>----- Original Message -----
From: "cathy:-" <anonymous@medispecialty.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
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Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:15 PM
Subject: Millie -- rectocele
> Somewhere I followed a link (probably one of Helen's -- all the best
> links are hers, of course! :-) ) on rectoceles, and there was something
> along the lines of "some women find it necessary to put a finger or 2 in
> the vagina a push in order to get the stool out." In other words, it is
> NOT hopeless, and surgery is NOT the only treatment. If the problem is
> purely mechanical (in other words, simply a matter of things being the
> wrong shape and/or in the wrong place because the adhesions have pulled
> on them) then there IS hope that you can do some trial and error and
> figure out something that will make things work better. Awhile back Jo
> mentioned that squatting while you push rather than sitting on the
> toilet helps. (Do you know that until the sit-down latrine was invented
> in the 1600's, all humans squatted to go? Do you know that there are
> modern indoor toilets with a water supply that flush into a sewer that
> you squat over rather than sitting down? They are quite common for
> indoor plumbing in places known as "3rd world" countries. In some cases
> progress ain't all it cracked up to be! I know someone who claims that
> they are much better for completely emptying your bladder...)
>
> But anyway, I think you should search around the web for info on
> rectocele and enterocele, and see if you can find a better description
> of the technique involved. And try squatting to push, too. Sure, it's
> possible that this won't help at all, but then on the other hand there
> are no side effects from trying. Which is a lot better than can be said
> for "trying" surgery!
>
> --
> cathy :-)
>