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Vaginal ring pessary

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Nannyfannybanny · 09/05/2024 19:51

Hopefully someone can help! I have a cystocele. Finally after almost 18 months, got my uro/gynae appointment. Lovely lady, measured, fitted. Showed me how. Said to remove weekly wash , place in hot water to soften. Fold in half,bit of KY or similar on top end. Insert. Well, I did the foot on stool,lay on bed.my finger wasn't long enough to reach it! In the end I knelt on the floor,coughed and got hold of the bugger. Washed, dried,but my arthritic hands, I can't bend it.i tried hot water, obviously you have to let it cool. I've had 3 goes, now sore (vaginal atrophy)I want to do it,it's lovely not having gripeypains, being able to pee, open bowels,and bend around like a normal person. Instead of contorting on the toilet, hardly being able to bend down. Tips please!!

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Nannyfannybanny · 11/05/2024 10:24

Can't believe no one had any ideas! In the end I put the lube inside, not on the ring, because that was so slippery, and it worked

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Droolylabradors · 13/05/2024 20:47

Sorry op I have a different approach to you. I have to take mine out to empty my bowels so it comes out several times a day, but I have three prolapses so it's a miracle it stays in to begin with!

I have never been told to warm it up - I just squeeze so the tip of it is thinner then once it's in I can push the rest in whole. I push the bottom of the ring against the back wall until I can feel my cervix through the hole in the middle and it sucks up.

I don't find it helps the urinary incontinence though.

To hoik it out I just poke around with my finger and can usually hook part of it and breathe out to get it to release.

Droolylabradors · 13/05/2024 20:48

Ps. If your atrophy is that bad, I hope they've given you oestrogen cream?

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