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TVT Operations....How many of you have found this successful?

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VauxhallGirl
VauxhallGirl

I had a TVT op five years ago, and had no idea of the problems some women had with this, until I read about them on here.

Could the women who have had this operation successfully please stop by and tell us how you are, and how long ago you had your TVT.

Thanks in advance.

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  • linda17142
    linda17142 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Omg ! , 10 years on and this op has op has transformed  my life  ....very successful no side effects .
  • linda17142
    linda17142 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Wonderful op 10 years ago and still transforming my life ..WONDERFUL SUCCESS . 
  • linda17142
    linda17142 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Very successful wonderful op for me 10 years on and now 65 .Been told by one or 2 to  think negative and that there's plenty of time for it to still go wrong !  I'm not sitting around thinking like that I'm doing my walking yoga cycling and all the things I could never do 10 years ago without water pouring from me .! Transformed my life and have never needed that liner my doc said I might need .Very sorry for those it has not worked for and no idea why I'm lucky although I'm sure there are many more like me out there .I was real bad with incontinence before this op it ran from me and I too had tried everything when I did a 4 hour shift at work on my feet I woukd  pad up and super tampax plug up and  still have to change at least twice and still come away soaked ! I'm also sure that the arthritis in my thumb joints is wear and tear also toe joints from wearing the wrong shoes in the 80 s as these probs had started long before my TVT .Well once again I'm very sorry for all those who have suffered but I'm not one f them 10 years on. and thought I would share my story so far .

  • julia41949
    julia41949 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    I had a TVT operation five and a half years ago.  I had problems at first and had to have the 'band' stretched after the first week, but since then I have been fine.  I was able to start exercising again without padding myself out with huge sanitary towels, walk without dripping and generally begin to live a normal life without the constant feeling that I might smell.  I lost 1.5 stone in weight because of my freedom to exercise and having the operation has given me back a quality of life that I hadn't had for many years.

    Whatever happens in the future, I will be grateful for the time I have been free of incontinence and hope that, should I have problems, something will have been discovered/invented that will allow me to feel as I do now.

  • Karenwe
    Karenwe VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    I use to never think socialized medicine was any good. Since I got OAB the Meds cost a fortune in the USA. The Ditropam is only

    8 bucks but it is the worse in drying u out. The Detrol had to be approved by insurance we have Medicare in the USA they approved it but it was going to cost me 100 bucks. Luckily I took some old hormones they were the problem. The urgency has stopped

  • Guest
    Guest VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    I'm on a group on facebook called Sling the mesh - honestly theres hundreds and hundreds of women in the same boat.

    Love to you call x

  • angela_22345
    angela_22345 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Hi I had a tat op 8 weeks ago and for the last 4 weeks I’ve been able to feel the tape with my finger as it’s come through the Virginia wall is this normal?
    • vicky72025
      vicky72025 angela_22345

      Posted

      Absolutely not, you need to see you Dr or gynae asap. I’d join the fb group sling the mesh for more advice. You are at risk if further damage and infections x
    • angela_22345
      angela_22345 vicky72025

      Posted

      That’s what I thought but I did go back to my surgeon and he said it’s nothing to worry about and he will see me again in a month but I just don’t seem right to me 
    • denise27786
      denise27786 angela_22345

      Posted

      Angela You need to go to a removal surgeon,get it out ,don't let them trim,snip etc just go for removal,

    • angela_22345
      angela_22345 denise27786

      Posted

      I saw my go yesterday and she said it would be quicker if the surgeon that put it in refers me x
  • corrina_64415
    corrina_64415 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Had my op in May 2015 hav gradually got worse and seriously worse.   Feel like no ones listening.   I also hav bowel bladder and colon prolapsed again.   I’m in horrendous pain all day every day.   But worse is wen I lie down in bed now the pain is excruciating 
  • denise27786
    denise27786 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Hiya VauxhallGirl and other Mesh victims, join the Facebook Group ,Sling the Mesh, over 6000 members now ,there are other mesh groups too ,all your questions will be answered
  • denise27786
    denise27786 VauxhallGirl

    Posted

    Sorry for your suffering Vauxhall girl,Join the Facebook Group, Sling the Mesh over 6000 members
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