Re: UROGYNECOLOGY: Pain after Rectocele/Enterocele Surgery
From: Amy Rosenman, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:38:53 -0500 (CDT)
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You need to see your surgeon, this can only be answered with an
examination. There are many unusual sensations after a surgery.
--
Amy Rosenman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor GYN
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Santa Monica, California
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At Fri, 14 Sep 2007, caitcon wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I had Rectocele/Enterocele surgery last Friday. The first four days I
>was in terrible pain, but since Wednesday it has dramatically improved.
>I was off pain med Wednesday/Thursday and also today, but had to take
>some again this afternoon.
>I had a bowel movement Wednesday morning and after that my pain was
>gone. Now all the sudden I get this strong pain again, as soon as I
>stand up. Shooting pains in my tailbone but more on the right side,
>radiating all the way into my leg. I have a feeling that my bowels are
>moving again and that something is pushing on the incisions. Would this
>be a possible explanation for my pain?
>My intestines are moving and I have the feeling that I need to go but
>somehow it doesn't want to come out. Of course now my fear is setting
>in that things are not fixed and that my bowels still get stuck
>somewhere..... which is the reason why I had a rectocele and enterocele
>repair in the first place......
>Thanks for any input
>caitcon
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