Prolapse after kegels?

please what is a stage 4 prolapse.

Sorry Bianca I just noticed this reply when I logged in for some reason I wasn't notified of your reply.

Prolapses are given a grading of 1 - 4 going from 1 which is minor to 4 which is severe.

Mine is a stage 4 severe prolapse and I've lived with mine for years. My surgeon say prolapses are not life threatening, but are life altering meaning the symptoms that come with them change how you go about life.

Symptoms may only come if you have a more moderate or severe form of prolapse.

My biggest symptom is incontinence.

I hope you have been able to see a doctor about what is going on for you.

Rachael

may i ask why you decided not to.repair it? i have a rectocole prolapse stage 3. and im debating surgery.

Hiya, I actually had surgery to repair it 2 weeks ago. I have just been waiting such a long time for a surgery date due to my surgeon thinking I'm too young to have surgery as I've never had children. Surgeons want you to be done with having children when you have this surgery as childbirth will completely undo it. Then once he finally accepted I didn't want children I was waiting 1 and a half years on the waiting list (I'm in the UK).

I had a rectocele repair and an intussusception repair with mesh.

If you have any questions or anything you can always drop me a message.

Rachael

thank you so much i am 3 years post hysterectomy so no kids. i hate the pressure feeling and the way it looks. i am concerned about sexual side effects as i am 31.

Hi Worrie.Personally I would go ahead and have the rectocele repair. I had a grade 2 rectocele repaired and it made the sexual side of life much better. It takes quite a few weeks to get over the op and you have to take lots of rest with your feet up,but very worthwhile.

I'm pretty sure there are no sexual side effects other than after surgery you are told not to have sex for 6 weeks until you are healed. This might be less or more but this is just what my dr has told me but I've had surgery to fix 2 things.

My surgery went really well I am just struggling with horrendous back pain from where I had mesh attached to my sacrum. I had my rectocele repaired with sutures the mesh was for intussusception I was having repaired at the same time so if you were to get the surgery you wouldn't get back pain.

I can't say i have any negatives other than the back pain to be honest, it's all been okay.

My incontinence has already improved as my prolapse was putting pressure on my bladder and I don't feel a bulge feeling anymore.

Have you tried biofeedback?

i have only tried the pressurary things which were uncomfortable

thank you so much its so nice to chat withother women who have gone through this.

Once i was diagnosed the surgeon referred me to a pelvic floor specialist for 8 weeks of intensive therapy which is the biofeedback. It might be something to look at before having surgery.

My surgeon was very honest with me about how having the surgery at 30 could mean having to have it again later in life which is why he wanted me to try all the other therapy options and make surgery the last option when things didn't work.

Obviously it's completely your choice to make, the surgery itself is fine and you will notice positive results pretty quickly it's just whether you want to try non invasion options first or not.

Xx

thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to respond to me it means more than you know.

No worries lovely, always here if you need a chat 🙂