Re: Feeling good and wondering why (cont.)

From: smithy@maine.rr.com
Mon Jul 19 07:16:55 1999


At Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Mary wrote: >
>We have all tried lots of things to deal with our pain. During the past
>week, I have been doing some things differently and am wondering which
>of those things it is that has made such a huge difference in how I
>feel.
>These things are:
>1. Started using a compound that my pharmacist and doc cooked up. It's
>absorbed through the skin and ususally used for people with
>fibromyalgia. My pharmacist and doc said "can't hurt to try."
>2. Planned very carefully how to avoid constipation and followed that
>regime faithfully.
>3. Taking MSM from the health food store.
>4. This last one is the one that I am most curious about and which lead
>me to write this long-winded piece. Years ago, a physical therapist had
>made custom inserts to wear in my shoes. They are very rigid inserts
>custom molded to my feet. I have always "walked funny", i.e., I walk
>like a duck, toeing out. I have used and liked the inserts over the
>years, but lost right one in a move. I only have the left insert. The
>left side of my abdomen is the adhesion side. For some unknown reason,
>on Friday I stuck that left insert in my Nike running shoe and wore only
>that one. I am still wearing it, and I think that this simple change is
>what has made all the difference. The insert + the wide running heel of
>the Nike prevent my foot from rotating and the pulling sensation in my
>abdomen is gone. Outta room here....Ideas??? Comments? Mary

Hi Mary:

Your experience was very interesting! It is possible that the pain you felt on your left side (which just happened to be your adhesion side) was relieved by the orthotic lift in your shoe because the pain you were having was due to a muscularskeletal imbalance and not your adhesions. I think I understand from your post that you still have pain, but not as much. There is no law that says you can not have more than one problem. It may be that the problem alleviated by the lift was aggravated by your body's reponse to the pain from the adhesions. Or, it could be just coincidental, or something about the adhesions where they are attached being affected by muscularskeletal imbalance, but it is certainly worth looking into. In my case, I do have adhesions that were lysed during two laparoscopies. Both times I had 100 % relief from the pain for 3-4 months. However, it is looking more and more like I have a muscular-skeletal disorder of some kind, or in addition to the adhesions. It would be really easy to blame my pain completely on my adhesions.

Chris


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