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Want to discuss prolapse bladder or any kind of prolapse
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My major conerns about the rectal prolapse surgery is that it could do something to the bladder. I strain to pee and have been trying to take care of that with meds, etc. Am starting PTNS with an acupuncturist this Thursday. With the nurse didn't work. I am afraid I will have to self-catherize because I know you can't strain after the prolapse surgery. Will I be in a position to do that after the surgery? I mean, I am afraid of complications of the surgery. Did you know you had rectal prolapse, I mean with symptoms? You had 2 surgeries at once, and that is very brave of you. My rectum comes out when I pee and I manually push it back in. Lately I have been having mucus discharge so I know it is getting worse. I guess I want to reassured that the surgery will really fix it. I might end up having to self-cath. Thank you for your reply. --Mary
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Hi, @mary1234 - Though I did have rectal prolapse surgery, I'm afraid I don't know about whether it can do anything to the bladder. I had bladder prolapse repairs at the same time, and the rectal prolapse surgery didn't hurt anything with the bladder, to my knowledge.
I did have to have a catheter (a small tube inserted into my bladder to drain urine) at home for a week following my surgery. To be honest, it was not a picnic, but doable. I did have my mother-in-law, who is a nurse, staying with us and helping me with it for that time. If you have anyone living with you at home, it would help to have them on hand to help out, if needed, but I think you can do it on your own. I did have an accidental spillage incident with my catheter, and my husband helped me deal with it.
I didn't know I had rectal prolapse till I went in to the urogynecologist about my bladder prolapse and found out I also had rectal prolapse. After he told me this, which was new information for me, I then noticed a tiny lump coming out of my rectal area. This meant that I had experienced significant drop and still needed repair, but not to the extent that I had a lot of protrusion. I did not have the situation of needing to push that part of my anatomy back inside or any mucus.
I feel confident that the rectal prolapse surgery was successful in my case.