I have had it done, and can tell you it is very painfull for a long time after the surgery. The recovery is 6 weeks, which means you cannot sit properly for the entire period! I was not told that to start with, and subsequently lost my job as could not come back to an office to sit for 8 hours straight.
I had follow up problems, like severe diarhoea and for the first time in my life have developed piles.
This was a preventative surgery, where I went into the hospital healthy, and came out very ill, and 2 weeks later I am still suffering A LOT.
In retrospect, if I new 5% of what I know now, I would NEVER have done it.
I sincerely hope it helps.

I'm interested to hear about the difficulty yu had with sitting. I too, had rectocele in Jan. and I still have evenings when there doesn't seem to be a way that I can comfortably sit down. I end up laying around a lot. I also had my bowels start acting up and had to use lots of stool softener and suppositories but still ended up straining too much once or twice which worried me about undoing the good that was done. I find that a day with more activity will leave me aching from the lower back down and I actually feel that my rectum is aching. I think you will see a lot of improvement around the 6 week mark. I know that I wondered how I'd ever go back to work at 6 weeks but the last week brought a lot of change. Hang in there!

Did you ever start feeling better? I had this 4 weeks ago and am amazed at the rectal and vaginal pressure.

I had a rectocele and cystocele repair 6 weeks ago and was worried after reading all the horror stories from others.I am much luckier than most as I had virtualy no pain post-op, no pain killers after 2 days and no real discomfort sitting,not at all what I was expecting.I hope others have my experience.I was quite tired for a couple of weeks but that's normal after an aneasthetic,good luck, wendy.

I had a rectocele on 8th September along with a vaginal hysterectomy. I still have some good days and some not so good. As mentioned by others, sitting can be a bit uncomfortable at times but I am confident that in a couple of weeks things will improve.

I had a rectocele and cystocele repair on 12 October 2009. I have to say that the first time I had a bowel movement after surgery I was in tears because I was so happy. For the first time in six years I was not in pain with going and it was so easy. Now three and a half weeks later I still find it difficult to go from lying to sitting and from sitting to standing or standing to sitting. I feel a tugging sensation in the vagina that I describe as feeling like a tampon that is in crooked or wrong. I do hope that what I am feeling is just a normal part of the recovery and will get better over time.Is this a normal part of the recovery and does it get better with time? Also, after surgery how long is it before sexual intercourse in possible and is it comfortable? My doctor said to wait six weeks so I am hoping all is well by then. I have also had concerns about messing up the good work that has been done with coughing and sneezing and lifting small things or bending. Maybe I am just worrying for nothing.