take chanrge and help your body get strong. Even if you did have surgery (it's no magic wand either) it is the start of a new journey of getting your body stronger and you have to change what you do to get results - I wish you luck in 2017

I hope this has been of help to you.

S

frightened just to add to Stephanie's excellent advice. If you can get a referral to a physiotherapist specially trained in treating ladies with urogynaecology problems then all the better. A lot of urogynaecologists are now having them in their team.