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| ozagnes |
Posted - 03/29/2012 : 01:34:29
Hi,
I only discovered TMS 4-5 months ago but suffered from pelvic pain for many years. I got better, originally quite fast as I could stop medication, but then I hit a plateau and I am still there.
Being of medication, I finally got pregnant and I am 3 months into pregnancy now, which is great. However, with it comes the dreadful OB/GYN exam and the anxiety of childbirth. It is hard enough for any woman, for one that has perineal pain it is mortifying!
My specialists and OB/GYN are telling me to have a C-section because natural childbirth could cause a trauma to the already traumatised pudendal nerve and muscles...Reinforcing the physical problem conviction!
While I had come to terms that my condition was psychological, now I have to reconsider the pysical aspects (and possible damage) once again, and this is not good when fighting TMS.
Worse, I had my first OB exam, and here he goes, pushing down on my perineum (sorry for the details..) saying "this doesn't hurt, right?"
Of course it hurts!!! damn, why do they have to be so raugh when they know their patient has pelvic pain! I came out of this feeling terribly down, I had clearly the proof that I wasn't normal, something that any other woman finds painless was clearly painful for me. I know it is muscle pain, because these muscles are tense and deprived of oxygen, but still, the physical reality of it struck me hard.
And since doubt has creepled back, I mean I find myself thinking much more about the muscle tension than I should.
So I have to deal again with all the medical anxiety for the sake of my baby and myself.
Did anyone go through this? I haven't recovered yet from TMS, I am only at the beginning, and I have to convince myself it is in my mind while telling all doctors of my "physical" condition because it clearly is important for proper management of my pregnancy.
Thanks
Agnes |
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| balto |
Posted - 03/29/2012 : 05:28:41
I hope this is a unisex post.
My thought is: if your doctors can not do anything to "cure" your pain then you might as well treat them as if they are tms/anxiety. Even if it is not tms, treat it as such doesn't do any harm. |
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