Re: Cystocele, doctor 'not very interested'

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At Thu, 1 May 2003, bamboo42 wrote: >
>I am 41, with a cystocele that I’ve had for years, probably due to
>childbirth. My bladder protrudes from the entrance to my vagina. The
>last time I saw my gyn was three years ago. She didn’t seem very
>interested, and told me if I had trouble urinating to put my fingers
>inside my vagina and to press on my bladder and squeeze the pee out. If
>I had trouble defecating I was to… Well, you get the picture. I was so
>upset at her lack of help and her callousness that I never went back.
>
>I suffer from depression and have been on medication and in counseling
>for 4+ years. I have a very active job as nurse’s aid to Alzheimer’s
>patients in a nursing home, and decent health insurance. But I don’t
>have a lot of pain, and the gyn didn’t think the insurance company would
>pay for surgery because of that issue. I don't think she even asked. My
>quality of life would be so much better if this problem were solved, and
>I believe it may help my depression too.
>
>When a gyn is recommending surgery for something like this, what exact
>qualifications are they looking for? Where is the deciding line? I feel
>like my insides are going to fall out any minute during my active and
>

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