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Re: Bladder Too Tight - cystocele/cystourethrocele repairFrom: Louise (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 31 Dec 2000 21:10:28 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Hannah wrote: > >I am so sorry to hear you are having a hard time. My mother had the >same surgery as you had and she had the same problem with her bladder. >She was very depressed as well. I can imagine that it is very >discouraging. She too wanted it undone. > >She had to self-catherize for some time (I forget how long--maybe a >month?) but in the end, swelling and irritaion of the bladder and other >tissue went down and today she is doing great and is so thrilled to have >had the surgery. > >Please talk to your doctor and tell him/her about your worries. And >please give it some time--as I learned from my mother's surgery >--bladders seem to be testy objects--it may resolve itself. Good >luck--just wanted to give you the perspective from my mother who had the >same post-op trouble. Hope it helps. >> >>I had rectocele, cyctocele, and cystourethrocele repair two weeks ago. >>The rectocele repair went very well. The repairs to the bladder have >>resulted in an inability to void completely without self catherization. >>What is the minimum time I must wait to have this reversed? If I had >>known how this would turn out I would have stayed with wearing extra >>absorbent pads (stress incontinence). This is worse to deal with on a >>psychological basis. >>My sincere thanks for any professional advice or advice learned through >>common experience.
-- My deepest thanks to Hannah and to William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG for their kind responses to my request for information. My bladder surgery was done by a none too sympathetic resident urologist who told me that my problems were in no way his fault. He also said that he would not consider any further assistance in my case for at least 6 to 12 months and that I would just have to get used to self catherization. The rest of my repairs were completed by a very competent and experienced OB-GYN doctor with many years of experience. I am going to ask her to complete any further repairs. Again thank you very much for your kind assistance. If I have to wait any period of time for further surgical assistance to correct this problem, I will also request counseling assistance.
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