Thank you for you reply I am going to see the dr.(uro) next week and will mention it he never said anything about the condition of my ligaments I have had other gyn's look at me and they can't find anything wrong with the surgery again they think it may be a nerve issue I am also going back to p/t in 2 weeks when I prolapsed I also got pelvic floor muscel spazams...the hernia was found after my prolapse repair (stage 2 both bladder and uteral) I had the hernia's repaired before they got any larger so again to avoid mesh I will mention to him about the tissue and if I have to I will go out of state to get another uro's advise (there is only one in the state of DE and once you have a dr. in that practice you can't see any other dr.) again thank you and I am happy your repair has gone well

How old are you. I am 74 and have 3 organs prolapsed. I’m going through therapy, but just feel I want these organs put back where they belong! I am miserable, but don’t want more problems. This has thrown me all off balance - does anyone feel that way too?

Hi y @skd43usa, - sorry to hear you have all 3 prolapsed. I have had a prolapsed urethra for years but have not done anything to correct it. However, I have recently gotten a mucosal rectal prolapse and that is devastating. I had severe hypothyroidism and they made me get the radioactive iodine pill to kill off the thyroid. However I was overdosed and it caused extremely bad constipation when I turned hypothyroid , thus the prolapse from straining. I also have a mucous discharge from the anus, probably from the inflammation as the prolapse comes in and out at will and I wipe it and wash it at times. I am going to pelvic PT to try to strengthen the sphincter muscle but so far I am not doing that well. The therapist insisted on doing a vaginal exam to test the shphincter tone and I think she pushed a bit of the discharge up into my vagina as I have developed a yellowy discharge from the vagina since ten. I am afraid to go to the
gyn as I do not know how to prevent leakage from the back door and do not want more pushed up there. A;lso I am 79 and very atrophic and in the past after a gyn visit I bleed for 2 days from the speculum opening me up.

Do you have a discharge problem from the back door as well? If so how do you handle it? I tried putting a gauze pad there between my cheeks but because of the prolapse coming in and out, it stuck to the gauze pad and hurt when I took it off to pee. Luckily it did not bleed but afraid to do that again. As far as surgery there, I have been advised that it can make the situation worse, is not a permanent fix, and could cause permanent real bowel incontinence when they fool around with the sphincter muscle. Don't know if I can live with this one tho. It is taking my life away. Occasionally I do even get some fecal leakage but not too often, just the yellow mucous which do strain my undies. I was throwing them out but now bleach them first and rewash as could not afford new undies every week. I also find that at nite anything running ut goes to the front area which is disturbing so at nite I do put a 2 x 2 gauze pad between my vagina and anus to prevent anyting from leaking that diretion. However I put a vit of vaseline on my AH so if the pad should touch the prolapsed insides it wont stick and maybe tear me. Can't do that during the day however as it is very irritatting to have the pad there when sitting, etc. and it also falls out from my cheeks easuily. If it was just incontinence and no prolapse I coud handle it better.

Do you have any suggestions how to go to the gyn for an exam? I am more afraid of the days afrter I guess as I am afraid of any contamination in the area of the vaginal opening where it will be bleeding and open for infection, or worse sepsis - getting into my blood stream.

Hell to get old!!!!!!

I would suggest addressing the constipation first. To get things moving milk of magnesia according to the instructions. Plan on being home that day. Then to maintain use Metamucil or physillium capsules (takes quite a few) also one senakot-s. Once you start to go more normally you may be able to stop the senator-s (docusate sodium). After that you can hope that the leakage stops n that some of the difficulty the dr has during your exam has lessen. The advice I was given after my surgeries was to never ever let myself get constipated. Being constipatrd adds stress once you have had prolapse surgeries. I do all the fruit n veggie things n drink plenty of water n still have to be careful. And remember caffeine is a dehydrator so too much of that can cause problems. Good luck

Thanks for the thoughts. I am no longer constipated - which is worse for the prolapse. However I am sure the missing thyroid and replacement med is the problem. It is really making me sick and they cant get the dosage right. I just go back and forth now between the BRAT diet and high fiber. Can't get it right no matter what I do. Gyn visit still scares me.as I leakage is there no matter what.

Re the urethral prolapse - caused by a urologist who botched a urethral surgery. However I can live with that but not with the rectal prolapse/ leakage. Why do us women have to suffer like that? Hugs

I’m hypothyroid as well. The problem with thyroid testing is that there is a range of what is considered normal and with Medicare and insurance how you feel or what is going on is NOT normally part of the equation. How I feel changes, sometimes palpitations and anxiety sometimes dead in my tracks on the same mg of medicine. I can only encourage to whine appropriately atvyour dr and see if they adjust the meds. But I’m not certain it’s related to small leakage. Sorry I’m not very helpful.

Problem is - I am not constipated right now, however I do need a "clean wipe" BM and that is hard to come by. My BMs are now softer and are a bit messy to clean up on myself which actually makes the prolapse and leakage worse. The prolapse gets irritated from all the wiping with baby wipes and iritation makes more mucous which leaks out. It seems I can't win whatever I do or eat. I am now on a more normal diet but have to supplement with rice, toast, bananas to try to get that perfect B . Sometimes it works and then there are times when it doesn't. i am afraid of any kind of stapling or anything as I have heard some horror stories regarding any procedures around the sphincter muscle. Apparently 8 times out of 10 the problem gets worse instead of better I still don't know how to get to the gyn though as I don't want to end up with sepsis from bavk door getting to the bleeding vaginal entrance.