>----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Carter" <carter123@comcast.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Questions on symptoms of cystocele , rectocele and enterocele.
> Hi Millie,
>
> I just had the surgery you are asking about (rectocele, and cystocele)I
> also had Bladder suspension surgery. It's basically called, genital
> prolapse. Lovely name for what we already endure. I started having
> this feeling that I was falling out, and when I had to void or have a
> b.m., there was no waiting period, it was either then or take the
> conseqences. I had to go through a test at the gynecologist, called a
> Urodynamices, and that is what diagosed my Urinary Stress Incontinence
> problem. I went to a urologist and was then diagnosed with the
> cystocele and rectocele. It was explained to me that there was bulging
> in the vagina and rectum where the two meet. And not to be too blunt
> but it felt like my bladder was falling out when I was sitting on the
> toilet.
>
> The surgery repaired all that, now I have stitches in the vagina,
> everything was repaired via the vagina. I have some minimal pain, with
> bruising on the outside of my pubic area.
>
> I hope that answers some of your questions. Take care of yourself. You
> can always do a search on the Internet for Cystocele and Rectocele, and
> lots of information will pop up. I received a wealth of info that way
> myself.
>
> Love
> Karen C. another ARD Sufferer
>
> At Sun, 12 May 2002, Millie wrote:
> >
> >Sunflower
> >
> >Hope everyone has forgiven me by now. But maybe not, because I have
questions... again. So what else is new?
> >Has anyone ever had a cystocele, a rectocele, or an enterocele? If so,
what are the symptoms of each, and how are they diagnosed?
> > I know that women can get them after a hysterectomy, and I'm also
wondering how they are corrected, and the known success rate?
> >Could they show on a pelvic CT scan... you know...
> >LIKE THE ONE I'M STILL HOLDING MY BREATH WAITING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!
ROFLOL!!!
> >Then as if I don't have enough to deal with, late last night, someone
scratched the emblem off of the hood of Ed's car. Then tonight, my dog got
sick, on the third anniversary of his buddy's death.
> >Please tell me it will get better. ;0)
> >Millie.
>