anyone had posterior repair/ rectocele repair

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Hi, got to have surgery at the end of the month, rectocele repair and posterior repair. Have done a search in the archives but found very little about this prob.......

surely I cant be the only person with this problem? Anyone out there? Just wanted to know a little about the recovery. I have an 8 month old dd to look after so im a bit concerened as my Dr said avoid lifting, well thats easier said than done!

hi ladies
i am now 7 weeks post op i had my post op check with the consultant last thursday and it was all good she told me to enjoy my next 2 weeks off so i am rested before i go back to work .i am lucky that i too work for nhs so i am on full pay and can have a staggered return. i have been lucky with my op aswell i have felt fine throughout no pain and no bleeding after week 1. only problem with taking it easy is an extra stone in weight that has gone on.watching films in the afternoon with tea and biscuits. i am nearly back to full fitness now so hopefully i can lose it before christmas ready for all the choccies. good luck on your recoveries

HI, I am now 7 weeks post op, and am surprised you are still in so much pain. Maybe an idea to see your gp and request anti-inflammatories worth a try. Best of luck.

Ì am Now 6 Weeks post op. I seen my doctor last week at week five as he was going away. I am not healing as quickly as he would have liked, so i have another 4 weeks of taking things easy. I had healed great by six weeks after my hysterectomy and anterior repair so this is a bit of a blow. I had only 16 weeks between both operations so I think this might be the reason I am slow healing this time, I have been put on a HRT treatment that I insert to help the Healing process. It is only for a month. So fingers crossed this will work. Mind you the good news is I will be able to get back to all my sports gradually after Christmas, so by next June 2010 I should be flying. Horse riding no problem, Step class no problem, I can wait to get my life back! So everyone give yourself time, plenty of time to heal fully. Mind you I still have a discharge, and I feel lumpy some times, I even get stabbing sensations inside, so I know I am not healed yet. I was told to allow 3 months and I think it will take 3 months at least. Hi to everyone, I hope most of you are feeling a lot better since I last wrote. Talk soon

Hi ladies
I am now 4 weeks post op of a posterior, rectocele repair.
I was able to go for short walks and walk around the house fairly ok at firstbut sitting and sleeping was painful, then last week I seemed to have a relapse and the pain was excruitiating whilst out walking. It was all in the rectum/buttock area. I haven't seen or felt the stitches and I don't know I have them, so they are not a problem.
I have my post op assessment on the 29 december.
I have now rested for almost a week and walked to the library today , which was uncomfortable but ok.
I am still taking pain relief. BM's are painful and i am taking movicol and lactulose.
The thing that is also bothering me, is just before my op I was told that my job is being made redundant and I have to apply for my post again sometime in December. I have been looking for other jobs and getting my CV uptodate. I have an interview on Monday whilst I am off sick, but I am going to go as I am worried about my future.
This hasn't really helped my recovery as my meeting about redundancy was the day before I went in for the operation
I go back to my GP tomorrow for (hopefully) another doctors note and more medication.

Hi jacqs,
keep thinking positive - you certainly don't need employment worries whilst recovering from major surgery.
I am now 6 weeks post op posterior repair and the last couple of days have seen a huge improvement in my energy levels. The pain in my buttocks and rectal area disappeared overnight following a painful few days when it all seemed to be coming back. It is so difficult to know what is going on 'down there'!
Good luck for Monday!

hi girls
does anyone know the recommended time for being off work, I am 4 weeks post op - post.pro repair, and one day I think great I'll go back next week and next day it's I can't get to buy a paper without effort. Glad it's not only me that's putting on weight, don't see consultant till xmas eve, no sign of stitches and big bulge still - bike riding not an option!

Hi, i am new to this, and am booked in for op on 8th dec. Bit nervous, but wanted to say how useful its been reading this, thanks

Hi
when I had first saw the conultant I asked her how long I would be expected to be off work and she said around 6 weeks.

As I was having my check up before I left the hospital after the op, I asked the doctor how long I would be off - and she said two weeks!

The doctor who gave me a sick note signed me off for 4 weeks and I have just been back to my local doctor and got another 2 weeks.
He said I should be feeling normal by now, but walking feels hard work (like a weight in my buttock area) and i still get a dull aching pain.
It is better than it was last week, so I am presuming it is getting better, but he said if i am still in disoomfort this week coming I beed to make an appointment and get checked out.

I am still taking movicol and lactulose and occassionally a pain killer.

Dear ladies
I underwent my posterior repair op on Wednesday morning.
Was terrified in anaesthetic room before going into theatre - shaking all over. The guy asked if I was cold and I said NO just terrified. He said its okay you'll be fine. I asked did he want to swap places. That shut him up! Anyway he was very gentle with me.

Op went well by all accounts. No need for mesh as they were able to use my own tissue to rebuild pelvic floor. Pain has been severe at times but hospital staff keen to keep you pain free. So for anyone still to get op DO NOT LIE and SUFFER just ask and ask again if not enough to relieve pain.

Physically I feel weak but in better shape. My below the waist body moving better. Was even able to sit cross legged on bed and was able to bend easily.

Post op low blood pressure so had to remain in bed until yesterday morning. They took out catheter also and I was able to pee successfully which was a huge relief as I couldn't pee properly for nearly five weeks after previous anterior repair and vaginal hysterectomy three years ago.

Buttock pain in the morning controlled by drugs! Got home this evening when BP began to register to near normal. Have had a salt bath which was recommended by GP who has had this op too and very supportive.

Haven't had a BM yet but passing wind. A bit scared about this but trying to let nature take its course. Discharge minimal.

So I'm feeling positive about op so far. Re' time off work I have been told by surgeon 3 months minimal. No lifting for 6 weeks then gradually build up to sensible lifting.

Thanks for this thread it has really helped and I'll keep posting. Glass of champers when my bowels move!!!!

Dear poodlelover
Re' surgeon not operating on both. As far as I'm led to believe they prefer to leave some time between repairs so don't despair.

Hi Risim,
I was so relieved to hear you have still got a bulge - I have too and I am nearly six weeks post op. I am still aware of myself down there. Dont know why this should be just hope everything will return to norma, althought its been nearly two years since I was normal down there, that Ive forgotten what normal is!! Go for my check up on 4th Dec. Also I have been stitched up rather tightly` it seems, something else that worries me!

Hi
How do people know if the bulge is still there?
When I go for a BM it feels like something is potruding and feels alot tighter.
This morning I had something awful happen - stess incontinence..made me cry

although for the first time today i have felt almost back to normal in the buttock/rectum area

hi guys im guessing not all of you will remeber me as i had my op back in Feb with quite a few complications that followed anyway here i am all these months later.

im glad i feel normal again. BM are mostly fine, sex is good and bad, good because it is tighter down there bad because i do have an extra sensitive area right on the back part of the entrance and i have no idea what it is as i cant see anything.

Im not sure mine is compltetly gone as if i look insde TMI i can still see a bulge but i guess not many people are going to be looking as closely as i did lol

Glad everyone else is doing well

Dear ladies
Post op 6 days and still feeling good. First BM was traumatic but things getting easier. Some nippiness when I pee but hopefully that'll go soon.

hello savanskisan
bulge seems to have gone a bit, couple of threads of stitches been lost now, no idea how many more are up there! Looking in mirror everything seems quite tidy, but now got large scar like episiotomy ones. what happens at post op check - don't fancy being poked down there at the min. found a bit of something like a red pea when I wiped myself not a clot though, losing bits of fresh blood but don't know if it's cos i have done too much or it's start of period - got bit of tummy ache. BM can still be difficult, am sure that's what caused first stitch to come out - felt a 'pop', don't want to risk straining now. good luck to all

Hi
I am almost 5 weeks post op now

I am starting to feel almost normal now - the buttock pain has gone and BM this morning wasn't painful.
Been waking up most mornings with a headache and nausea the past week though.
I still have until the 14 december until I go back to work (all being well) - that will take me up to 6 weeks off work (with one and a bit weeks in work then finish for christmas). Redundancies in the near future, so am not looking forward to going back, and this hasn't helped with me getting better as I'v woken up worrying everyday I'v been off.

No sign of any stitches coming away. Got my post op on the 29 december

Hi all, Well its come to the time that I return to work tomorrow....10 weeks post op. Feel good in myself and had a root around this morning and I feel perfectly normal again. The swelling has totally gone, the lump has totally gone but most important of all my prolapse has gone. Can easily do a BM now also. I got two bills from the hospital one said entrocele repair and the other posterior repair. I didn't know that I had had both repaired but it doesnt matter now that I am mended. The best advice I can give to anyone having this op is to ensure the BM's are kept soft. I have actually lost some weight in recent weeks and think this is down to not eating as much as didnt want to have to suffer on the loo more. I take 10ml lactulose morning and night with a glass of prune juice through out the day and a sachet of movicol morning and night. Just aprehensive at returning to work now...I wish to thank everyone who has taken their time writing on this post as it has helped me through tremendously and wish any new mumsnetters viewing this operations effects etc the very best of luck and least amount of worry beforehand as it really is not an op to worry about. I will keep an eye on this post and help anyone where possible. Good luck, take care and thanks again. xx

Hi Jan Jan Jan
what type of work do you do?
do you find having movicol twice a day, lactulose and prune juice causes wind?

..i work in a small quiet office and this is something that is worrying me when i go back to work

Hi RisiM,
Got my post op examination on Friday (4th Dec), today I weed myself again. The surgeon did not do my anterior repair, even though he said I had a posterior and anterior! He has said nothing about having the anterior done, and this is what bothers me most (constantly wanting to wee and sometimes weeing myself). I went privately and really wish I hadnt now - the reason I went privately was because our Hospital has got MRSA and I am terrified of getting that! Anyway glad you seem to be getton on better, I just hope I dont re-start my bladder problems again. Thank goodness for this great site though, it does help to talk to people who have the same problems. Best of luck to all who are facing the op its not that bad really, its the waiting thats the worst.

Hello JanJanJan, You say your lump has totally gone after 10 weeks. I am nearly seven weeks and can still feel it - I can also feel it when I am walking. Were you the same? It really is worrying me - I keep thinking it hasn`t been done properly, but then I think, surely it has!! But why do I still have a lump there? Cannot understand it.

hello ladies
glad to know it wasn't only me that was fine waiting on the ward, and then dreadful panic once I was wheeled to theatre, heart was so loud thought everyone could hear it.
Lactolose does what it says on the bottle, but it give you dreadful wind, and tastes so sweet it's disgusting, used to put it in porridge instead of sugar. glad bleeding has stopped think I over did it! hoping to go back to work next week but starting at 3 hours a day, till I get my get up and go back.

RisiM, how long have you had off work? What type of job do you do?

I am tempted to try to get some more time off to take me up to christmas and just go back full recovered in the new year, as I have an hour driving each way to work and the roads are pretty awful.

Feel tired (am into my 5th week now) and not had a feel or a look but just recently got over the pain of the op.

oh..I got down to theatre and had a panick attack and they gave me 10 minutes to make a choice of having it done or not...

Hi Jacqs62, had op 27 Oct, so been off almost 6 weeks, work as p.o. clerk, although won't be lifting any xmas parcels etc, boss said could take another week if necessary - but SSP doesn't help buy presents does it. Just hoping the soreness goes otherwise won't know whether to sit or stand. Still getting plenty of sleep especially if I have a 'busy' day - that means walking to get a paper or trip to the chemist!

HI RisiM
I had mine done around the same time and suppose I am lucky that I am getting full pay and can for 3 months.
Had a bit of blood , last night (not period as I have a marina coil) and feel quite tender around that area.
Not tried driving yet, but done a bit of walking (around 30 mins) most days.
Done some online christmas shopping, and may go to the trafford centre next week - at least it's warm and dry and has plenty of cafe's and seating.

morning ladies
i was 8 weeks post op on tuesday and all is back to normal went back to work yesterday i wasnt apprehensive about going back as i work in a health centre with gps and dentists so they were really understanding.only using lactulose occasionally if i dont think things are moving properly, i also found glycerin supposotries helpful they stimulate the bowel and make it easier to go as it sort of greases the way to put it in the nicest way i can, but now fighting fit and ready to enjoy the party season. so good luck to all who are waiting/recovering operations. and you may be as fortunate as i was and had no pain and no problems. merry christmas to all