Stop! I want to get off.

For the past 8 years I have been told I need to take laxatives to help with my POP.   Really??  So what's it like needing to take tablets and powders daily so you can prevent the POP getting too bad?   Well, to be honest I started on them as told by the doc so that It wouldn't make things worse... however I do feel it has had dramatic side effects.  Admitedly I no longer need to strain and it has certainly meant emptying my bowels is easier.... but!  Oh my the daily struggles! So lets start by planning my week.  (you seriously have to think in advance all the time) so this week I have school runs, a cbt appointment, music class with my youngest and a long car journey.  Because my prolapse has become so painful recently I can't walk the school runs, but I do still need to fit my laxatives in.  So, as I know it will take them a little while to take effect I can take my powdered morning ones while the kids are having breakfast (they ...

So why am I here?  Why are you here? Did you stumble here by mistake? Or are you, like me, trying to find some answers or comfort? As I was driving early this morning, contemplating my life and what I was going to say to my counseller later, it occurred to me to start a new blog, one to talk about the health issues I am currently facing. I guess, in the interests of disclosure and all that I should start at the beginning.  (don't panic this isn't a life story and doesn't go back to my youth.) 8 years ago I was diagnosed with POP.  POP stands for pelvic organ prolapse.  I felt at the time that bottom had both literally and figuratively fallen out my world. I had, it seems a rectal prolapse, commonly called a rectocele.  Now the trouble with having a prolapse, is not just the physical discomfort and pain but the embarrassment and shame that comes with it. Although apparently 50% of women suffer with a pop of some kind it is something that not many talk abou...