Chasing Pitter Patters: Return of Butt Pain

Monday, September 13, 2010

Return of Butt Pain

Things have not been going too well for me health-wise.

I have coughing fits now. And my voice has not returned completely. I am still averaging 4 hours sleep per night.

And my ass is throbbing like a nuclear reactor again! This endo ass pain has not made an appearance in months but it's back. And it has gone on for 2 days now. I even felt some pain radiating through my ovaries. Sometimes I think I've conquered endo because I've had blissful months with little or no pain. But it always seems to find its way back. I guess an endo girl will always be an endo girl... :-(

I also went for a u/s scan today. Dr.NeverGiveUp was eager to get me scanned on CD13 incase the royal jelly has been working miracles on my body and causing me to ovulate early. Well, no follicles in sight. No surprise there.

It's been a sucky week!

3 comments:

Gurlee said...: Zengirl,
Sorry for a sucky week and the ass pain. I really hope the foul tasting Royal jelly does it for you soon.
Its only Monday so hopefully things will start to look up.
Feel better!; Monday, September 13, 2010 12:10:00 PM
Clare said...: Sucky week indeed! I really hope the pain stops soon - not fair at all. Treat yourself to some pampering - u need something to lift your spirits. Thinking of you.; Monday, September 13, 2010 5:24:00 PM
Rachel said...: So sorry. I hope Dr.NeverGiveUp suggests some solution to the ass kicking pain.; Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:48:00 AM

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Oct 20, 2008--1st consultation w TCM doc. Diagnosis: blood stasis, cold condition, cold uterus, hormonal imbalance, wind, low kidney ying and yang. Started acupuncture & herbs right away. Continued with daily herbs, and acupuncture twice weekly. Husband also treated for low sperm morphology. We decided to have break from TTC for a few months

Nov 19, 2008--1st period after starting TCM. Miraculously no pain!

Dec 20, 2008--2nd period after starting TCM.Again no pain, but unusual bleeding for 19 days.

Jan 28, 2009--3rd period after starting TCM. Mild ache for 1 day, heavy flow. Started TTC this cycle.

Feb 16, 2009--Ovulated naturally

Feb 26, 2009-- Last TCM session before vacation

Mar 1, 2009--Departed for vacation

Mar 10, 2009--Discovered I was Pregnant! Jaw dropped! Hit jackpot right away after resuming TTC for only 1 month!

Mar 14, 2009--Spotting started, off and on for 2 weeks

Mar 25, 2009--Miscarriage. Coupled with severe gastritis. Thought I was going to die!

April 20, 2009--Resumed TCM treatment w daily herbs and acupuncture twice weekly

May 11, 2009--1st period after miscarriage. Pain from hell for 3 days. Cramps, heavy flow, clots.

June 15, 2009-2nd period after miscarriage. Excruciating pain for 3 days but 30-40% less than previous period. Clots, flow moderate. No ovulation detected this cycle.

July 26, 2009--3rd period after miscarriage. Pain for 3 days but 30% less than previous period. Clots, flow moderate.

Aug 19, 2009--Ovulated naturally

Sep 2, 2009--4th Period after miscarriage. Pain for 2 days, 50% less pain. Clots, flow moderate. TCM doc's conclusion - progress slow due to wind & obstruction of channels still present from miscarriage.

Sep 7, 2009--1st Moxibustion for more aggressive treatment. Continued for 5 consecutive days. Significant increase in heat levels in body. After 3-day break, had 6 more moxibustion sessions.

Sep 19, 2009--Ovulated naturally and earlier on CD19

Oct 4, 2009--5th Period after miscarriage. 1 day of pain only! Woohoo! Pain intensity less than previous month and no clots-Getting better! Completed total of 12 moxa sessions this past cycle.

Oct 12, 2009--Started moxa for current cycle. Eventually completed 10 moxa sessions. Qi and heat levels good. Hand injury on Oct 15 had minimal effect on my general condition. Had a round of anti-biotics and tetanus shot for hand.

Nov 6, 2009--Treated yeast infection with Canesten 1-Day pessary which caused significant bleeding. Consumed 2x150ml of cultured milk for 3 days to build up good bacteria that anti-biotics destroyed.

Nov 9, 2009--6th period after miscarriage. Horrible relapse in pain that lasted 5 and 1/2 days, although pain intensity same as previous month. Heavy flow, clots even on CD6, gastritis, lower back pain. Disappointed is an understatement.

17 Nov, 2009--Started 1st moxa for new cycle ie:7th cycle since miscarriage. Completed 8 moxa sessions almost consecutively. Did not even ovulate this cycle.

11 Dec, 2009--Started spotting for 9 days. No sign of red flow. Can we even call this a period? If so it would be my 7th period after m/c

Jan 2010--No idea if I ovulated because we went on vacation in Boracay and did not care.

10 Jan, 2010--Crap! Period came during my last 2 days of vacation in Boracay. Took painkillers at the first sign of pain (2 days). Flow was a little heavy at first, then moderate and was over in 7 days. Red fresh flow. No clots. Yay!

22 Jan, 2010--1st visit with new acupuncturist ie 2nd TCM doc. Only medicine prescribed.

25 Jan, 2010--1st acupuncture session with new acupuncturist. Nearly died from pain.

27 Jan, 2010--My elusive egg reappeared! I finally ovulated naturally again for the 1st time since Nov 09.

5 Feb, 2010--New acupuncturist claimed there was a 90% chance I could get pregnant this cycle. Yeah right!

11 Feb, 2010--Got my 8th period after m/c. Usual awful AF-cramps, heavy flow, clots, but finished efficiently within 7 days

15 Mar, 2010--After obsessing about my egg being MIA again, the OPK finally turned positive on CD 33.

29 Mar, 2010--Another BFN. AF brought 2 days of pain but the flow is more normal and with occasional clots.

26 Apr, 2010--New TCM fertility specialist-TCM doc No3. Diagnosed with adenomyosis and 3cm fibroid from u/s. Started new herbs right away taken in capsule form, daily. No acupuncture prescribed.

3 May, 2010--10th period after m/c. No sign that I ovulated. Fibroid swelled to 4.8cm on u/s on CD 1. Two days of pain but was greatly minimized by TCM herbal cramp medication. Amazed that herbs work for pain! The flow is normal. I think TCM has helped regulate the blood flow.

22 June, 2010--11th period after m/c. Ridiculously long 50-day cycle with ovulation on CD40. Two days of AF pain but was greatly minimized by TCM herbal cramp medication. Blood flow good and moderate. Gastritis was awful though.

2WW - 2 Week Wait

Adeno - Adenomyosis

AF - Aunt Flo (period)

ART - Assisted Reproductive

Technology

BBT - Basal Body Temperature

BFN - Big Fat Negative

(not pregnant)

BFP - Big Fat Positive

(pregnant)

BIL - Brother-in-law

CD - Cycle Day

CM - Cervical Mucous

DH - Dear Husband

DPO - Days Past Ovulation

Endo - Endometriosis

FIL - Father-in-law

Golden Child- my sis-in-law's 5 yr

old daughter

@ Her Royal Highness

IF - Infertility

IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation

HPT - Home Pregnancy Test

M/C - Miscarriage

MIL - Mother-in-law

Moxa - Moxibustion - TCM

therapy where

acupuncture needles

are indirectly heated by

a burning cigar-like stick

made of muwort herb

O - Ovulation/Ovulate

OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit

POAS - Pee On A Stick

SIL - Sister-in-law

TCM - Traditional Chinese

Medicine

TMI - Too much information

TTC - Trying To Conceive

U/S - Ultrasound