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Does anyone have short bowel syndrome?
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Doctors want to treat my abdominal pain as tissue/muscle pain instead of Visceral pain-originates from internal organs like the intestines and stomach.
They want to treat my abdominal pain with a TENS unit. However a TENS unit helps with tissue and muscle pain not Visceral pain.
TENS unit is designed for skin-level and musculoskeletal pain not deep internal organs pain.
My next request is for my doctors to refer me to a pain doctor to see about getting a nerve blocks. My abdominal pain could also be caused by pinch nerves/bulging disc of the spine. So I also should get a Thoracic Spine MRI,to check my spine. So will be asking my doctors about that.
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Hello! I have 24/7 abdominal pain for years around my bellybutton. Mine stops during TENS but only while the device is on not after. My pain isn’t muscle pain either. Does TENS help with functional pain?
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@tjanet i experienced everything you have and was put on JOURNAVX for pain and alternative to opioids and doesn’t cause constipation and not addictive. I had 2 nerve blocks to no avail. The medication seems to be working. I just can’t shake daily spasms and tightness around my abdomen area. I use to have 6-10 bowel movements a day which caused more pain but I just finished 6 sessions of the Emsella chair and I’m down to 1-2 bowel movements a day. I question whether it’s the new therapy or simply my body healing slowly over the course of 2 years of misery. Ultimately, I feel like I’m getting better and accepting that maybe I’ll always have IBS issues regardless of fodmaps, gallbladder removal followed by more than a million dollar work up that’s yielded no real answers… anyone have a similar experience?