One of the surgeons that I sadly did not manage to afford was Dr Spehr and what she did in her patients was to make a "sling" at the end of the neovagina, which she tied to some bone or ligament back there to keep it in place. I think this really well eliminated prolapses for her patients. She does not work anymore, but maybe some other surgeon does the same?

Quote from: Nicolette on October 30, 2013, 05:19:54 PM
You have much hope!! Remember, you have it so much easier than Supporn patients! They have much more scar tissue than you. Because of the srs technique used, they have a lot of scar tissue contraction which occurs later in their recover which they have to dilate through. They all get through it. Without doubt, you will too. 

I'm sure the kind words are intended to reassure her, but as a Suporn patient, I can tell you there wasn't anything particularly horrid about his dilation schedule or technique. Indeed, it sounded a lot better than the four or more daily dilations some others use.

Quote from: nessa76 on October 29, 2013, 07:40:18 PM
I had the penile inversion technique. I'm hoping I don't need colovaginoplasty, although it does have its pros  e.g. elf lubricant, great depth etc... but if i'd much prefer vecchietti procedure, not sure if its offered in the UK though 

Edit: I do know I can get it fixed, its just that colovaginoplasty doesn't appeal to me but I know that there is definitely other methods which are less invasive 

    Ok, well I'm not very au fait with the Vechietti procedure: what is it exactly?    Yes, a Colovaginoplasty is invasive.  It scares me, to be honest, but then I know it has it's perks.  However, the natural lubrication can be variable.  Not only too abundant, but less than you might require, though still more than Penile Inversion, I have heard.  Ask LOTS of questions before committing to anything.  Peter Walker, in New Zealand, offers keyhole Colovaginoplasty, I hear.  Look him up.

Quote from: boddi on October 31, 2013, 10:14:25 AM

    Ok, well I'm not very au fait with the Vechietti procedure: what is it exactly?    Yes, a Colovaginoplasty is invasive.  It scares me, to be honest, but then I know it has it's perks.  However, the natural lubrication can be variable.  Not only too abundant, but less than you might require, though still more than Penile Inversion, I have heard.  Ask LOTS of questions before committing to anything.  Peter Walker, in New Zealand, offers keyhole Colovaginoplasty, I hear.  Look him up.

Vecchietti procedure is A semi-surgical method that takes advantage of laparoscopy to accelerate dilation.
An olive-shaped device, placed at the vaginal opening, is connected
with sutures to a traction device on the lower abdomen. Under
laparoscopic guidance, the traction device is tightened daily,
gradually pulling the olive-shaped device inward to create a vagina.
This takes approximately one week. The device is then removed
and further manual dilation performed.

James Bellringer who did my penile inversion surgery does keyhole colovaginoplasty too but its not what I want done. Each to their own personal preferences 

I've my admission date now, 24th November at 4 p.m.     I can get the prolapse fixed and see what depth I have & to be shown correctly on where to dilate.

I'll have to consider the options for a creation of a new neo-vagina & possible deeper depth sometime in the future 

So that prolapse can come from incorrect dilation? How does that work - I mean how can you dilate "incorrectly"??

Quote from: anjaq on November 01, 2013, 04:24:30 AM
So that prolapse can come from incorrect dilation? How does that work - I mean how can you dilate "incorrectly"??

The prolapse hasn't come from dilating incorrectly. Its just for me to be shown where to dilate after my prolapse is fixed because its quite difficult to dilate properly, going through my pelvic muscle with half my vagina hanging out. Hope that makes sense 

Quote from: anjaq on October 31, 2013, 08:05:09 AM
One of the surgeons that I sadly did not manage to afford was Dr Spehr and what she did in her patients was to make a "sling" at the end of the neovagina, which she tied to some bone or ligament back there to keep it in place. I think this really well eliminated prolapses for her patients. She does not work anymore, but maybe some other surgeon does the same?

Internal fixation (to ligament) is one of the ways to prevent prolapse. Mine was a loop suture to the pubic area which was removed a week post. Ugly but it worked.

I just read somewhere that the prolapse I've got is part of the neo-vagina. I've my admission date this Sunday at 4p.m. so soon be here to get it fixed, can't wait tbh lol   Its been getting me down a little but once its fixed I should be okay