Cherie,
My neuro thinks I am dealing with spasms but if I am having spasms I don't feel them.
The pain and sensations I have: pressure - like you would feel with a UTI and the feeling that my insides are going to fall out - probably similar to women who have dealt with a fallen bladder. I also feel the pain at the clitoris. None of this affects intimacy nor do I have pain during intimacy.
This is fairly constant with a week or less a month where I feel normal again. The GYN told me everything is where it's supposed to be. She did a little experiment - she wanted to know if the pain I felt was noticeable when she touched certain areas - the uterus and bladder. Both caused the same pain I experience.
As far as my bowels - that's a hard one. I have had bowel problems since I was an infant. I had 2 to 3 feet of intestines removed by the time I was 2 years old (no nerves in that section). Since I was about 12 (?) I have had a problem with needing to go but not being able to pass "it". This was not related to constipation but to muscle spasms. To this day I still run into this problem but I have found Klonopin relaxes the muscles and allows me to go.
I don't know if any of this makes sense or helps but if you want any more information just let me know.
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Originally Posted by lady_express_44
Snoopy, I think I may have been getting these same pelvic spasms . . . so I wanted to ask about the sensation.
Does it feel like a spasm, occurring in the internal cervical area? (I had cervical cancer, then tried to deliver a child naturally . . . so that's why I can relate to it as the spasm source area.)
Is it intermittent, lasting seconds to minutes, then nothing for days or weeks . . . or more constant?
Do you happen to have trouble with your bowels from the spinal lesions (although that is not where the feeling generates from)?
Thanks,
Cherie
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