Hi, I'm going down the path of trigger point injections starting Thursday. Like many of you I have had an exhaustive amount of tests performed to diagnose the cause of my abdominal pain. Nothing has indicated a reason, all tests are normal. I have tried SO many things with no luck. I experience pain on a level of 8-10/10 on a constant basis. The only relief I get is if I manage to sleep, thanks to trazadone I can often sleep several hours. I take tramadol as needed, which takes the "edge" off the pain. I am considering starting low dose naltrexone, but that means I can't take tramadol.

I've had this pain for 20 months now My pain is always in the same spot - right of midline under my sternum. Its a small discrete area of pain. Seems classic for ACNES or Myofascial pain syndrome. The pain now radiates to my mid back, neck and shoulders and has started to also cause pelvic pain -like ongoing severe menstrual cramps.

Reading all of the posts, I don't get a sense that there is good quality care for people with these diagnoses. Has anyone gotten relief from trigger point injections, TAPS block, splanchnic block, celiac plexus block? Has anyone had a nervectomy and gotten relief?

I have done a lot of research and was able to find a surgeon at Stanford, Dr Thomas Wilson, that sounds promising.

This is really hell on Earth. My heart breaks for us all in this situation.