Update: I went to see my GP today and had a pessary ring fitted. I can't thank you enough, Taz2, for suggesting this to me. Before coming onto the MM forum, this was something I was totally ignorant of, as being a potential option to surgery. When I discussed this with my GP by phone last week, she was trying to steer me towards surgery, especially when I mentioned reading about pessaries on this forum! "Oh you don't want to believe what you read on forums!!"
I was then tipped off about this feature on R4's Women's Hour. It told me about new clinical guidelines that came out this month, where the medical profession are encouraged to look at helping patients explore the use of vaginal pessaries, as a way of helping support them rather than defaulting to surgery.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000t02z (from 32m 38 secs onwards). This gave me the confidence to try again with my GP, quoting Radio 4 and 'new clinical guidelines' was talking her language! She popped it in painlessly and got me to jump about a bit. If it moves she'll try a larger one.
It's actually shocking to me that out of 3 gynaecologists, two GPs and one physio I saw, not one of them suggested trying this. It is, after all, far less invasive, with less potential to cause harm and very cheap too!
Anyway, I'm fair bouncing off the walls now. I can already feel it's helping. I need to pee far less frequently already. I'm going to have a run with it this weekend, so that will be the acid test. Thank you all for your support, guidance and sympathy
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