#pelvic reconstructive surgery

A Big Long Post About Vaginas and Stuff

I came across this article, and reading it was actually an emotional experience for me.  Pelvic Organ Prolapse, like so many other women’s health issues, is a topic that is rarely talked about openly, even though the vast majority of women will experience some degree of POP if they live to a ripe enough age.  We should be talking about it.  Talking about health issues unique to women carries such…

It is alive! Okay, so I had my six-week post-op appointment with my doctor yesterday.  Everything is looking good, the healing is continuing, and I’ve been cleared to ease back into normal activities.  I get to begin physical therapy to strengthen my pelvic floor, too.  Pelvic floor PT?  Who knew?!  If it proves to be as salacious as it sounds, I’ll be sure to report back here.  My doctor wants…

The Road to Recovery is a Bumpy One

When we last tuned in, I had visited my doctor again and was sent home without the catheter and many wishes for happy peeing. (I never dreamed I would be writing so much about not only peeing, but my peeing.) My doctor was confident that I would see noticeable improvement over the next few days.  This set up certain expectations on my part, expectations that were quickly dashed.  For the next…

I know, you’re all dying to know if I’m peeing yet, right? I went back to the doc this morning for another voiding trial.  I peed this time.  I expected that successfully peeing after this ordeal would look a lot different than it actually looked: I expected a gushing river, by god!  But no, it was a mere trickle, and that took a lot of effort.  I was able to empty a little more than half of the…

My recuperation is slow and discouraging.  I went back to the doctor this morning for another “voiding trial,” and I was super hopeful, but it turned out that I still can’t pee on my own, so I’m stuck with a catheter and a bag of urine strapped to my thigh for at least the next week. I think it’s safe to say that I’m rather depressed at this point. Michael is mostly back at work – he does have a…