Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Going on two years now. The quickest rundown is that I had food poisoning in April of 2017, my symptoms of diarrhea and abdominal pain did not subside. My obgyn sent me tried to do food avoidance, bloodwork, upped the fiber intake, took probiotics, etc. Finally sent me to a gastro. The gastro ran more bloodwork (I swear I have been checked for celiacs 4 times), 2 CT scans (1 with barium which made me sick as a dog), colonoscopy, endoscopy, finally a hida scan which showed the gallbladder ejection less than 23%. So I had my gallbladder removed. Some of the diarrhea cleared up, but still having abdominal pain. I did mention to the gastro that my symptoms fell in the same category as pelvic floor, which he quickly dismissed (after being reviewed for colitis, crohns, etc). It also takes forever to get into his office, so after 4 days of constant pain, I reached back out to my obgyn who was able to get me back in (pain is predominantly the left side, at this time it was the left side naval area to left ovary area, wasn't sure if this is GI or obgyn). After a pelvic assessment and another ultrasound, he sent me to a Physical Therapist for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. This is considered a GI problem, not an obgyn due to the fact that it affects the urinary and bowel areas. I will say that I am learning new things on this with each visit, currently I was prescribed vaginal valium suppositories to help relax the muscles for the tension release (my therapist felt my muscles were not cooperating on the last visit). I do keep up with the breathing exercises and the stretches, now I have to 'dilate' to help relieve tension in the muscles. I have to say that despite it is awkward and sounds completely unreal, that I do feel the source of my pain ( the worst spot), which surprisingly is the rectal wall (the rear vaginal wall that is against the rectal wall). Anytime something touches it on the tension release, it sets my symptoms off. I know this sounds like crazy tmi, but I am sharing what I went through in case anyone has gone through anything similar. The question is now, if when I had my son in 2014, if this caused it (nothing noticeable until the food poisoning set it off). While it seems to be a more rare occurrence of food poisoning setting off Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, it is still a possibility. I wanted to share this because I feel the frustration of the unknown and constant tests, the looks as if I am fully insane. I reject pain meds because I have a 4 year old and I cannot afford to be laid up on the couch. I just want to get back to a 'as normal as possible' life, that I can. I hope no one else has been down this road, if you have- you are not alone. I am still in the early treating stages and there is a sense of relief in finally having a determining factor or point of cause. Here is to hoping that Physical therapy helps.

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