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DiscussionProlapse bowel surgery: What was your recovery like?
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I see you've joined Mayo Clinic Connect recently, @cc510, so welcome.
When I was being examined for a vaginal prolapse after things "fell down" after my last baby's delivery, they also found I had a rectocele. So, included in my repair package, so to speak, was a repair for this. I had no known symptoms of this and was rather surprised to learn about it.
After this surgery, I felt a bit tight in the anal area, but it felt normal in a few weeks. I did feel absolutely terrified trying to defecate for the first time after surgery, as I recall (this was 2012). I remember I was so worried I would blow out my stitches. The nurses in the hospital were reassuring, and it went fine with no stiches getting blown out.
Are you going to visit with a doctor from Stanford? Are you having symptoms from your prolapse?