Anonymous wrote:PP who had the surgery - were you still sore a week after? I am still requiring Tylenol on a schedule to be good to move around. It's not excruciating but with Tylenol maybe a 3-4 in certain positions (like when I am in the process of sitting or standing up) and I feel like other people online were totally bounced back a week later?!

This is PP directly above, I was feeling back to normal about a week out. Was still taking Tylenol and Motrin, alternating, up until day 8-9. I felt best in a semi-reclined position but that resolved in a week or so. I found it uncomfortable to drive a long distance for about ten days due to pulling at the incision sites when seated. By the two week mark I felt back to normal, although I followed the dr’s instruction wrt exercise and no lifting until six weeks. Now totally back to normal everything. Best of luck, don’t hesitate to reach out to your dr’s office!!

PP who had the surgery - were you still sore a week after? I am still requiring Tylenol on a schedule to be good to move around. It's not excruciating but with Tylenol maybe a 3-4 in certain positions (like when I am in the process of sitting or standing up) and I feel like other people online were totally bounced back a week later?!

I had a sling for stress incontinence put in late last year, it was a super easy recovery and no more leakage at all. I had moderate stress incontinence (sneeze, cough, laugh, run, jump) and urge incontinence but no prolapse at all. I use an estradiol cream vaginally for the urge incontinence and it works like a charm. I hemmed and hawed a bit over the surgery but I’m in my early 50s and this wasn’t going to get better…and I didn’t want to be 60 wearing a diaper. I only regret waiting! It was done by a urogyn and went home without a catheter, able to pee immediately when they removed the catheter after surgery. Just wanted to share a positive experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to VHC.
Yes you do kegels at home but also other pelvic floor and core exercises.
The drinking/ urination diary I kept for the first week was a pita but she saw patterns.
Part of it is bladder training to increase time between urinating. I can go 2 to 3 hours now.

Can you please share the pelvic floor and core exercises for the rest of us please?

I don't have them online, just paper.
But they are not rocket science
CAVEAT they also may depend on your internal and core weaknesses as diagnosed by PT.
What I do are these. You can easily find them if you look online..
As you see, they are mostly CORE and pelvic floor things

Kegels done right. 10 sec hold, 2 sec rest. Ten reps. 3 times a day. If quality of hold diminishes during a set, use 10 sec rest.

Glute Bridges holding ball between knees. 2 sets of 10
Deadbugs, ie Supine 90 90 marching, pelvis flat and braced. 10 times, 2 srts
Goblet squats, bulding to using a 10 pound weight. 10x, 2 sets
Standing march 10x each side, two sets
Palloff press.

Anonymous wrote:Closing the loop in case people find this looking for similar stories. Catheter out and can pee!

YAY!

Anonymous wrote:I went to VHC.
Yes you do kegels at home but also other pelvic floor and core exercises.
The drinking/ urination diary I kept for the first week was a pita but she saw patterns.
Part of it is bladder training to increase time between urinating. I can go 2 to 3 hours now.

Can you please share the pelvic floor and core exercises for the rest of us please?

Closing the loop in case people find this looking for similar stories. Catheter out and can pee!

48 hours past surgery. Couldn't pee after so sent home with a catheter. I chose the foley bc the idea of cath'ing myself every time I had to pee sounded exhausting.

Surgeon assures me this can be normal. I go tomorrow at 72 hours to see if I can pee on my own. Anyone else who had the surgery had this experience?

Anonymous wrote:Ask for a prescription to Trospium. It really helped me.

Does it cure the cause?

I went to VHC.
Yes you do kegels at home but also other pelvic floor and core exercises.
The drinking/ urination diary I kept for the first week was a pita but she saw patterns.
Part of it is bladder training to increase time between urinating. I can go 2 to 3 hours now.