In honor of my 100th post..

I have some good news.

I went to the physical therapist last night and she was able to figure out some interesting information- I have Myofascial Abdominal Pain with severe trigger points and SI Joint Disfunction. My pelvis is out of alignment 3 separate ways.. the left side was 3 inches higher than the right.. both of my SI joints are out and my pubic bone is completely unaligned. She was surprised I was even able to walk enough to get in to see her! All of this unalignment has caused some severe trigger points with in my abdomen. The worse of which is on my left hip(which is where my pain attacks have started). Apparently these trigger points will flare and cause inflammation of the abdominal wall which in turn causes contraction like muscle spasms that make your abdominal muscles feel like they are being wringed. She said that as women- and all of her patients have done this- the first thing we do when we feel this pain is automatically think it must be my uterus. It was amazing that she could tell me what my pain felt like before I even explained it to her. IT felt wonderful to get some long awaited answers.
She told me that the last patient she had that had my same condition had been to 30 different doctors and had a full hysterectomy before she got to her. Thank heavens we haven't resorted to that!

Some of the best news is that she is actually friends and colleagues with Dr. Howard Sharpe- the pelvic pain specialist I am waiting to get in to on October 29th. She exclusively handles his patients. She said he most likely would have done an exam on me and felt that trigger point on my hip and sent me straight to her for a month before he would see me again. So we are a month ahead of the game. I am so blessed to have received the referral to go and see her just by chance that my cousin Sandy and her husband Tim- who will soon be a PT, know her well and she is a family friend of theirs. I didn't fully understand what her speciality is until I got there and seen that she travels the country to speak on Women's Pelvic Pain studies. I am sure that Heavenly Father had a hand in all of this. It's like it all just fell in to place- I am sure after the pleading of many prayers.

She was also able to explain to me why it feels like my uterus is going to fall out- have I mentioned my regular doctor laughed at me about that? Well because of all the unalingment and twisting of my bones and in turn my muscles.. my pelvic floor is completely unsupported and messed up.

So my next step is to go to her for the next 6 weeks.. and try to get somewhat re-aligned until I get to see the pelvic pain specialist. She is sure that we will not be able to move forward with resolving my pain until I see him- as he will have to inject all of my trigger points with deadening medication so that my muscles will relax enough to really fix me. So yes- I will be having to take it completely easy for the next 6 weeks and I am afraid to say that I will be getting pain attacks still, and they might be even more frequent as we mess around with these trigger points.. but at least its somewhat a light at the end of the tunnel. Please let me know if you would like to get a business card for this PT. Her name is Cheryl Farnsworth and she really has brought so much needed knowledge to my situation. Lets just pray that this is the problem. I am feeling pretty upbeat today.. :)