WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1998: Re: failed posterior repair?

Re: failed posterior repair?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 13:03:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 20 Dec 1998, elizabeth wrote: >
>I'm 33 and this past Summer I had a hysterectomy (ovaries remain),
>bladder tack, and posterior repair. In order of severity the rectocele
>was the worse closely followed by the prolapse and the cystocele was the
>least bothersome.
>
>About the time the doc said my husband and I could resume sex I had lost
>most of my desire. About a month after resuming sex I think the
>posterior repair is already falling apart. My husband has said that he
>has noticed a major difference. The last two times we had sex it hurt.
>
>I have the same initial symptoms as I did last year at this time when
>the problem first began. All my muscles seem to have gone soft despite
>doing a minimum of 50 Kegals per day. I don't have any bulging.
>
>Between lack of desire and physical problems I'd just like to quit
>having sex altogether. My husband , of course, finds this concept
>abhorrent.
>
>I have had enough of doctors and hospitals so are there any home
>remedies to alter this condition? Additional exersizes? I think magnetic
>therapy is the biggest crock of quackery to hit the market but I'm just
>about ready to get ripped-off trying it. Help, please.
>
>Thanks.

A rectocele is a hernia and hernias are repaired surgically, I'm afraid. I suggest you consult a urogynecologist at the closest university medical school for an opinion.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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