In reply to @colleenyoung, I suffer from rectal prolapse. You know if it is rectal because a bulge will come out of your rectum when you go to the bathroom. I had a radical hysterectomy in 1985 and had some nerve damage to my bladder. I have been straining to pee all these years and developed a rectal prolapse. I do not want to self-catherize so have been working with urologists lately to see if they can help with medication as my prolapse is getting worse and I am pretty sure I should have surgery for it and am afraid. Every time I pee it comes out and I manually push it back in. I would like to know if anyone has had this problem and has had rectal prolapse surgery? I tried PTNS for the bladder by urologist's nurse but it did not work. I will try an acupuncturist. Meds give me side effects. Anyway, if anyone can tell me if they had rectal prolapse surgery and what it is like. I also have IBS, sounds like what you have. Hope I helped some. --Mary.

maosoe2. the symptoms of rectal prolapse is a bulge that comes out of your rectum when you go to the bathroom. According to how severe it is, right now I can manually push it back in. I need to strain to pee because I have some nerve damage to bladder since a hysterectomy in 1985. So straining will cause it. IF you can stop straining and it is not bad, maybe you can take care of it yourself. Otherwise surgery is the only option. I have yet to hear of anyone who has had the rectal prolapse surgery and how it went. You can tell if a red mass comes out of your anus......I now have a dischare of mucus and it is making it harder to pee so I will probably have the surgery. I have been trying to help my bladder first with medications, which haven't worked, now will try PTNS with an acupuncturist, and if that doesn't work, looks like I might be self-catherizing.......So, I hope I helped.@