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shes_complicated
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Gross but common?
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 Tue, 03-15-2011 - 12:04am

Hi there,


TMI alert-If you are easily grossed out, please don't read this but I'm anxious to know if this happens to other people...lol..

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cmamyd
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Registered: 08-07-2007
In reply to: shes_complicated
Re: Gross but common?
 Tue, 03-15-2011 - 12:52pm
Oh gosh, I'm so sorry you're dealing with that. I'm not positive what it could be, but I'd definitely suggest talking with your gynecologist about it and the sooner the better. He/she may want you to see a urologist about the problem.

Hang in there.

cinderkitty77
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Registered: 10-08-2002
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Re: Gross but common?
 Tue, 03-15-2011 - 8:33pm

Hello!

Not much here you can post that's gross!

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shes_complicated
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Registered: 01-30-2006
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Re: Gross but common?
 Thu, 03-17-2011 - 10:39pm
Hi there! Its when I am trying to go to the bathroom that the bulge forms and I push it upwards and I am able to go to the bathroom, almost seems like it gets stuck there? My GI doc says maybe a rectal prolapse but wouldn't a CT scan and colonoscopy show that? I don't know. When I go I also feel a tugging pulling sensation in my lower right abdomen. I've been drinking lots of water, adding fiber, and taking probiotics but its not helping much :(
shes_complicated
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Registered: 01-30-2006
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Re: Gross but common?
 Thu, 03-17-2011 - 10:40pm
Hi there, I am going to a urogyno on 3/31 (my bday blech) so hopefully they might be able to tell me for sure
cinderkitty77
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Registered: 10-08-2002
In reply to: shes_complicated
Re: Gross but common?
 Fri, 03-18-2011 - 12:59pm
I don't know a lot about rectal prolapse. I would think the GI doc would be able to see that. I hope you get some answers soon!

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shes_complicated
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Re: Gross but common?
 Sun, 03-20-2011 - 1:47am
Hi there. Me too! I don't know why my GI doc is so interested in hearing what the gyno has to say, I assumed he'd be able to see that too. Kind of backwards sounding to me. We maybe he meant vaginal prolapse and I am the one confused because he said sometimes the vaginal wall drops into the rectum and so I figured he meant a rectal prolapse or so I have it confused? I know very little about this stuff too.
shes_complicated
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Re: Gross but common?
 Thu, 03-24-2011 - 11:03pm
I went to the specialist early. He got me in today. He did an exam and said I have a rectocele and cystocele and probable interstitial cystitis. Ugh. He wants me to take Benefiber, Colace, Prelief, Miralax and two other prescriptions but next month we may be discussing surgery to put the bladder in a sling which he is hesitant to do because of my age but also rectocle repair. He says the rectocele is basically a hernia between the vaginal wall and rectum :(

What a day!
cmamyd
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Registered: 08-07-2007
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Re: Gross but common?
 Fri, 03-25-2011 - 11:27am
Well.... at least you've now gotten some answers, not necessarily the ones you wanted, but now you know what's going on and how to fix it. Hopefully the prescriptions will help some. (((hug)))

cinderkitty77
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Registered: 10-08-2002
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Re: Gross but common?
 Fri, 03-25-2011 - 11:44am

Well, at least you know whats going on now.

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shes_complicated
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Registered: 01-30-2006
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Re: Gross but common?
 Sat, 03-26-2011 - 5:02pm
thanks. My mom wants me to try and take a homeopathic try first. Shes really into that so I am going to start adding aloe to my diet several times a day but surgery is really the only repair for the rectocele since I have to deal with it on a daily basis. The bladder sling can be done with the "hernia" repair..so..who knows.

I doubt the homeopathic doctor can fix this but I'll give it a try first.

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