Hello everyone,
I had a bit of a shilock today at the doctor's.
For a few weeks I've been experiencing a heavy feeling around my vagina , trouble urinating where I thing I've finished a wee and then I go to stand up and I then have another big wee.
In the shower last week whilst washing I felt a sizable mass protruding from my vagina , on closer inspection it looked like some kind of prolapse.
As we all do I consulted the internet and believed it to be a womb or bladder prolapse. I've been on HRT for a while now everol sequi plus I used the estriol cream which has helped with itching and dryness. I read that prolapses get graded 1-4 in severity , four being the most severe and in most cases requiring surgery.
Well you guessed it the doctor told me after a full speculum examination that I'm a four , factors like a traumatic forceps birth 8 years agoau have played a factor ,.lifting , exercise etc.
She talked about a pessary ring but it would require changing every six months and would likely be forever , I'm 48 years old so forever maybe quite a while.
We discussed surgery and in her opinion this would be a good option , I didn't think at the time to ask if this could include womb removal ,.my head is swimming with questions.
I wondered if anyone here has a pessary ring or has had the prolapse surgery or any kind of adviceom already medicated for depression and anxiety and I feel a bit shocked at this diagnosis when I just assumed I needed to work more on my pelvic floor with the women's specialist who I had seen before following a birth 8 years ago.
Sorry this is long wanted to spill it all out here.