ENDO Messages for September, 2006: Re: stress and pain

Re: stress and pain

From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 14 17:32:19 2006

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Hi ladies! Hope everyone is doing great..I wanted to share something about stress and pain...I am usually very stressed out...have been this way ever since i can remember...its a personality thing - I always have a todo list building itself in my mind, things to improve my life, career, relations..I am alwyas working on something to improve on...anyways, so there is good stress and bad stress - until I was younger (in college) - my personality helped me - made me an achiever and somebody who can really push themselves to get things done...but off late - mostly due to my personal relations - I mostly have bad stress...which I think is responsible for me having all my health issues in the first place.. Anyways, what I wanted to share was that I had a terrific last one month - I attribute it to one and only one thing - not thinking about the problem... It is not that I did it myself - I am a worrier by nature...but its just that I had some inlaws over for the last month - I was trying to be a perfect wife, daighter in law etc...and also do good at work in the meantime...so I was so busy - I never got a chance to think about it...I had really bad pain one or two days initially - (for me its very unpredictable - I might be days away from my period and still I will ahve horrible pain) - I just swallowed a painkiller and kept working... But most days - when I went to bed - I used to look for the pain and not find it..that's sucha great feeling I can't describe...I was totally pain free - tired - but totally pain free for a month after 2 years of daily pain! I actually started believing I had magically healed somehow.. But then all good things come to an end I guess...ever since I ahve become less busy...my pain slightly creeps back...maybe becuase my period is round the corner...but really - try this out...make yourself so busy that you don't have time to worry.. This has also eliminated all hte depression that had built up inside me...the main reason for that was the fear that I will be crippled by the pain and not be able to live a full life...but I am proud of how much I could accomplish the last month...and I hope to keep myself very busy from now on...I feel like doing things again...living life fully - instead of just trudging along.. I feel my body wants to do a lot...it just needs some pushing...it loves to live and laugh and go out and ahve fun... I hope I am not saying too much too soon...but as time goes by and this problem does not seem to be letting up - I feel more and more convinced that keeping busy and staying happy and stress free is the most powerful medicine...

Take care and have fun... Vibha.

At Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Katie wrote: >
>Hi Holly! Yes...stress absolutely flares up my pain. It never ceases to
>amaze me how many different ways stress can impact our lives. Also, I
>wanted to let you know that having a hysterectomy does NOT cure endo. I
>underwent a SAH in January, 2006 (my cervix was left behind due to it
>being cemented to my bowels with the endo) and I am now right back where
>I started, only now without periods. Don't let a doctor talk you into a
>hysterectomy because it will cure the endo.
>
>Good luck to you...I hope you can find something that will minimize if
>not relieve the pain as you try to balance the stress. -Katie
>
>At Tue, 12 Sep 2006, holly wrote:
>>
>>anyone else have more pain when they're under stress? usually exercise
>>can relieve a lot of my pain for several hours (try to do 2 hours a day
>>at the gym 6 days a week), but i've missed 5 days in a row because of
>>work commitments. and it's going to be stressful till june now. *sigh*
>>when i work out, i feel better. but i can't make it to the gym anymore
>>right now (i'm hoping to start getting up earlier and just going before
>>work around 5 am, but geez), and when i don't work out, i hurt more.
>>also when i'm stressed, i hurt more. i have interstitial cystitis, and
>>stress triggers evil flares. with the bladder pain, the pelvic pain,
>>the ovary pain, the cramps, i just don't know how i'm going to survive.
>>
>>i'd love a stress-relieving massage, but who will do one after 9pm?
>>kwim?
>>
>>if you have any tips for dealing with this, i'd appreciate it. i'm
>>trying to watch my diet because of the IC (if i can taste the food, then
>>it's going to cause pain basically, rolling eyes), so that's a step. but
>>is there anything else? i am very limited on vitamins and supplements
>>because of the IC.
>>
>>does stress affect anyone else this way? would going back on bcp be a
>>good idea? my dr mentioned that i need to just schedule a hysterectomy
>>and get uterus and ovaries taken out, but i'm fighting that. i'm not
>>ready for the problems with early menopause. lupron was a disaster. why
>>would i want to go through menopause for real this time around? kwim?
>>i've made my peace with infertility and childlessness, but that doesn't
>>mean i'm psychologically and physcially ready for giving up my
>>reproductive organs.
>>
>>i guess i'm just venting too. i'm sorry for that.
>>
>>thanks for listening.
>>
>>--
>>holly
>>mild endo and IC
>>

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