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Thinking of some of the members here who have talked about prolapse surgery and wondering how things are going ...

@pma58 - did you have your prolapse surgery? Hoping your son's wedding went well in August.

@smot73 - it sounds like you had prolapse surgery as well. How did that go for you, as far as the recovery and your results now?

@letsgo - you mentioned you were going to have 2 more surgeries after your hysterectomy and mesh. Were these related to the cyst and the hernia you talked about?

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Hi! Yes! I did have prolapse repair and a partial hysterectomy performed at the same time in March of 2017. My life has completely changed. The upside, things are put back to where they are suppose to go, I am no longer in pain or feel as though I will hemorrhage to death once a month. The down side is, I cannot lift, push, or pull anything over 20 lbs for the rest of my life, (I am 45). That was a hard pill to swallow since I am very active, have horses, and am/was looking forward to lifting grandbabies one day. They will reach 20 lbs pretty fast. 🙁 But, I have come to terms with it, and have made changes to my daily life to accommodate. For example, I don't carry ALL the groceries in at once, I do smaller loads of laundry, and I have work hard to strengthened my arms because it is the lifting that uses your core that is restricted. The other negative: It took over a year for the feeling to come back in my nether regions and be able to enjoy sex with my husband again. No one had told me that could be a side effect, and that just about broke me. I would have rather of lost my right hand than to be broken in that way. But, he is a rock star husband and we are finally getting our groove and my feeling back! So, my advice, give your body time to repair. Its a pretty big surgery and it may take a minute for your body to find its way back to you. And be okay finding a new normal. It's not all bad having folks do the heavy lifting for you. 🙂