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Over 40- 4 Kids. Rectocele Repair/-Vaginia Rejuvenation (Tightening/Labiaplasty) - Saint Louis, MO
UPDATED FROM Lilac55
19 days post
Vaginal Rejuvenation, Rectocele repair, Cystocele (bladder) repair, labiaplasty
Lilac55December 9, 2015
WORTH IT$2,700
Had surgery. went well. 4 wks post op now. I am finally getting around better, cooking dinner/ light housework.
If you have this surgery- allow about 3 wks to rest/ sitting was difficult b/c of rectum repair...so have a donut seat avail, long panty liners, and peri-colace avail at home before going into surgery...
I did not get a bladder sling- b/c i have urge incontinence and this surgery did help w/that so far.
I am not thrilled w/outside rectum results but i am thankful it is all tightened up and i am having relief w/bladder issues and going to bathroom every hour before! Stitches are still healing and a bit itchy w/some normal discharge and light bleeding (on wk 4) . I was off pain meds day 5 b/c they made me constipated- only had to take reg. advil every so often if i did to much that day.... no sex till wk 6.
My dr. was awesome- although i did not have a mesh/or sling that needed to be removed - they have called my dr. the Mesh (removal) warrior... St. Louis. ppl fly into see him...
I had met my deductible so insurance paid for most of it- i had to pay for cosmetic part only. :)
If you have this surgery- allow about 3 wks to rest/ sitting was difficult b/c of rectum repair...so have a donut seat avail, long panty liners, and peri-colace avail at home before going into surgery...
I did not get a bladder sling- b/c i have urge incontinence and this surgery did help w/that so far.
I am not thrilled w/outside rectum results but i am thankful it is all tightened up and i am having relief w/bladder issues and going to bathroom every hour before! Stitches are still healing and a bit itchy w/some normal discharge and light bleeding (on wk 4) . I was off pain meds day 5 b/c they made me constipated- only had to take reg. advil every so often if i did to much that day.... no sex till wk 6.
My dr. was awesome- although i did not have a mesh/or sling that needed to be removed - they have called my dr. the Mesh (removal) warrior... St. Louis. ppl fly into see him...
I had met my deductible so insurance paid for most of it- i had to pay for cosmetic part only. :)
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Hi, I am stressing out about the pain of this...
Lilac55October 22, 2015
Hi, I am stressing out about the pain of this surgery- They told me no driving first 2 weeks & rest for 6wks. I have a very experienced vaginal/urology surgeon but i am still so worried & wanting to back out...
Any advice?
I have urge incontinence (peeing every hour except at night)- will this procedure help w/any of that at all?
How long did you need to take pain meds?
Will the tightening cause problems w/wetness or affect orgasms?
I do not have painful sex now but worried i will after this... :(
Any advice?
I have urge incontinence (peeing every hour except at night)- will this procedure help w/any of that at all?
How long did you need to take pain meds?
Will the tightening cause problems w/wetness or affect orgasms?
I do not have painful sex now but worried i will after this... :(
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October 22, 2015
Welcome to the community, I'm so glad that you've decided to share your story. I hope that you get lots of support from the community. For additional support, be sure to check-in here and introduce yourself --you'll be the first, so go ahead and get the conversation started.
I understand you're very concerned about how sex will feel after this procedure, RealSelfer brandnewvagina1 talks about this in her review, she tell us "I had sex!! I had sex!!!!
A few times actually. First time was really tight and relatively painful, at the end once I was super turned on it wasn't painful anymore." [full review]
The community is very open to chatting, so if you have questions reach out to them for support.
Will you be having a labiaplasty as well?
October 23, 2015
yes i will... i decided to add it since i wasn't able to get a sling after all. I have urge incontinence. and also leaking so hope the leaking improves a lil w/all this.. :\
thanks, I did check out her review! :)
thanks, I did check out her review! :)
December 16, 2015
Do you have a picture of the rectocele? I am wondering if that is what I have but I'm not sure. It might be silly but I am quite self conscious of it. I also find it is difficult to keep really clean. It is like a little sac of tissue outside of my rectum. Thanks and hope that isn't TMI :)
December 16, 2015
i do not. i too am super self conscious of it so i did not take a pic. sorry. i had a lot of skin around rectum and i had a sac kinda too but they were hemorrhoids and he had to actually remove 2 during surgery b/c they were in the way! I will tell you that every time i tried to have a bowel movement- it felt like it was pushing out my vag so it was hard to eliminate...so that is basically what a rectocele is/feels like- when u push down and your vag pushes out more w/pressure.... i was starting to lose my bowels too b/c it had gotten so loose w/births! :( i wonder if your sac is hemmoroids or it could be a bad rectocele where your rectum is coming out your vag all together..?? i got it repaired- and doing much better-still healing though and having to take stool softners now....google Rectocele and there will be tons of images to view... good luck. hope that helps!
December 16, 2015
Thank you for sharing something so personal. I have always been to embarrassed to ask. I appreciate your honesty. Good for you with your rejuvenation. I am a little freaked out about anything being done "down there". I know it seems crazy but I feel like it would hurt so much. I did not have any vaginal births (that freaked me out too lol...) but I had two c-secions for my twins and singleton 11 months apart.
January 29, 2016
I Just had this procedure done in December I flew in to Texas to see a specialist there he was amazing well I would do it all over again I Had Vaginal Prolapse repair Rectocele enterocele Vaginal Rejuvanation and Labiaplasty.Surgery was great had a catheter that was a little annoying left surgery center with that to the hotel had that taken out monday morning along with the little cup that they stitch up inside ya to hold everything up so you heal proporly flew out that afternoon went home and rested a while took the pain meds they said I should take for a couple weeks I did have lots of itching but I took a bath after the two weeks every other evening and put triple antibiotic cream down there along with itch relief spray and that helped so much I drove after a few weeks just had to be real careful with getting in and out of car and sitting for a while hurts but I will say this to shall pass im at six weeks and I feel amazing any other questions feel free to ask.
June 13, 2018
I understand. I just had my 2 nd Diva and Votiva!! Amazing results. No down time. Check out my review! Non surgical. Game Chsnger. I pee every 4 hours now!’ No pain!!
Hi there, just checking in to see how you are doing since your surgery.