WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2000: Re: IF I have a prolapse repair..what can I expect..any problems??

Re: IF I have a prolapse repair..what can I expect..any problems??

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:45:52 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Connie wrote: >
>Hi!
>
>I am being fitted for another pessary in about a week, I had to wait
>this long for another one because of the damage the 1st one did that was
>too big. I had to go back to my regular gyne because of work
>constraints and the tremendous amount of pain and problems urinating
>with the other pessary. The doctor who originally fit me for this
>pessary is an hour away and I simply can't be taking that much time off
>of work. Anyway, my regular gyne suggested the surgery if the pessary
>works ok for me. The other gyne told me that if the pessary worked
>well, then he would do surgery to repair the prolapse. When I posed the
>surgical option to him again, he said "No, way! You are too young" It is
>better to learn how to live with a pessary. My regular gyne said that
>at 43 it is wiser to do the surgery than to have to deal with
>maintaining the pessary! Anyway, my question is, what kind of problems,
>if any, would I have after the surgery? I have a paravaginal prolapse,
>my uterus and ovaries are gone.
>
>Thank you for your time..
>
>--
>Connie
>

Connie, First, let me say that 43 is not too young to have a repair done. The only problems to expect following the surgery is some minor discomfort, possibly some difficultly with voiding for a short period of time and likely some vaginal discharge postoperatively. Go for the repair. What age 43 is, is too damn young to be restricted by a pessary. Lynn

--
Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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