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donnacarp- Have you had the "new mesh" used to support your prolapse? Have you had a bladder sling put in to straighten out your urethra? I had both surgeries around age 65 and now at age 72 I am still doing great and very active. The mesh will give the stitches reattaching the prolapsed tissues and the sling will allow the entire bladder to empty thus your urge to urinate is back to a normal level.
Go back and read this blog, at least the last 6 months to understand the success many of us had had. In the last six months I believe we have posted names of our surgeons. My prolapse was more dramatic then yours, my uterus was protruding an inch out of my vaginal opening. I also had some bladder and colon prolapse. The hysterectomy removed the uterus, and the surgeon (in my ignorance my gynecologist said he could do it and performed the surgery) simply tied up the bladder and colon with stitches. My colon held but the bladder tissues weren't strong enough to hold the bladder in place. He should have recogized the weakness and even after surgery kept telling me it was fine. Although not proturding, I could feel my bladder just at the opening and it felt uncomfortable when I walked. I had all the bathrooms scouted out at all my shopping locations as I might need to pee several times during my errands. My gyno didn't have the extra training require for the mesh and sling and I was never even told about it. It took me a year of him telling me I was fine and a new gynocolgist to explain this me. She recommended a surgeon who had helped many of her patients with special needs. You must find a specialist who does female repair surgeries only. I'm not talking a urologist or gynecologist who does basic hysterectomies. In past blogs others talk about this. Many, like me had to travel to get to this type of specialist.

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thank you so much. Before I start reading back, please tell me what part of the country you live in. The first doc who did this was my gynecologist doing the rectocele part and a urologist did the bladder / he used sling which I think held a while, the second was a well known urologist who did many or the web touted he did, the third was a urogynecologist. I would go to the moon if necessary. I know of a specialist or so says the website, in Oklahoma City but it is hard to know for sure unless someone knows by experience. Again, thank you for this information.