WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2000: Re: Considering Paravaginal Prolapse Repair..some questions??

Re: Considering Paravaginal Prolapse Repair..some questions??

From: Sylvia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:02:45 -0600 (CST)

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_____________________________________________ At Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Kate wrote:

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>Hello! I am basically new to this board, but I have been reading recent
>posts and see that there has been reading posts from JJ...sounds like
>she has a similar problem.  However, I am overweight (too embarrassed to
>say how much over I am!).  Anyway, I started a diet yesterday, and I am
>very serious...(we had a party at work today and I didn't eat one thing
>there.) I just had my weight watcher dinner and drank my slimfast for
>breakfast and supper.  I would like to lose about 20 lbs by
>Christmas..then the rest after Christmas.  I even started my exercise
>program tonight.  I am going to start logging my progress on an exercise
>log sheet.
>Now, onto my question.  If I lose the weight, do I have a better chance
>of maintaining the success of the repair?? The prolapse is pretty severe
>and is causing me a lot of problems.  Bowel difficulties, both
>constipation and incontinence.I have had a GI work up (normal) and the
>surgeon suggested having the repair done.  I feel wet all the time and
>wear pads constantly because of the urine leakage.  I have a constant
>"falling out" feeling.  I am going to go the non-surgical route for now
>and be fitted for a pessary, but I hate the thoughts of having a pessary
>in all the time.  To be truthful, I am scared! I have heard that the
>surgery itself is painful and I dread having the pain.  Plus, what is
>the normal recovery time...I don't want to take a lot of time off of
>work.  The gynecologist who found the problem told me that my weight had
>nothing to do with the prolapse, he said that because of the severity of
>it, it has been happening for awhile...Can I have some thoughts on this?
>I thank you in advance for your time.
>
>--
>Kate
>

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