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Rectocele worse after hysterectomy and worried about what happens next

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Dustifyoumust · 30/04/2026 16:18

I had a hysterectomy in July last year. Kept cervix and one ovary. I kept telling the surgeon that I had issues with a rectocele caused by a vaginal birth. She wouldn’t do anything at the same time as my surgery. I was worried about the surgery making things worse. I was told it might make it better. Found out today that it has made it worse. I knew it had because I can feel the heavy, dragging sensation in my vagina. GP has given me oestrogen pessaries as I’m like to experience ‘sphincter leakage’ if not. Those were absolutely not words I ever wanted to hear. I just don’t even know what to say. I feel like the hysterectomy was just the start of a cascade of unpleasant surgical interventions that are just staving off a total collapse of my innards. Does anyone have any advice on this future life im facing where my vagina bulges out and I shit myself all the time?

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BrightHarvest · 02/05/2026 21:34

Hi. I'm so sorry you're going through this; that sounds really uncomfortable and upsetting.

Try posting in the Menopause topic or on a menopause app. I hope someone will read this. Xx

TappingTed · 02/05/2026 21:36

Ask for a referral to a urogynae nurse specialist or a trial of a cube pessary? The cube pessary is like a soft silicon cube thing that goes up there above your cervix and sort of holds things in place and helps support the wall that the rectocele is affecting. Simple to try… can be used with oestrogen gel etc too.

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