Although I feel like I have been thru the ringer I am thankful that my situation is not as bad as some. I fell on my tailbone years ago and sat on a donut for 3 yrs. I don't know if that damaged the puborectalis muscle or if it happened when I delivered my 9 pound babies. 3 yrs ago mayo said I had a slow colon after the 4 day test of watching the markers and sent me home with tons of meds. I helped my son move the first of July and that is when everything collapsed. I strained to move a mattress out of a basement. Now I have the huge rectocele and need the whole works reconstructed. I had to go thru the colonic transit study which was horrible. The good news is that my colon is normal which means the problem is the pelvic floor. I can't get into the 2 week therapy until December & the 4 doctors will do the surgery next week. I found a book called "Healing Pelvic Pain". I have been doing the exercises & breathing for a few days. I am fortunate that with the breathing I can finally relax the sphincter muscles. My stools aren't pencil thin. I've started each day with a huge bowl of cream of wheat. This whole process for years has been frustrating & annoying. It took the rectocele to finally get some action. Have you suffered with hip and back pain as well? I'm only 49