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[scriv]

 No but I think it would have been the next resort if I had had to go back after the two surgeries lol.... my gynae at that time didn't specialise in that, so I would have to have been referred to one who did.

I am quite unsure about that as I would be afraid of reacting against it, but I don't know much about it. Is it the done thing now, does anyone know?

[libby1]

I think from what I've read that there can be all sorts of problems with it but would be interested to hear more about it.

Libby
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[scriv]

Yes, me too in case I need it someday lol.....  I guess once it is done, you are sorted for life? And the recovery period is supposedly shorter than when it is repair of your own ligaments and muscles.

Maybe someone will come along with experience of it?

[Taz2]

I was offered a ring while waiting for my surgery but I declined. It's often offered before surgery I believe and also if you are not strong enough to cope with surgery due to ill health or plain old-age.

My surgeon wont use mesh due to the problems. Your tissue can grow around the mesh leading to infection and pain and it's very tricky getting it removed. I wonder whether anyone on here has had mesh? These are the NICE guidelines re mesh https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg267   Haven't read it all!

My main worry is of a vaginal vault or vaginal wall prolapse now - feel sure it will happen one day!

Taz x

[libby1]

The thing that worries me is that surgery seems very 'hit and miss'  nobody seems to have be able to say that surgery will definitely improve symptoms. Which I find really scary. If there was a fairly high success rate it would be an easier decision to make

Libby
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[libby1]

What are the options for you if that does happen Taz?

Libby
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[Taz2]

libby 1 - this...http://www.oxfordgynaecology.com/TabPages/Conditions/VaginalProlapse/Post-Hysterectomy-Vault-Prolapse.htm

Taz x 

[libby1]

So mesh would have to be used if it happened?

Libby
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[Taz2]

It seems like it. The vagina turns inside out like a sock. I did have it explained to me by the surgeon - the importance of pelvic floor exercises etc. but he also said that some women just have weak tissues and that HRT is a really good way of keeping them strong. I have read that some surgeons tend to "tether" the top of the vagina at the same time as carrying out the hysterectomy but I'm not sure how common that is. Anyway, if 40% develop it after a hysterectomy then that means that 60% don't - glass half full!

Taz x

[libby1]

Yes, keep positive 

I'll keep you all posted about how I get on with the physio today

Libby
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[Taz2]

Have fun 

Taz x

[libby1]

I'm not sure that 'fun' is the word I'd use 

Libby
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[Maryjane]

Do not have mesh, there's a big wave happening to get it band and the top surgeons do not use it and do the old fashioned way of prolapse surgery , go onto a face book group called sling the mesh .

[libby1]

Is there a way of finding out who the best surgeons are for a particular type of surgery? Does anyone know?

Libby
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[Taz2]

I don't think there is another way though, Maryjane, for vaginal vault prolapse. You need something to hook it all up to the backbone - lovely thought. I agree that mesh is not the best way to treat other prolapses.

Taz x