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NanD
NanD CSN Member Posts: 58
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I have been diagnosed with cystocele and rectocele recently. Doc says it may or may not be related to earlier surgery (colectomy to remove about a foot of colon with the cancer). Have any of you experienced this? It is fairly common in older women, but I'm not menopausal yet. Help!
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  • Moesimo
    Moesimo CSN Member Posts: 1,072 Member
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    I had that surgery 5 years before my cancer diagnosis. I was also premenopausal. i was 41 and had a hysterectomy also, but kept my ovaries. The surgery was much easier to recover from than the colon resection. I would suggest that a urogynocologist does the surgery. If you have any more questions you can email me.

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