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All things bladder related / Re: Effects of prolapses
« on: October 24, 2010, 01:49:54 PM »
I love the menopause matters forums but the posts on prolapse are few so for the time being you might visit a site called www.prolapsehealth.com and get lots of helpful information.  I will start posting on this site at some point but am pretty overwhelmed by helping moderate the site I mentioned.  Perhaps you could visit there and bring back some info to this site and we could get this site moving.   Not sure if this is ok, but the most important thing is you get help and support and there is tons of it on the mentioned site. 

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All things bladder related / Re: COMPLEXITIES OF MANAGEMENT
« on: June 06, 2010, 08:45:18 PM »
Hi Gagamama, I was a registered nurse and worked for three years for urologic surgeons.  I get really annoyed when I remember how all they could think of was surgery.  I read your post twice and had a couple thoughts. Yes, bladder re-training makes sense - but seems to me you could just try to lengthen the time between visits without all the measuring.  Just a thought.  Another is Estrace (estradiol) cream to strengthen the urethral opening and all the tissue in that area.  Another is do you have a cystocele (bladder prolapse) as that would be something I do know a lot about - having one myself.  And  one other thought is I use an electrical stimulation unit to stimulate the pelvic floor muscles.  Mine is by Biostim (on internet - one site without prescription I've found) I got my first with a prescription and insurance paid for it, but now much cheaper.  This unit is a neuro-muscular stimulator and a tens unit combined - about the size of a large pack of cigarettes.  It has three pre-programmed modes for incontinence, one for stress, one for urge and I can't remember the other.  Many physical therapists use this modality with their much larger stim machines.

Have you seen a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor issues?

Hope any of this helps

One last thought - I'm assuming you don't have Interstitial Cystitis - if so, they have a super website.

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