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Re: Unstitched tear

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 11 May 2002 10:34:17 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 8 May 2002, Tama wrote: >
>had tear with third child that was not stitched.My doc gave me rectocele
>and vaginoplasty. didn't help. Found new doc, found problem was torn
>inner bc? muscle and had no perineum. Had surgery. Inner part fine.
>OUter part
>since last stitch just fell out in March. feeling went with it. Had
>feeling when stitch was there, a little pain. Feels like just skin
>there now, nothing underneath it. Also feels like rectum is pushing
>out. Doc says everything is fine. but, never gave me a rectal exam.
>NOthing bulging into vagina. Also, when doing kegels you can see
>muscles pull to right side just above anus.
>The left side seems to not work. When stitch was in everything
>worked together. Left side feels weak and laxed compared to otherside.
>Must pull up more now when doing kegels.
>Could there be something still not attached?
>Could muscles in perineum have feel back down?
>Do Stronger muscles mean more feeling? Nerve damage?
>Seems strange that since stitch fell out everything went bad.
>Do I need therapy for weak side? Electrical stimulation?
>HELP!!!! Need some suggestions!!!! Thought surgery would
>make everything better.
>Thank YOu

Tama

Sounds like there is some nerve damage there and when the stitch pulled thru, you lost some support also, but not enough to be obvious to the doc. Another surgery is a possibility, but there would be no guarantees. Nerve stim maybe helpful

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