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Hello Dr Stoll AND ALL
this is Sylvia and i have been now doing the relaxation( listening to a cd from J Thompson ) and it helps alot i think.i can feel my body relaxing but still worry too much about whether or not i am in the alpha state.i seem to have a monkey mind. many silly thoughts come in but i guess it is commum.i can feel improvement after 8-9 weeks of doing it 2 times a day as mentioned.so i have a few questions:
pain seems to move a bit ,mostly urethra but then at times i feel my ovaries are being tighted . i have no infections, went to the docs many times too for urine culture and viginal visits.
i feel my urethra and butt muscles tight and consciously relax them but within 5 seconds it is tight again but i do feel improvement. my boyfriend did a vaginal massage( oops. sorry to say) and could feel the muscle tight there and it got better as he did it regularly but i want to concentrate on relaxing my WHOLE BODY .i am in the flight fight response mode i can tell.
i tend to jump at any noise ,is that a clue of the flight fight response? since doing the tape i am better with me jumping at any noise like a door slamming or an alarm going off etc etc....
i also use the relax thermometer ,mostly i am in the 93 degree zone ,94 at times but rarely 95 and above.
i know you mentioned 6-12 months so i tell myself this when i feel blue about the pain. i have much less burning in the urethra Dr! so i might be doing it right somehow but still feel the urethra tight. i flew back 10 hours yesterday from my holiday and leaving my boyfriend .i was scared onthe plane ,i got a bit of burning but as i talked to myself to relax it got better and doing the belly breathing too.
i am also reading the book on the stress relaxation book.very good thank you.
i also realise that as i face my fears i am not so anxious as before but still anxious when pain comes stronger , will that go away to as my pain gets better and better ? anxiety is awful and linked to my pain and fear of the future living with urethritis
thank you for your time and all your precious help!!!!!!
Sylvia
i hope i can help others too by posting questions.Thank you Dr!!!!!!!!!
In Reply to: URETHRITIS OR IC QUESTION posted by Sylvia [1052.2313] on August 21, 2007 at 19:20:26:
Thanks, Sylvia!
Sounds like you are on the right track! Patience and perseverance.
Walt
In Reply to: URETHRITIS OR IC QUESTION posted by Sylvia [1052.2313] on August 21, 2007 at 19:20:26:
Thank you Dr Stoll, you have no idea how a small encouragement from you makes me happy and religiously want to continue my skilled relaxation 2 times a day.Having had this problem for years ,you are the only doctor who makes sense to me ( with my great homeopath who has practiced classical homeopathy here for 40 years ,in Switzerland and agrees with bracing ,relaxation and agrees with you!!!
Anyhow ,to all the women/men facing ic or prostatic urethritis problems or vaginal pain as well as chronic pain ,listen to Dr Stoll, we are in a chronic fight or flight mode .That makes perfect sense and even more to me since i can feel my muscle down there always tight .Less,when i relax it and do the skilled relaxation.so yes ,PATIENCE AND PERSEVERENCE!!!a few good words of encouragement from you and the group is all that i needed.
I will post my progress and hope to encourage others!
My PROGRESS is not always linear but the fact that my burning is much less and other symptoms less i think i am on the right track!
merci !
Sylvia
In Reply to: Re: URETHRITIS OR IC QUESTION-Follow up posted by Sylvia [1052.2313] on August 23, 2007 at 15:04:51:
Thanks, Sylvia, for your testimonial!
Walt
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