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 4 weeks post op tomorrow and I am allowed to drive so I can't wait!

Jan,Jan,Jan- Haven't a clue about the lump but you are a braver woman than me. I still haven't had a root around (pardon the expression!!!) I wouldn't have made a good nurse-too squemish!
I am pretty sure it is just part of your anatomy, as I remember when I went to my GP about the prolape, I also had looked/checked myself and found a small lump where you have described. I asked her about and she said it was perfectly normal. When is your check up?

I still have a slight discharge still, nothing offensive but I was just wondering when does it finish. Is it part of the healing process and the stiches getting ready to dissolve?

Ballsintheair- Fair play to ye! Glad to hear that the bedroom department went well for you.

Regarding the ironing, have you tried sitting down and lowering the ironing board? My physio told me that was the way to go. Anyway glad to hear you are doing so well.

Thank god for this thread where we can ask and answer questions that we would be afraid/embarrassed in RL.

Hope everybody is doing well.

Hi Kildaire34,
My check up is on 6th Nov. This lump has only recently appeared. Also, I have already lost 3 stitches. Still since my op. I have a discharge but it is coming from the uretha. I am going to make a GP appointment to get things checked out as I dont think this lump should be there or as sore as it is. Will update later.
Take care everyone.x

janjanjanjan I also have a lump on perrineum, near to vaginal entrance. I am 5 weeks post op but have noticed this lump since the surgery.I was told by my Gynae it is fine,just part of the stitching up....I imagine that cutting away a rectocele is a bit like cutting off an inside out sock...and maybe the sewing up has caused a lump where it has been gathered together...if you know what i mean!!!! anyway men never were the best at sewing!!
My lump is tender to touch,but i've not put pressure on it as i feel it is still healing. I have read of others with this,one who said her lump got sore after sex.Has anyone had this lump that has gone away in time, or is it here to stay?

Oxob, Not wishing to alarm you at all but I would get yours checked again. I have been to the treatment room at the hospital today as I couldnt get an appointment to see my GP. I am sorry to say that my lump is an abcess. The on call doctor has taken a swab (get the results Friday hopefully) and I need to attend the hospital on Friday to see my surgeon and have it lanced if necessary. I have also been given some more antibiotics to take....I am so glad I called now and at the same time releived at finding out what the problem is.Take care everyone.xx

janjanjanjan Glad you are getting yours sorted,mine is maybe different as it has been the same since surgery and is not bothering me, but i will keep an eye on it thanks.
Hope everyones recovery is going o.k. Im off for my 1st full-on day out in London tomorrow so hope i cope o.k.(having a restful day today in preparation)

Morning ladies,

I have news... having been told by my consultant, who isn't scheduled to see me until 4 months post op, that I would be OK to return to my job, I visited my GP. Actually not mine, she was an elderly locum. She read my notes and I explained that I didn't feel that my consultant appreciated the full physical impact of my job, She laughed, looked over her glasses and said "clearly, he doesn't have a vagina does he?"

Her daughter had the same op a year ago, she told me that she took a good 3 months to begin to feel normal and that she has recently gone back to running and cycling!

I'm now reprieved and signed off for another month yeay!!!Was feeling a whuss there for a while.

I am mostly able bodied now, thanks for the seated ironing advise Kildare, I've got an ironing stool somewhere.

Nookie is fully operational ( and enhanced), bowels, need lactulose and prune juice, but possibly always will, no poking and pushing required any longer. My sutures have vanished into the abyss, they didn't drop out as I had expected but I'm almost unaware of any trace of surgery down the nethers now!

I think the surgical route was definitely the way to go, and would recommend it to anyone.

Thank you for all your support ladies, you've been a godsend

Hi all,
Went to see my Consultant/Surgeon on Friday. On examination he advised the abscess was clearing with the antibiotics and there was some inflammation most probably due to the mesh and my body adapting to it being there. A lot of stitches are still in place (4 weeks post op), time will allow them to disolve. Was advised not to have a root and not to resume intercourse for at least another month, (to wait until he re-examines me). I was due to have my follow up on 6th Nov but he has asked me to knock this back a few weeks due to my recent knock backs/problems. He asked when I was thinking of returning to work which I replied when he said it was OK to do so. I am not to return until I have seen him again which is on 27th Nov and he re-examines me to ensure all is well etc. He doesnt want his hard work being undone for the sake of a month, neither do I. I have started bleeding a little where one of my stitches was so think I must have overdone something so need to take further rest. I am still a little sore when having BM but things are getting better. The operation has been so successful as far as BM and the prolapse feelings are. I am so glad I had it done. Take care all. xx

Hi all,
Went to see my Consultant/Surgeon on Friday. On examination he advised the abscess was clearing with the antibiotics and there was some inflammation most probably due to the mesh and my body adapting to it being there. A lot of stitches are still in place (4 weeks post op), time will allow them to disolve. Was advised not to have a root and not to resume intercourse for at least another month, (to wait until he re-examines me). I was due to have my follow up on 6th Nov but he has asked me to knock this back a few weeks due to my recent knock backs/problems. He asked when I was thinking of returning to work which I replied when he said it was OK to do so. I am not to return until I have seen him again which is on 27th Nov and he re-examines me to ensure all is well etc. He doesnt want his hard work being undone for the sake of a month, neither do I. I have started bleeding a little where one of my stitches was so think I must have overdone something so need to take further rest. I am still a little sore when having BM but things are getting better. The operation has been so successful as far as BM and the prolapse feelings are. I am so glad I had it done. Take care all. xx

Man, this thread is godsend lol! I am seven days post op and still have so many questions.

I am 33, given birth to three big babies and have done heavy lifting all my life. Had a posterior repair done publicly (in Australia). Catheter and pack removed second day, no probs. A few probs with first BM but all ok now. Had bad probs with low blood pressure, worsened by the pain relief given to me which mean t an extra day in hospital. Home now (YAY!) but still so sore!

In fact, my pain seems to have increased with a new stabbing pain on one side of my labia. I am also worried my discharge is smelly. Pardon the frankness, it smells like old period (like an old pad/napkin). Light brown in colour. Do ppl think this is normal? With that and this new pain I am worried I may have an infection.

Not doing much, hurts too much to move around and to sit! With six kids everyone is telling me to enjoy teh forced rest!

Was given so little information on recovery (just what I gleaned from the net really) that stumbling on this forum is just wonderful. SO may ladies willing to share their stories. Being so young (well according to all the specialists I am lol!) i don;t have many friends etc with stories to share!

Thanks for any advice and good luck to all those still in ther post op!

Thanks,
Em.

Man, this thread is godsend lol! I am seven days post op and still have so many questions.

I am 33, given birth to three big babies and have done heavy lifting all my life. Had a posterior repair done publicly (in Australia). Catheter and pack removed second day, no probs. A few probs with first BM but all ok now. Had bad probs with low blood pressure, worsened by the pain relief given to me which mean t an extra day in hospital. Home now (YAY!) but still so sore!

In fact, my pain seems to have increased with a new stabbing pain on one side of my labia. I am also worried my discharge is smelly. Pardon the frankness, it smells like old period (like an old pad/napkin). Light brown in colour. Do ppl think this is normal? With that and this new pain I am worried I may have an infection.

Not doing much, hurts too much to move around and to sit! With six kids everyone is telling me to enjoy teh forced rest!

Was given so little information on recovery (just what I gleaned from the net really) that stumbling on this forum is just wonderful. SO may ladies willing to share their stories. Being so young (well according to all the specialists I am lol!) i don;t have many friends etc with stories to share!

Thanks for any advice and good luck to all those still in ther post op!

Thanks,
Em.

Em,
From my experience it could be that you have the early stages of an infection. I had similar symptoms a couple of weeks ago and was prescribed antibiotics.Last week, I had an abscess which I am taking further antibiotics for. I am 5 weeks post op tomorrow, still get tired and can only manage a 15-20 minute walk. Have as much rest as possible. Good Luck.

hi to all
i am 3 weeks post op today and feel great i am managing an hours walk and i am hoping to start running again next week, i have noticed quite a few stitches comming away but everything is still holding, and my back hasnt been aching either , things seem to have settled in the bm department, and i am driving again.i feel a bit of a fraud as i still have 5 weeks left off work and feel fine,i have my post op appointment on 19 th november, i think i have been quite lucky though as i havent had any pain from the surgery at all, but i did have a funny smell to start with but that went after a couple of days. i bought some feminine wash with cammomile in it and a soft baby sponge just to wash that area and it seems to have kept every thing ok ,

I have lots of damge from a forceps delivery. All my pelvic organs have fallen and I have a rectocle and a mild cystocle. I have been told that I'm not bad enough for a repair, they go on about failure rates and painful sex problems from the procedure.

Has anyone with these issues had pain in that general area, it is worse if I stand for a long time? If so has the surgery helped or hopefully cured that? Also a TMI question now- did anyone feel really big inside and was that helped by the corrective surgery.

Am 41 with three children and have been diagnosed with a rectocele. My surgery is booked but i am really worried about post op pain and painful sex afterwards. Does it hurt forever?

Hi there, how re you feeling now? My surgery is booked for January and am relly scared.

Your message was sooo positive , i have to tell you that it has inspired me to almost definitley (still very scared) go ahead with surgery. Due rectocele repair in Jan, but the painful sex issue has really worried me. Do they mean painful forever? I've only just remarried and don't want more issues after op.

Hi Ruinedandupset, my Gynaecologist described my vagina as BAGGY after she examined me. I was mortified! lol.x

Hi
Ruinedandupset - I was first diagnosed with a Cystocele & Rectocele and booked in for Physio where I was taught a different pelvic floor excersise different than the normal one used after given birth. These helped tremendously withmy bladder resulting in me not requiring surgery for the cystocele however I must continue with them.

BotoxQueen1 - I am 6 weeks post op today. I havent had sex yet as my consultant advised to wait until my next examination which is end Nov....I don't feel it would hurt at all to be honest, it's just I still have quite a lot of stitches in place and for obvious reasons do not want them disturbed. From readind as many posts as I could find I too was pretty scared of the after pain but having had the operation, I would descrbe it as uncomfortable not painful.

I felt a large bulge of excess skin inside before hand but cannot feel this whatsoever now. I am so glad I had the surgery and if I was to have it again I wouldnt be scared at all.

Good Luck.

Does anyone feel like this woman in this programme? I'm not as bad as this woman, I don't have the leaking issues but her emotional reaction and how "it" feels to he is the same for me. I can't find the follow up consultant with her. Obviously I hope it went great. I was told that it could be painful forever. www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/video/embarrassing-bodies/consultation-vaginal-prolapse /

Hello, I have just joined Mumsnet although I am now a 62 year old Grandmother! I had a posterior repair on the 19th Oct. Before I had the operation, I had no problems with my bowels, but plenty with my waterworks. Got cystitis frequently and weed a lot!! I also had a bulge on the right hand side in the cleft of my leg near my vagina. This was my bowel (I think). The whole point of having the op was for the bowel to be pushed back. However, I can still feel the lump there, and am terrified that it hasn`t been done properly. Anyone else got the same problem?

Hello ladies, read my threaded bits from further down. Lots of TMI!!! Like Rosie's they should reassure you.
No pain, no sutures, no problems. Feel fantastic, sex is amazing.
I'm now7 weeks post posterior (rectocele) repair.
My advise is to go for it - get your lives back.
In my experience we put up with the symptoms for so long that we forget what normal feels like.
Good Luck

i am 3 weeks and 2 days post op i havent had sex yet waiting til after my post op but i dont think it wil be painful as it doesnt hurt at all when i have had a poke about to feel if there are any stitches still there i am so glad i had the operation and would have it done again without hesitation if needed.there was a ridge where the rectocele was repaired but that seems to be shrinking too.

Evening Ladies

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing. I am just over 5 weeks post op and I have to say I feel great(touch wood). I am back driving now which is great and don't feel tired anymore. Bowel movements are much improved. Haven't had sex yet but another week or so to wait. I expect to feel like a born again virgin Sorry, TMI!!!

Moving on swiftly!!!, I would recommend this type of surgery. Get your life back, to echo Ballintheairs sentiments. My tips/advice for pre op ladies is (in no particular order)

1. Make sure you drink plenty of water/prune juice to keep your bowels going. Do not let yourself get constipated.
2. Take any help that is offered to you. You will feel tired after the op.
3. Be kind to yourself. 4)Do not be afraid to have a bowel motion after the op.(see my earlier posts!) You will not burst the stiches!

Anyway have a good weekend

with apologies in advance for a thread hijack, but....

at what point did the docs decide for you that it was time to operate?

I ask because I was told a few months back that I have a cystocele. I was sent away with a leaflet on pelvic floor exercises. A few months down the line I feel no improvement. In fact, I feel even more uncomfortable - for want of a better word, I feel "full". I've got another appt at the docs on Monday to see if I can get any sense out of them.

I have no idea if the cystocele I have is serious. Can any of you ladies help me out?

Hi Totallyawesome,
I was first diagnosed with both a cystocele and a rectocele. Attended physio and was given pelvic floor exercises but different than the normal ones you do when you have given birth. Me doing these resulted in me not requiring surgery for the bladder but still needed it for the bowel. Ask the GP what stage your Cystocele is at as I understand there are different grades depending on how bad it is, I dont however think it is serious. Good Luck.