Anyone had colpocleisis surgery? I want to learn more

Hi hopeful@33250 Teresa and sharnie@sharnie. Saw my obgyn this morning 10.21.2024 and she said that everything looked good. Healing looks good and saw no diesases of any kind. Did another urnie test to rule out any infections. Has me scheduled for a follow-up video confernece with her in one month. Asked me to cut out all artifical sugars for the next month to see if this could be causing my issue. Praying that this will clear up my issues. Since I am a Kaiser Permanente client see searched their website to see if they had a support group, videos or any information abut this type of surgery and what life would be like afterwards and found nothing. I mentioned that I found the Mayo Clinic site about people who had the surgery and she was happy about that. I mentioned I felt like I was going throuh menopause again becasue my emotions are all over the place, I cry it
seems for no reason. She said NO I wasn't and asked how I felt about having done the surgery. I said I am glad I did the surgery and wish I had done it 10 years ago at 66 and not 76. Thank you both CSueS

Yes I will post what I find out on Oct 21

@csues

I look forward to hearing from you again after your appointment on October 21.

Will you post an update and let me know if you were able to get any new information or help?

Good morning Sharnie, I'm glad I did the surgery but not sure what life is like aftewards. At the moment I'm having the burnng and pain urinating. My OBGYN has made an appointment for me with her on Oct 21, 2024.

Good morning Teresa. Yes there is and my OBGYN has made an appointment for me to see her on Oct 21, 2024 to see what could be casuing the issues.
Thank you for you email. CSueS

Hello @csues and welcome to Mayo Connect. I'm really sorry to hear of the post-surgery problems you are experiencing. It sounds like a visit to a new doctor might be helpful to you. I would recommend going to a multi-disciplinary medical center, for a second opinion, like Mayo Clinic (a link to appointment information for Mayo Clinic http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63) or a university medical school where you can see what can be done to help you.

Is there a multi-disciplinary medical center near you where you can obtain another opinion?

I had this surgery two years ago and had no problems, just relief. Sorry to hear that you have not had a good experience with your surgery.

Hi I'm new to this. I had a complete Colpocleisis vaginal closure surgery on April 24,2024. They shortened my vagina to only 1 inch (ok) put my bladder and rectum back in place (ok). Bleed for 19 days because I had a hematoma that dr would not acknowledge and said my bleeding was normal. Still on iron pills to build my RBC back up to normal range. I had a total prolapse of all my organs. As of today Oct 3, I have been having burning and pain when urinating. We have ruled out a UTI but the dr doesn't seem to want to do anything more for me. Any suggestions or what is life really like after doing this surgery??? Sorry for typos - CSueS

I am trying to decide between the colcopleisis surgery and the sacral one. Anybody with experience recently have any thoughts on this? I am 72. Husband had prostate surgery and we cannot have relations, fyi. Still, I just don't know what to do. I am wearing a cube pessary now, and it's ok.

As someone who also had this surgery, and had great results, I agree. It is miracle surgery.😊