New thread for those having/had posterior or anterior repairs, TVT, rectocele and all the other down below stitchups

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Hello ladies, I hope you find this, I don't want to lose my pre-op and post-op buddies!!

Shazza - I took laxatives for about 5 weeks just to make sure I wasn't straining (I have always had a tendancy to constipation anyway). If lactalose isn't working try Movicol, as a bit stronger and doesn't make you so windy! Take one a day in the morning and up it if necessary. Since stopping the laxatives I have been having dried apricots instead (about 5-6 every morning seem to do the same job!)
I am now 7 weeks post op, and pretty much back to normal. Get some heaviness in groin area if I have been on my feet all day, but not really uncomfortable. (Haven't tried the sex bit though!)

Thank you for the replies, The hospital told me to stop the laxatives once the BMs got too soft, I had to stop them on day 4 post op, has I say everything had been great up to Sunday. Now i'm feeling i'm having to strain again (which i'm trying Not to do) and feeling of it been stuck like before my operation. I also feel the prickly sensation when im on the toilet but weirdly in my shoulders.I've got my follow up appointment on 30th August I will wait and see how I go until then.
Emmdee Do you get Movicol on prescription or can you buy it over the counter?

You can buy it over the counter (but quite expensive - £8.01 for 20 sachets). Might be worth asking your GP for a prescrpiotn for a larger amount which would be cheaper.

Footle, how are you doing? Did you see doctor about the urgency problem? I have now (as of Monday) started the drugs the consultant gave me, Vesicare. Not doing anything yet I don't think, but I've read they can take a while so we shall see. Keep getting the odd half day where I feel more normal then the frequency kicks back in, really frustrating and uncomfortable.

Emmdee Thank you i'm going to make an appointment with the doctor.
Footle They told me to stop taken them if i got diarrhea I don't no why.
Maybe I will be like other people on here and after take laxatives for the rest of my life because I am a fussy eater, I don't like a lot of foods what help with BMs.

Tbh Footle, as yet I don't think it's working but I know it can take a while to kick in. My problem with the frequency isn't really the number of times I have to go it's that 20 mins after I go I start to feel I need to go again and it really gets painful. But - touch wood - it is definitely better than 10 days ago when it had got to every half hour one day! Apparently 4 - 6 times a day is 'normal' and I don't think I've been like that in years.

Sympathies on tooth problems, had a lot of trouble last year and landed up having to have a very expensive implant, not fun.

Implant was actually ok apart from the horrendous cost! It was that or a bridge and that was still a lot of money and the downside of it was that it would mean the bridge is sort of glued to the other teeth either side and if there is a problem with either of them, then you could land up having to have them all removed and that worried me.
Not had much in the way of tooth problems before but now I'm this great age, I know it's more possible :)

footle thanks, I've had some very helpful replies there. Will leave you all alone now!

hello... feeling very :( today. Went to see the GP yesterday who referred me to the local Sexual Health clinic, due to pain with sex and pain in general basically everywhere downstairs. DS is 13mo and I've managed about, um 4 attempts to DTD - all called off in pain bar one, when I was blotto.

After my examination they have referred me to see a surgeon in 2 weeks for a possible Fentons. They are concerned because apparently, I have a very noticeable scar all the way up inside, but at the top (I can't explain very clearly yet as I'm not sure what it means) there is an extremely painful place that hasn't been stitched. May have been missed when original stitches went in? Is that possible? What does that even mean, am I still 'open' inside?? I feel a bit sick and upset and very scared of the possibility of surgery.

Wanted to ttc again, I just can't bear the thought of another birth. I don't know what I expected the doc to say but this is way more scary than, IDK, thrush!! STILL have anal fissures too. Does this pain ever just get better?? I am so angry about the forceps delivery, it just goes on and on and on... I never wanted to have it, and begged for a c-section instead. I know it's a bit off topic, but its really upsetting me. If I ever get back in the sack, and conceive again, is all this grounds for an elc next time? If it isn't, frankly I don't think I could face getting pregnant again.

Sorry for thread splurge. Just really sad and angry and scared right now.

It felt really great today to be able to lift my 3 year old up today for a cuddle for the first time since my op, and feel no pain! After a panic day yesterday as no BM and was starting to eye the laxitives again. But today, normal BM, no straining/heaviness or anything.

But I do have the sensation that the rectocele/bulge is still there, even though when I feel it isn't at all. Do you think it is like when amputees feel their limbs after amputation? Or am I just crazy?

thanks Footle will do... hope everyone feels much better soon!

Beginning to find it hard to imagine being 'better' :( Had the most awful day yesterday with frequency and urgency and that was after having had a much better day on Thursday which had really cheered me up.

It will be 8 weeks on Monday since my TVT and just don't know when I am going to get my life back! Going anywhere is a nightmare as my bladder is so unpredictable. Started the medication (Vesicare) for the frequency/urgency last Monday and was really hoping to have had some relief by now.
Sorry for the whinge but having thought I was moving forward yesterday just made me so low again. I am due to go on holiday at the beginning of September but currently I couldn't even manage the drive to Heathrow never mind the holiday!

So sorry to hear that Everglades. It is so upsetting when you have a good then bad day. I really hope the drugs kick in soon, and you can enjoy your holiday.

I'm 2 weeks 5 days post op and I'm beginning to get worried my rectocele operation hasn't worked. I'm starting to feel the same way as before the operation. I haven't had a proper BM since last Wednesday. The lactolose I was taken stopped working so I went to the doctors on Friday and got some Movicol been taken that all weekend but still haven't been. I'm not due for my follow up appointment till 30th August. Could anybody suggest anything else I could take to help with BMs.

Shazza - 2 weeks 5 days is really early it all felt odd for me and still does 4 weeks post rectocele op. You are still in early recovery tingly shoulders et al. Are you off the painkillers? get off them if you can manage it. Have a smoke if you smoke coffee if you drink it and lots of water. Sit on the loo and don't expect things to operate in the same way. Take some time and a book. walk around when you are close to BM.

I found the glycerine suppository really useful for first week. Good luck.

Hi everyone... I have actually been watching this this thread and the one before it for a while now... very helpful to someone like me who is going to have rectocele (posterior repair)... I am also having ovaries out too as they left them in when I had a hysterectomy years ago.

Will be glad to get it over and done but not looking forward to swelling bruising and all that goes with it. But I am so sick of this lump just inside the wahoo (spelling ? haha) and it feels like there is some leaking, has anyone else had this? I have the usual BM that has to circle the globe before it comes out so hoping it will be taking a direct route once the job is done. My ovaries have complex cysts on them so they are taking them out in case they turn nasty in time as my sister had a problem with hers.

I was wondering if anyone else has had an abdominal incision as well as the posterior repair (rectocele...)? I thought I read that Flowers had hysterectomy with hers but not sure if it was a vaginal one ....

Thank you for helping me get used to the idea of having this done... it has helped so much reading all your experiences....

Lyn