Aggravation

I am amazed how much being aggravated can cause my pain to increase more than I can express in worlds. Something happen tonight, nothing really big and really pretty stupid but upsetting nonetheless, and I was amazed how much my pain increased. I know that this happens because I have been taught that stress increases my pain, but it was weird to feel it happen. I went from around a level 6 in pain to about a level 9 in a matter on about 20 minutes. It is just so amazing.

During this time I had to use my Diaphragmatic Breathing and it really got the pain back under control. Also a breathing technique called Heart Focus Breathing where you are focusing on bringing your heart rate down helps to calm you down. Studies have shown that these techniques really do work and boy do I have to tell you that they work wonders for me. You focus on something that is non-tangible and let yourself be taken there. Make it something that calms you down, like watching the sunset on the beach. You don't want it to be a husband/wife, or pet, or anything like this because if something bad has happened then you will not have positive feelings to help calm you down. And then while you are focusing on that you do the diaphragmatic breathing. It is just amazing.

I was able to get my pain back down to a level 8. I know that doesn't seem like much but it is quite a bit and it is much more manageable. Again, unless you live in chronic pain you can not truly understand how much just this small amount can help you continue on for the day. All of these different techniques that I speak about are things that I have learned over the 10 week pain management program at my local Kaiser. It has been wonderful, but only about 25 to 30% of what was taught was of high value to me. I will continue to talk about the different things that really continue to help me.

My Physical Therapy

I am so excited. It would appear that my doctor in San Francisco has been able to find a physical therapy place here in Fresno that is able to do the specialized therapy that I need. I am really excited as up to this point it was looking like we were going to have to travel to Sacramento to get the physical therapy. I always have said that it would appear that when I come down with a condition that I do not do it lightly but rather complicated. It is not like this is something that I would wish upon my worst enemy. It is not something that anyone should have to go through.

Anyways, if you would like to check it out, it looks like I will be going to Creative Therapeutics. I am just so glad that they are local and it does appear that they do deal with the pelvic floor muscle. I have been doing some research to update everyone on the diagnosis that I have gotten. There are so great sites out there, but you do have to be careful that they are the right ones to be looking at. Well that is all I got for right now. I will write more later.

Let's Begin

I thought that I would keep a separate blog for all of the talk about my pain. I will post when there is an update on this blog, but that way those of you who do not want to read all about my pain, won't have to do that.

I have been in chronic pelvic pain for 4 years now. I have had this pain on and off for 8 years. It is considered chronic after the pain does not go away for a significant time period. It is the type of pain that cause quite a bit of frustration. I am in this pain 24 hours a day. Some hours are worse than others. It is true that there are times when I can go a few hours with very little pain, but the pain is there. I am going to be filling you in on the condition that I have as the days go along. If you have any sort of questions about anything let me know.