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Heavy feeling downstairs

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nicnacxoxo · 22/10/2026 17:07

Hi, so for the past 2 weeks on and off I have had a 'heavy' feeling. It feels asif something might fall out and I feel like I need to push to pee. Has anyone experienced anything like this?

A bit of background, I had surgery last year and during it the surgeon cut my bowel. It was missed for 16 days so I ended up in hospital for 4 weeks with sepsis. I had to have the infection that leaked from my bowel drained out slowly over the 4 weeks. Now a year later I have chronic pain from nerve damage/scar tissue.

Im going to contact on Monday but just wanted to post to see if anyone can help x

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leperol · 22/10/2026 17:14

Oh you poor thing, that was an awful thing to happen to your bowel.

What you are experiencing at the moment sounds like a prolapse of some sort. I'm sure your GP will advise on some non invasive treatments as a start. Sometimes a women's health clinic is more experienced in these things, assuming it is coming from that area.

Read up on prolapse and see if any of your symptoms match up. That will give you some information to discuss with GP. Best of luck.

pilates · 22/10/2026 17:36

Yes I was going to say prolapse

nicnacxoxo · 22/10/2026 17:51

leperol · 22/10/2026 17:14

Oh you poor thing, that was an awful thing to happen to your bowel.

What you are experiencing at the moment sounds like a prolapse of some sort. I'm sure your GP will advise on some non invasive treatments as a start. Sometimes a women's health clinic is more experienced in these things, assuming it is coming from that area.

Read up on prolapse and see if any of your symptoms match up. That will give you some information to discuss with GP. Best of luck.

The ladies in my work did say prolapse so will definitely phone the gp on Monday.

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TheNewFinch · Yesterday 21:27

nicnacxoxo · 22/10/2026 17:07

Hi, so for the past 2 weeks on and off I have had a 'heavy' feeling. It feels asif something might fall out and I feel like I need to push to pee. Has anyone experienced anything like this?

A bit of background, I had surgery last year and during it the surgeon cut my bowel. It was missed for 16 days so I ended up in hospital for 4 weeks with sepsis. I had to have the infection that leaked from my bowel drained out slowly over the 4 weeks. Now a year later I have chronic pain from nerve damage/scar tissue.

Im going to contact on Monday but just wanted to post to see if anyone can help x

Oh that sounds really disturbing and irritating. Getting this checked once would be better but yeah that seems to be proplapse.

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