Anyone here have prolapse surgery?

I just had prolapse surgery last month. I can only speak for a rectocele (rectum falling into vagina). I did not have a uterine prolapse or a cystocele.

It was one of the best things I ever did! After years of having to support my rectum by holding the wall of my vagina to defecate, I can't believe the difference. And my DH feels a definite improvement in the bedroom as well.

My surgery did not involve mesh, just clearing away extra tissue and sewing things up.

The difference is unbelievable. The recovery was very easy and I needed no pain meds afterwards. I bled a little bit for a few days, but nothing much to speak of. I rested for a few days as well to be sure I wouldn't open up the stitches. Eventually, I had to force myself to limit how much I lifted the first 4 weeks because everything was going so well and I would forget that I had lifting restrictions.

A WORD OF CAUTION: Get a couple opinions, especially from a urogynecologist. The reason I put off my surgery for so many years (about 8!!) was because a male (does it matter? I don't know, maybe in this case) ob/gyn told me that I not only had a severe rectocele, but also a cystocele and that my uterus was halfway down my vagina. He recommended a hysterectomy. When I finally decided to do a hysterectomy to fix the problem because it was bothering me so much, I went to a (female) urogynecologist at the University of Chicago. She told me that all I have is a rectocele. No cystocele, no uterine prolapse. Unbelievable! Either the ob/gyn was incompetent or greedy. Not sure which. So please be careful and get a couple different eyes on the situation. And go to a urogynecologist and not an ob/gyn for the surgery (IMHO).

I had surgery in December for prolapse - uterine prolapse, cystocele and rectocele. I recommend a urogynecologist - before mine did surgery I had several tests to see what actually was affected. I had thought it was only bladder involvement but the tests showed my bowel was worse.

The surgery itself is quite straightforward and not overly painful. The recovery can be frustrating as you are not able to do pretty much anything for at least 6 weeks. I did get slowly back into exercise (with permission) after the 6 week mark but I found that it stirred things up a lot and I ended up going backwards for awhile. Going to a physiotherapist who specialises in this area was the best thing I did - so many of the things I was doing were not recommended at all after surgery (like situp, none of any kind again).

There is a top womens' physio in Australia called Sue Croft who has an amazing amount of info on her website. My physio suggested I read the book about prolapse surgery and I really wish I had read it beforehand. It was so helpful and has made a real difference in my recovery. suecroftphysiotherapist.com.au/

I think once you have something hanging out of your vagina you need to have the surgery!