Mine all started with stomach discomfort . Like I needed to go to the bathroom . I went back & forth all day with no relief . I thought I was backed up . My tummy was hard & swollen . So I drank the liquid stuff for constipation . No real relief . I did go , but very little & the pressure in my rectum was unbearable at this point . It felt like labor ! Being raised by my Grandmother we didn't discuss things like this . I was horrified as I showered to find a massive buldge coming from my vagina . I called my husband , he said call an ambulance . I did . And the ER basically laughed me out of there . Saying it was my uterus . No big deal . To go get my " junk fixed " the nurses exact words . Within 6 hours I could not urinate . My back hurt worse than my belly & vagina now . Back to the ER , with my husband this time . They put a catheter in . I had to wear home for 3 days . Until the OB specialist could see me . Once he looked he instructed his nurse to remove the catheter Imeditly ! It was not my uterus in my vagina . Now miss diagnosed by 2 ER Dr . It was my bladder & the OB Dr said the catheter was only making my pain worse . This was true . After it was removed the pain was so much better . My OB does not want to do surgury . I did have a bladder test . That was fine . I just don't understand how any Dr thinks this feeling is ok . Why is fixing this so risky ? My uterus has dropped on top of my bladder forcing the bladder out before the uterus . But I'm so very aware it's inevitable . It has to be fixed ! I'm 41 with 3 kids . My body wants this out & So do I .
I guess my biggest concern is why let the uterus continue to do this to my bladder . I really want the robotic surgery offered at my OB office . But they think I should wait as long as possible . Then tac everything up with my own skin . That's fine I don't want foreign objects permanently in my body . Please someone why not remove the uterus & fix my bladder ?
I absolutely don't understand why this is best for my body . What are we waiting on ?
For everything to fall out ?
Then fix it ?
Has anyone been through what I'm going through ? Or still are ?
I really want to make the right decision . I just don't know what that is . I never ever heard of anything like this happening , until it happened to me . Why is this subject so awful to discuss . I was in Walmart pushing a heavy full buggy & yelled for my to come push it I could feel my bladder in my vagina & you would have thought I was an alien ! I wish more women knew this could & often does happen . My ob said this has been slowly going on for Proubly 10 years . The exact time I last gave birth . Women shouldn't be made to feel ashamed . Maybe if more were educated about this it would happen less !
Sincerely ,
Scared & confused !!
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Mine all started with stomach discomfort . Like I needed to go to the bathroom . I went back & forth all day with no relief . I thought I was backed up . My tummy was hard & swollen . So I drank the liquid stuff for constipation . No real relief . I did go , but very little & the pressure in my rectum was unbearable at this point . It felt like labor ! Being raised by my Grandmother we didn't discuss things like this . I was horrified as I showered to find a massive buldge coming from my vagina . I called my husband , he said call an ambulance . I did . And the ER basically laughed me out of there . Saying it was my uterus . No big deal . To go get my " junk fixed " the nurses exact words . Within 6 hours I could not urinate . My back hurt worse than my belly & vagina now . Back to the ER , with my husband this time . They put a catheter in . I had to wear home for 3 days . Until the OB specialist could see me . Once he looked he instructed his nurse to remove the catheter Imeditly ! It was not my uterus in my vagina . Now miss diagnosed by 2 ER Dr . It was my bladder & the OB Dr said the catheter was only making my pain worse . This was true . After it was removed the pain was so much better . My OB does not want to do surgury . I did have a bladder test . That was fine . I just don't understand how any Dr thinks this feeling is ok . Why is fixing this so risky ? My uterus has dropped on top of my bladder forcing the bladder out before the uterus . But I'm so very aware it's inevitable . It has to be fixed ! I'm 41 with 3 kids . My body wants this out & So do I .
May 28, 2012 - 12:44amI guess my biggest concern is why let the uterus continue to do this to my bladder . I really want the robotic surgery offered at my OB office . But they think I should wait as long as possible . Then tac everything up with my own skin . That's fine I don't want foreign objects permanently in my body . Please someone why not remove the uterus & fix my bladder ?
I absolutely don't understand why this is best for my body . What are we waiting on ?
For everything to fall out ?
Then fix it ?
Has anyone been through what I'm going through ? Or still are ?
I really want to make the right decision . I just don't know what that is . I never ever heard of anything like this happening , until it happened to me . Why is this subject so awful to discuss . I was in Walmart pushing a heavy full buggy & yelled for my to come push it I could feel my bladder in my vagina & you would have thought I was an alien ! I wish more women knew this could & often does happen . My ob said this has been slowly going on for Proubly 10 years . The exact time I last gave birth . Women shouldn't be made to feel ashamed . Maybe if more were educated about this it would happen less !
Sincerely ,
Scared & confused !!
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