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Bladder Prolapse and GI tract issues
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@islandjude welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am unfamiliar with stage 3 bladder prolapse and I don’t really know what a pessary is. My bladder conditions consist of other things. I have seen pessary mentioned in other discussions. Perhaps you can find some valuable information in some of the other discussions while waiting for members to chime in here. I’m pretty sure there is an entire group devoted to digestive / bowel issues that you might find helpful. You are not alone. I am bad with technology but could you try searching on keys words like bladder prolapse, pessary, digestive / bowel issues to see what comes up?
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@cehunt57, a bladder prolapse is usually caused by some kind of birth injury. In my case, I’m a small boned woman who delivered a 9.5 lb. Son with a 14” diameter head. 12” is the most common head size.
The bladder’s attachment becomes loosened and it begins to push out of the vagina. At first it’s general considered grade 1 or two. The more the bladder sticks out of the vagina, the higher grade the prolapse is. A grade 4 bladder prolapse is when essentially all of the bladder sticks out of the vagina. That’s what I had prior to my surgery on Wednesday.
A pessary is a rubber “plug” that can be inserted in the vagina to hold a bladder prolapse in place. It works with smaller prolapses, but didn’t work with my grade 4 prolapse.
In 2022 I had surgery to remove approximately half of my large intestine because of 7 noncancerous tumors, one of which was wrapping itself around the interior circumference of my intestine and would have caused a life threatening bowel obstruction if not removed.
Because I was dealing with many daily attacks of diarrhea post intestinal surgery, getting my bladder prolapse repaired became extremely important for sanitary reasons.
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@cehunt57 Thanks for responding, you're the first😊. I'm old and not good with technology either but will try to try your suggestions. It's not fun to struggle with these issues. Sending you best wishes for healing