i to all out there and especially my new buddies who like me have FIBROMYALGIA. I am pretty up on the symptoms of Fibromyalgia but CONFUSED about one area on which I cannot find any info and Drs can't seem to help either. I have recently had a hysterectomy due to uterine prolapse and have now been told I have bladder prolapse. Though the most common causes of these are having kids, being overweight and aging, I am only 42, have no kids and weigh 47 kgs!! Please help - before I have this next op to repair my bladder prolapse I would really like to know if anyone with Fibromyalgia has had a similar experience with this being part of the fibromyalgia. I do not want to keep having operations if it is part of the Fibro and likely to reoccur. It seems to me that it could be part of the Fibro as my body's muscles take the strain in such weird and wonderful ways. Is it possible that strain to the lower back and tummy muscles that someone without fibro would not normally feel is overstraining me and causing prolapses. As anyone with fibro knows lifting the simplest (lightest!) thing can cause BIG muscle strain. Any experiences out there for me? I'm kinda getting desperate for answers as my surgery is booked for 5 weeks time. My biggest worry WAS the form of the surgery (I am trying to convince the Dr to operate through the tummy and not vaginally due to Vulvoldynia and other nerve pain probably caused by the vaginal hysterectomy) but now I am even worried wether I should have the op at all - if it will just reoccur because it can be part of the Fibro. I'm wondering if severe tummy muscle spasms can even be pushing down on the bladder and mimicking "prolapse" as I get all the symptoms with shopping, lifting the garage door etc, but then with rest and time the symptoms can ease off - just like the muscles in the rest of my body due to the Fibro. Please help with any info.
PS - If I don't have this op in 5 weeks I can go back onto the waiting list for up to 1 year. Ouch !!