I'm really glad to be able to help. If I don't get anything else from all I've been through to prepare for my surgery, I would sure wish for the ability to share the knowledge I've gained in a way that would help someone else get through it.
She still thinks she is some kind of superwoman, you know.
Oh, man, ME TOO! People used to tease me and says I looked just like Linda Carter who played Wonder Woman, and sometimes you'd swear I took that to heart. I've even played her in the theater a few times, costume with special bullet-deflecting bracelets and all!
The trick with the lifting, for me, is figuring out how to use leverage to my advantage. So I'm not actually picking up the weight of things. Or I'm dividing the weight up and lifting two or three times, but it's not as heavy each time. The big idea is to avoid putting stress on the trunk muscles--the abdominal muscles and the muscles in the floor of the pelvis--so that they can heal. It's probably something she should be doing anyway, to protect her back as well.
Here's a good webpage from The Mayo Clinic in the US:
If your mom can get an evaluation by a physiotherapist, I found that extremely helpful,even though I'm a physiotherapist myself--we never studied that when I was in school (sort of a taboo subject at the time), but the field has exploded because so many people are needing help with this that lots of new research has been done. There are abdominal and pelvic floor exercises that can greatly improve the success of both conservative non-surgical treatment, as well as improved results after surgery. My cystocele that was causing urinary leaking when I sneezed had completely stopped giving me problems with just a couple of sessions of biofeedback and training with the physiotherapist. I had the hysterectomy for several different reasons including the prolapse, and the rectocele tear I had was something that could only be fixed through surgery.
Please feel free to ask me any questions you want. It's good that you're learning about this now, because with your grandmother and mother having this problem, it could be something you might also face one day. Preparing ahead of time might save you from some surgery too! :-D
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Date: 2010-03-14 03:41 am (UTC)She still thinks she is some kind of superwoman, you know.
Oh, man, ME TOO! People used to tease me and says I looked just like Linda Carter who played Wonder Woman, and sometimes you'd swear I took that to heart. I've even played her in the theater a few times, costume with special bullet-deflecting bracelets and all!
The trick with the lifting, for me, is figuring out how to use leverage to my advantage. So I'm not actually picking up the weight of things. Or I'm dividing the weight up and lifting two or three times, but it's not as heavy each time. The big idea is to avoid putting stress on the trunk muscles--the abdominal muscles and the muscles in the floor of the pelvis--so that they can heal. It's probably something she should be doing anyway, to protect her back as well.
Here's a good webpage from The Mayo Clinic in the US:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/uterine-prolapse/DS00700
And here's one from Cleveland Clinic:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/Uterine_Prolapse/hic_Uterine_Prolapse.aspx
If your mom can get an evaluation by a physiotherapist, I found that extremely helpful,even though I'm a physiotherapist myself--we never studied that when I was in school (sort of a taboo subject at the time), but the field has exploded because so many people are needing help with this that lots of new research has been done. There are abdominal and pelvic floor exercises that can greatly improve the success of both conservative non-surgical treatment, as well as improved results after surgery. My cystocele that was causing urinary leaking when I sneezed had completely stopped giving me problems with just a couple of sessions of biofeedback and training with the physiotherapist. I had the hysterectomy for several different reasons including the prolapse, and the rectocele tear I had was something that could only be fixed through surgery.
Please feel free to ask me any questions you want. It's good that you're learning about this now, because with your grandmother and mother having this problem, it could be something you might also face one day. Preparing ahead of time might save you from some surgery too! :-D