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Has anyone been diagnosed with Abdominal Wall Pain
Starting on May 1, 2017, I began having abdominal pain that wraps around to my left back. The first time it happened, I went to the emergency room because I thought I might have an apendicitis. The hospital did a CT scan of my abdomen, everything looked okay. I went to the emergency room several times over the summer with excruciating abdominal and back pain. I had a hida scan done, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy and CT and ultrasound scans of my abdomen. Everything looked normal. In September of this year, a doctor at Mayo felt the area on my abdomen and did a Carnett's test. He suggested it could be abdominal wall pain. I have had two steroid injections and I am still having pain in the same area. Has anyone out there had this type of diagnosis and still having pain?
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juliepm, I am looking into taking cbd to see if it will help me some.Stress also makes mine flare up and it gets worse at night, so sleeping is not very good. It does get better about am, but that's about it and I haven't done anything in 4 months now and still no relief. Where did you get your cbd from?. I would like to order some to see if that helps me any. I will also try distracting, but it's tough when my pain at at 10 like most nights. Thx
3am that is.
@elle1233 Dunno who your message was aimed at. ACNES is NOT GI, it's neuropathy , and it IS relieved by numbing one small area. I've had weekly sessions with a PT who is a PhD pain therapist & exercise on treadmill and weights. So far the only help has been 1. Distraction and 2. pain meds. Has anyone else on this thread had any luck at all with PT for ACNES?
Hi RBassett, I get my tincture from a local store, where they are great at working with people like me trying different formulations. I don't like hemp oil, for example, and started the tincture at 250 CBD and 150 THC which didn't make much difference. Have worked up to 1000 CBD and 50 THC, called "CHILL" and I take it at bedtime. It helps, but it's not magic...wish it were.
I found a great doctor here in my city! She put me on Gapapen 300mg 3 times a day! I can feel the difference already pain is minimal.
Hi Sandyg, so glad for you! Hope it continues to work for a long time for you!
juliepm, My condition is psychosomatic and I need hypnotherapy and CBT to try now. I may still try the cbd oils as well. The pain meds don't work with my condition and I'm not sure about cbd oils.We all wish things were magical.
RBassett, Many doctors also implied that my condition was psychosomatic because they missed the ACNES diagnosis. It took a year and a half before ACNES was confirmed. I hope that you are truly convinced that it's psychosomatic and that hypnotherapy is available to you and that it helps. Take care of yourself OK?
Mine is psychosomatic and because of where it is and how much pain I have had, It may have been physical at first, but it has manifested into psychosomatic and will be next to impossible for me to get any relief. The doctor has told me I need to live with the pain and maybe by chance one day it will go away, but I don't see that happening with me. I am at the end of my rope dealing with this and I'm only getting better sleep and then the pain comes back when I wake up or is there when I wake up. I need a 6 month sleep and then it might be gone.
There is a $10.00 book called “life after pain” by Dr. Jonathan Kuttner. He discusses pain sensitization and also has some online courses where you can retrain your pain system. It works for many.
One more question: have you tried the enzymes nattokinase and serrapeptidase? They may help scar tissue remodel which can cut down on nerve compression which is often the cause of pain. Along with vitamin c, quercetin, resveratrol and stretching and exercise I got rid of a lot of myofascial pain thanks to the package of supplements- but especially the two enzymes. Those are taken on an empty stomach.