how to handle pain

May 17, 2007

Hi group!

My recent Kundalini re-awakening, as I call it, is (I think) involving

some very specific pain and discomfort and I wanted to see if anyone

had any ideas about what I can do about it.

This is a little personal, but hey, you're all just little blips on my

computer monitor, so what the hell...

I've got a bladder condition that I've had since my teenage years

called Interstitial Cystitis. It's a mysterious condition that causes

frequent urges to urinate, discomfort and sometimes pain. It started

flaring up some 6 months ago or so but suddenly is much worse. I have

the nagging sense it is related to the K... that it involves something

I am blocking.

I watch my diet, avoid acidic foods, eat and drink things that are

alkalizing (like watermelon) and drink a lot of water. These things

help. Occasionally, I take muscle relaxers which are the only meds

that ever help, aside from pain-killers.

My (limited) understanding is that bladder issues relate to the second

Chakra and sexual/creative issues. I've recently cleared a great deal

of those (and quite powerfully I might add). I would have expected my

symptoms to get better shortly thereafter, but instead I am much

worse. I think there may yet be issues I am not aware of influencing

me.

I had a lot of sexual and creative repression in my early life (and I

do mean a lot) and some mild sexual abuse as a pre-teen. I've done a

LOT of work on those issues and have felt like I cleared the important

stuff. But these symptoms seem to be telling me otherwise.

I keep working on the psychological/emotional stuff myself, and

somewhat with a coach and therapist but I was hoping someone here

would have some insights into other ways of treating this.

I've been trying kegels, but quite frankly, it feels a bit worse after

I do those exercises. I also do a lot of visualizing and relaxing,

all with little effect. Frankly, the more I work on it from whatever

angle, the more pain I seem to have. But it's also impossible to ignore.

It can be a pretty maddening condition and it interferes with sleep

terribly. Some nights I am up every 15 minutes for hours at a time

and can only catch snippets of sleep in between.

Any ideas out there?

Alex

May 17, 2007

(((Alex!!!))) Avoid all irritants making it notable as well as you

can. Breathe. attempt to breathe into pain not panic. Try natural

supplements (like the balance of an absorbable form of calcium PS

don't take calcium & drink tea it foams) LOL and an absorbable form

of magnesium - in a combination which, after experimenting, for you,

reduces bladder spasms. (they are a form of muscle cramping)

Attempt to be hydrated super dehydration (ie antihistimines,

decongestants, and diet/water pills, some blood pressure pills

are 'water pills' all together at once! make dehydration ouch!) and

dyhdration may activate residual colonies of bacteria or just make it

uncomfortable. yeouw who would know? seriuosly? that drinking one

diet soda pop would make it worse?

once I thought cranberry pills would help or cranberry juice- and

then LOL i found out it was a popular bladder infection cure- because

it was a bladder irritant to some degree & would increase the urge to

pee. LOL there I am religiously taking this stuff- and it's making

the discomfort worse. Plus regular cranberry juice and lots of sugar

& can grow yeast if that's a coexisting overgrowth or part of the

problem irritating the lining of the bladder.

Can I change a pattern? yes. can I change past physical scarring?

alone I'm not sure. I saw a physical therapist assistant who did

energy work while pulling out strictures and scars one summer while

also doing kegels in a series of meetings. I have never been the same

or haunted by ongoing frustrating pain.

there were memories when she moved or massaged or pulled or pushed

deep into the muscles. and something called? starts with an f fashia?

facia? she was pulling loose that had me bound somehow with all the

scars. And they were connected, physically, with my past experiences,

young ones and that was interfereing with the now.

this work in that one summer- changed my whole life opening the way

for experiencing things differently. Not soley through physical pain

as if I had been looking through a little tiny glass at moments when

surprassing physical pain wrapped me in. And it is no more a

container for my spirit nor does it keep my body bound the way it

once did.

for me it was lots of internal scarring, a series of surgeries, and

irritation was the final crux. Moving lymph fluid. Moving the body.

Not being stillin the pain. Action distraction.

I noticed about well six months of energy movement, I think of it as

rerouting as it came up through my leg, legs, making a circuit,

around and through the pelvis so that energy could flow. I am so much

better now. All around.

the phsyical blockages or feelings needle pricks or days of point,

focal pain, face, head pain- are nothing nothing compared to the

years of pain prior with intermittant surgeries, & nothing compared

to the mental pain facing my children's surgeries & their one tumor

each (aggressive/could not be treated with chemo or radiation only

surgical extraction)- that mental pain was also healed through this

process as it has proceeded so far.

Some folks are concerned with how things specifically energy or

kundalini feels, I would say it feels a whole lot better - than just

living in the physical. discerning blockages and patterns, and

learning, and finding connection to more than that = is worth it.

finding a balance for less cramping read my last post in this forum.

I know my writing is a bit scattered I'm sorry. I'm on my way to work

& must run.

Love abound & surround you in fantastic perceivable ways & may you

now & always have the best of days. Love Ruth

, " Alexandria "

<ladyinsubstance wrote:

>

> Hi group!

>

> My recent Kundalini re-awakening, as I call it, is (I think)

involving

> some very specific pain and discomfort and I wanted to see if anyone

> had any ideas about what I can do about it.

>

> This is a little personal, but hey, you're all just little blips on

my

> computer monitor, so what the hell...

>

> I've got a bladder condition that I've had since my teenage years

> called Interstitial Cystitis. It's a mysterious condition that

causes

> frequent urges to urinate, discomfort and sometimes pain. It

started

> flaring up some 6 months ago or so but suddenly is much worse. I

have

> the nagging sense it is related to the K... that it involves

something

> I am blocking.

>

> I watch my diet, avoid acidic foods, eat and drink things that are

> alkalizing (like watermelon) and drink a lot of water. These things

> help. Occasionally, I take muscle relaxers which are the only meds

> that ever help, aside from pain-killers.

>

> My (limited) understanding is that bladder issues relate to the

second

> Chakra and sexual/creative issues. I've recently cleared a great

deal

> of those (and quite powerfully I might add). I would have expected

my

> symptoms to get better shortly thereafter, but instead I am much

> worse. I think there may yet be issues I am not aware of

influencing

> me.

>

> I had a lot of sexual and creative repression in my early life (and

I

> do mean a lot) and some mild sexual abuse as a pre-teen. I've done

a

> LOT of work on those issues and have felt like I cleared the

important

> stuff. But these symptoms seem to be telling me otherwise.

>

> I keep working on the psychological/emotional stuff myself, and

> somewhat with a coach and therapist but I was hoping someone here

> would have some insights into other ways of treating this.

>

> I've been trying kegels, but quite frankly, it feels a bit worse

after

> I do those exercises. I also do a lot of visualizing and relaxing,

> all with little effect. Frankly, the more I work on it from

whatever

> angle, the more pain I seem to have. But it's also impossible to

ignore.

>

> It can be a pretty maddening condition and it interferes with sleep

> terribly. Some nights I am up every 15 minutes for hours at a time

> and can only catch snippets of sleep in between.

>

> Any ideas out there?

>

> Alex

>

May 17, 2007

Hi Alex,

Oh how I feel your pain! I didn't think anyone else in the world was

plagued with this the way I was. IC I can honestly say hurts worse

than having a baby, and I've had 2! For me it was excruciating in a

different way... like nothing else I've ever experienced. Anyway,

after 10 years or so of enduring IC, the only thing that worked for me

was pregnancy and having kids! Sounds crazy but it worked. And I used

to have the episodes at least once a month, and that was with keeping

a constant prescription of trimethoprim (strongest med at the time)

whenever I felt the need. Absolutely nothing worked for me, until the

blessed event occurred. I had none during my pregnancy (what a

relief!) and none thereafter. YAY! But it hasn't been so long that I

don't remember... I know all too well what you're going through. I

will do my absolute best to send you healing energy in that regard,

and hope it will be received. Love and comfort to you also!

love & light ~Jen~

May 17, 2007

Dear Jen:

Thanks so much for writing! It's so nice to be understood... about this (not to

mention the Kundalini).

Yes, it is a particularly nasty sort of pain, quite unlike anything else. I've

often thought I'd trade it for more severe pain in another body part, if I were

given a choice. Some kinds of pain are just a lot harder to endure than others.

And they won't give me any pain meds so I'm stuck with whatever diversions I can

devise.

Daytime, I don't do too badly and often don't really notice it much. But 5

minutes after I lay down to sleep... that's the toughest time.

So glad to hear it CAN go away. I think I'll pass on the having-a-baby cure

however since I'm childless and 49 years old. ;]

Alex

Jen <jenls505 wrote: Hi Alex,