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Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
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04-12-2014, 11:06 AM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 15
Hysterectomy: April 7th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
Hello - I am five days post tvh with anterior/posterior repair with sling. I have vaginal packing in place to shape the vagina (vaginal wall rebuild). The packing will be removed on post surgery day 7. I am having a pinching painful sensation when in moving or being in certain positions. I am assuming this is from the packing. Is this normal and has anyone else had this?
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04-12-2014, 11:49 AM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 447
Hysterectomy: March 18th, 2014
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal?
I only had packing overnite. I didn't even know it was in there. When the nurse took it out it kinda hurt and I asked to slow down! I don't how they got that much in there.
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04-12-2014, 11:09 PM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 15
Hysterectomy: March 14th, 2014
Surgery Type: SAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal?
I had the packing for 7 days. It was extremely uncomfortable. Lots of pressure and pinching when moving around. As soon as it was removed, I felt better. Hang in there!!
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04-13-2014, 06:19 AM
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Posts: 181
Hysterectomy: January 17th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
I woke up with it too and had it removed. When I got home I ended up having cuff issues and another vagpack for two more days. You will feel so much better once it's removed. The pinching/pulling is probably your stitches against the packing. I had a TVH and A&P repair. He really tightened up my walls back to "pre-children" lol. The stitches were the most annoying thing. Especially when they start to dissolve around wk four. Not painful. Just annoying. Good luck with everything!
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04-16-2014, 09:02 PM
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Posts: 15
Hysterectomy: April 7th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
Thanks for sharing your experience. You were right - I had my packing removed on Apr 14th and what a difference. No more pinching. I had a pubic catheter in place also and once the packing came out I was able to maintain a normal voiding range and am happy to say as of today, I am catheter free. I slept this afternoon for hours. Heavenly!
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04-16-2014, 11:34 PM
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Posts: 241
Hysterectomy: April 8th, 2014
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
I had packing for just one night at the hospital after my Hysterectomy and it caused severe pinching. When they took it out the next morning the nurse went so slow no pain at all. It was when she took the catheter out I jumped.
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04-17-2014, 12:24 AM
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Posts: 38
Hysterectomy: January 13th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
I had this same surgery and didn't have that. I never even heard of it until now.
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04-17-2014, 12:36 AM
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Posts: 77
Hysterectomy: April 4th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
I did not have the standard vaginal packing either. One of the nurses doing my post-op care seemed a little surprised that I didn't. Instead of actual packing, the doc had filled me with some kind of cream after the surgery. The nurse said the cream was fairly solid right after being inserted and would slowly melt over night. It did exactly that and every few hours, a nurse would come in and check on me and (to my embarrassment) would have to clean me from all the cream that was flowing out from that dissolvable packing. I didn't have that much bleeding or discharge after the surgery. Almost everything that came out of me was because of that packing. By the following morning, it seemed to be completely gone.
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04-17-2014, 01:44 AM
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Posts: 398
Hysterectomy: April 16th, 2014
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
yup, I didn't know about either until they removed the foley and seemed like an entire roll of gauze, lol. The pinching feeling is gone now.
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04-17-2014, 05:44 AM
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Posts: 181
Hysterectomy: January 17th, 2014
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Vaginal Packing- Is this Normal with vaginal hysterectomy and repairs?
I slept amazingly well too once both were removed. So glad your feeling better! Good luck with the rest of your healing! You will feel so much better now that you can get a great sleep : ) take care
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