5'6" 138 Lbs Mastopexy and 425 cc Mentor Moderate Profile Smooth Silicone Unders. Cherry Hill, NJ

Having surgery May 17th for my prolapsed bladder and bowel. I will be out of work for 4-6 weeks. I am ready to get this done. I am also in full blown menopause and am having hot flashes day and night. I wake up at night and am hot for hours. Cannot sleep well when I get hot like that. I use to wear sweaters to work but not now. I am wearing layers. It sucks feeling this way. I am right at that age....51 and a half. That's when they say menopause can happen. I am trying some natural herbal remedies. Have to take them for a while till they start working. I hope they work! Now I understand why menopausal women are bitchy! You aren't sleeping and you're hot. You are moody and just feeling lousy. I hope it passes fast. I hope all my real self friends are doing well. Happy belated Mothers Day!

It's been 4 months since my left revision and it's not where I would like it to be. As I have been saying I think he made the pocket too tight on the side by my arm pit. It gives my breast a square look. I hope it loosens up soon and rounds out with time. Its only been a few months so I am not getting too worried yet. I am using scar away for the vertical incision. That is really helping flatten it out. You can see it on in my pictures. I really recommend scar away strips. You can leave them on when showering and I just take a hair dryer and dry them a little bit. I leave the strip on for weeks at a time with no problems.
Now to give an update on my prolapsed bladder and bowel problems....I saw my GYN and she said to leave my cervix. She did not want to remove it because it's risky surgery with my bladder and bowel right there. She is worried about nicking them by accident. That would be horrible. She said she recommends to just get your cervix removed if you have a hysterectomy because it's too hard to remove later. Wish I had know that when I had my hysterectomy. Everyone said to leave it. Too late now. She said to have my surgeon just tack it up when he slings up my bladder. The xrays I had showed that I don't have to get extensive rectal surgery so that is good news. So I am down to one surgery where I thought I was going to have three. Whew! I spoke to him yesterday and we scheduled my surgery for May 17th. I will be out of work for 4-6 weeks with no tub baths, no lifting and no sex for 6 weeks. My husband is not going to be happy. I on the other hand will welcome a break. Ha ha! Sorry but going through menopause and it's just hard. I am sure some of you understand. I have a couple weeks to get things in order at home and work. I am going to take my 6 weeks and not rush going back to work because I can get disability. The warm weather is coming and I am going to enjoy a little break. I have not taken off longer than a week for surgery ever. Work is slow right now so I might as well do this. Hope everyone is healing well and getting ready for the warm summer weather!!! Woo Hoo!!!

I went to my urogynocologist for the test with my bladder and I was surprised to be seen by my doctor. I thought the NP would preform the bladder scope. Was glad to see my doc and he examined me. He said my cervix, bladder and my rectum are all falling into my vaginal area. He put a scope in my bladder (they numbed me so it was not too uncomfortable) and he said I had chronic cystitis which is a very bad bladder infection. I got it because my bladder is not in the right position so I do not empty the urine correctly and it caused an infection. He put me on Macrobid which is an antibiotic for 30 days! Yes that's not a typo. I have to take it twice a day for 30 days. It has a lot of side effects. Flu like symptoms is one of them. Oh joy!
The doctor said either my cervix pulled down my bladder or my bladder pulled down my cervix. He is not sure and won't know until they do surgery. I have a rectocele again and I had that fixed in 2008. That is your rectum pushing out into your vaginal area. All these problems are from child birth, deterioration of muscle tone as you age and straining from constipation. The fix is surgery and they use mesh material to sling everything back up. They usually go in vaginally to do the surgery. I should have had my cervix removed with my hysterectomy in 2012 but there were women telling me to leave it for my sex life. I listened and now here I am. My doc said I can keep my cervix and he can pull it up but I am afraid in 4-5 years it will be falling down again so I am going to have it removed. To top all this off I have to have an X-ray for my bowel to see if I have a more serious problem where your intestine telescopes on top of itself. If I have that problem I will have to have more intensive surgery and possibly an abdominal incision. That will take longer to heal. I had this test in 2008 and did not have it so I am hopeful for the same. I will have 2 docs performing my surgery and possibly 3 if I have the serious problem I described. I guess when I do it .....I do it right. I have to schedule the X-ray yet. I will not know when I will have surgery till after the X-ray and then coordinating it with all the doctors. I hope it's no later than beginning of May. I want it in April. I want to be able to go on vacation in July. My doc is saying that for 8 weeks there is no lifting, no tub baths and no sex. That does not include if I have the more intensive bowel surgery. That will probably add more restrictions. This is happening at the wrong time!!!! I need to get in shape for summer and enjoy my boobs being more symmetrical in a bathing suit.