Re: Unstitched tear

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At Sat, 11 May 2002, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote: >
>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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