I had my surgery January 27th, the surgeon said everything went fine. I couldn't urinate after surgery so went home with a Foley which was taken out after three days. While the Foley was in I barely moved, my husband emptied my Foley bag for me (now that's love) once I did start to need to get up I started noticing this intense pain in my left hip/groin pain upon needing to stand, within the next week I was also having severe right groin pain which constant. On the second week I also started having a gush on urine come out upon standing after just urinating... this has happened nearly 15-20 times now. I am just near the 5 week mark and both of my groins/hips are in severe pain. The right hurts all the time especially when I walk and the left only hurts when I need to get up from laying down or sitting down so much that I have to physically pull my leg up with my hands. My surgeon said it wasn't the sling so I went to my PCM and he thought it was possible bursitis and put me on naproxen which I had to stop after 3 days because it was tearing my stomach up. Last night I started having some severe pain in my low pelvic area as well. I straddled a mirror the other night and the incision in my vagina doesn't look any different than it did a week after surgery. you can't see my vag opening at all, just a bunch of bunched up tissue. I am concerned about all of this.... HELP, did I make a mistake by having this surgery?!?!
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Hello Anonymous,
Welcome to EmpowHER and thank you for sharing your story and concern with us.
For the benefit of all our readers, with the retropubic approach for bladder prolapse surgery, the surgeon makes a small incision inside the vagina just under the urethra. The surgeon also makes two small openings above the pubic bone just large enough for a needle to pass through.The surgeon then uses a needle to pass the sling under the urethra and up behind the pubic bone. A few absorbable stitches close the vaginal incision, and the needle sites may be sealed with skin glue or stitches.
In researching to help you, all that I could find as a risk of this procedure was temporary difficulty urinating and incomplete bladder emptying (urinary retention), development of overactive bladder, which could include urge incontinence, urinary tract infection and difficult or painful intercourse.
I am concerned about the severe pain you are experiencing and am surprised that it is not related to the surgery.
Please keep us updated.
Regards,
March 3, 2015 - 11:04amMaryann
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