Hi! My name is Stacie. I have 4 children, a daughter 12 and 3 son's age 11, 3, and 9 months. I was diagnosed with Uterine Prolapse and Cystocele on March 27, 1999. On the evening of the 26th, I had gone to the bathroom and when I went to wipe myself, I felt this, something bulging out, I called for my husband and I said something is not right, I was shaking all over and crying, I could barely talk, I believe I was in shock. I just knew I had some sort of tumor, and that I was going to die. I got a mirror and looked more closely, It looked almost like a balloon about to pop, and it covered the entire opening of my vagina , and when I stood up there was just this feeling of heaviness, It was a very scary experience. After a few minutes I calmed down enough to call my Dr., My husband brought me the phone and I called my Dr.'s office, this happened around 9 p.m. so I asked the lady of the answering service who was on call, and thankfully it was my doctor. When he called and I was trying to describe what I saw, he said "okay, I want you to lie down and try to sleep, and come into the office in the morning", I just knew I should be going to the hospital, I couldn't possibly sleep, I was a nervous wreck. I guess I finally did manage to get some sleep, but it was not any kind of decent sleep.
I go to see him the next morning and after he examines me he says , "you have uterine prolapse and cystocele, I want you to do kegels and don't lift anything heavy and take this pamphlet home and read it, and I will see you in 3 months. If there is no change we will talk about the possibility of hysterectomy, you already have your tubes tied, and 4 children so that is an option for you since you aren't planning to have any more children."
While I was relieved that I was not going to die from this and leave my children motherless, I was still in shock, all the normal questions are going through my mind at this point, Why? What? How?
Actually he did tell me that the how? is because the tissues get stretched from having children. Why? is this happening to me, I am only 30 years old, I am to young. What? do I need to do next? I knew that I would do what I had done whenever something had happened to one of my children , I would read everything I could get my hands on, and educate myself.
So, that is how I found this wonderful website, and I thank you so much for letting me get this out of my system, by sharing my story and reading all of yours.
I could tell that my body was changing, sometimes going to the bathroom was becoming very difficult. And some days there is just too much pain, and other days are not so bad.. So, I went ahead and scheduled another appointment for May 24th and when I was examined this time, my Dr. told me that my prolapse was about the same , my bladder had fallen more, and I have rectocele. He told me to use this stuff called Konsyl every night and then he gave me a prescription for Premarin vaginal cream that he told me to use every other night. The cream is supposed to try to strengthen the vaginal wall. He also said that because I am breastfeeding, that there were no hormones getting to that area of my body, and that is one reason it has progressed.. Well, I bought the cream and the first night I used it, like a dummy, I did not read the little pamphlet that came with it until I laid down to feed my baby and saw where it read do not use this product if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. I thought to myself Why would he give me something like this knowing I am breastfeeding, by the way, my son is 9 months and he has only had a bottle maybe 3 times and even then he did not really drink it, so what was I going to do if this medicine dried up my milk. Well, the only option for me is to just put off using the med.. I have not called the office at this point to ask, I feel uncomfortable doing that, not because of him but the 2 nurses that he has working with him. I am due back in August to be checked again.
I know that the whole situation is dragging me down. I am at a point where I just want to feel better.
an update as of July 2002.
June 19, 2000 I had a TVH with cystocle, enterocele, and rectocele repair. I had my bladder tacked up. The first few weeks were difficult, but it was nice not to have bladder incontinence anymore and no more pain. I still have my ovaries and the half of each fallopian tube that is connected to the ovaries. I still ovulate and I get a little grouchy still at that time but overall there is no pain. I do not feel 100 years old anymore.
Thanks for reading,
Sincerely,
Stacie
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