another newbie alert 
I have been reading this thread for a few days now and gleaning lots of information .... thank you ladies 
lots of very different experiences of the medical profession as well as the actual "conditions" and the treatments. Its great however to get real experiences rather than the medical blurb that does not always reflect the reality of it. There seems too here to be more information thats not always forthcoming from some of the professionals unless one knows the exact questions to ask in the first place ! .... and even though I was a nurse for some years my expertise was not in the "ladies bits" departments so I still need to ask loadsa q's 
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Been going through the system of persuading GP I really, really was having problems with periods, prolapse symptoms plus bladder / bowels issues .....
had to check bloods etc to see what hormones doing ( not much help cos although bloods said menopuase uterus said no 
)
...through scans on ovaries ( well when they could find the right one) which said might have been adenomyosis but he would not say conclusively
referred to cons for proplases but he was unaware of period problems .. arrggh so he would not do anything till that investigated and when I asked GP why he had not mentioned excess bleeding / pain he had the good grace to look a bit sheepish when he admitted he had delayed it hoping it would all go away ( presuming that it was def me nearing menopause !!!)
..... through hysteroscopy ( removed a polyp which seems to have stopped the bleeding
.... had pessary put in
..... urodynamics
... see registrar who said I should lose weight as obesity caused problems... errmmmm yes I am a bit overweigh but ahem.. was a nurse of many years looooooong before slings / hoists invented and in use, had three DD lightest 7lb 15oz heaviest 10lb 1oz (one of which a syntocinin induced 2 hour "quickie") plus I have a tendancy to ferocious coughs in winter ( so strong I broke three ribs coughing !)
at long last cons agreed to do anterior and posterior repairs... had said at appt he would also do tvt but just had a letter to say he has changed his mind and will do a bladder buttress instead. I have seen that mentioned somewhere on this thread I think so will do a search in a mo and see what information I can glean ! I do have a uterine prolapse too but he says not bad enough for the riskier abdominal approach he would need to do as uterus "too bulky" !
I see there are quite a few here having surgery soon too ( my date is 30th march) .... thats been quick for me as its only been three weeks since put on list.
I wish everyone well and speedy recoveries.