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Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post...TESTIMONIAL

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• Re: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... Testimonial I.C. Walt Stoll 07:49:36 6/13/01 (2)
  • how I relaxed urinary urgency Elizabeth 10:11:54 6/13/01 (1)
    • Re: how I relaxed urinary urgency (Testimonial) Walt Stoll 08:29:04 6/15/01 (0)
• Re: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... Raisa 15:29:22 6/11/01 (1)
  • yes, there have been cultures during the pelvic Elizabeth 09:59:40 6/12/01 (0)

In Reply to: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... posted by Elizabeth on June 11, 2001 at 10:28:09:

Hi, Elizabeth - I imagine Dr. Stoll did miss your post. He'll probably answer tomorrow. I hesitate to even mention this because it should be so obvious to a gynecologist, but did they observe a smear under a microscope? My daughter once had a heavy discharge and went to a doctor who sent a smear away to a laboratory. It came back as nothing wrong, and they prescribed warm baths. Then, when it didn't get better, she went to another doctor who examined it in the office and said it was trichamonas (sp?). He said that when they send the smear away, the organisms die before they can tell what they are. Does the discharge have an odor or itch?
She was in agony from the itching and the whole thing. But, it cleared up right away with treatment. Just thought you'd like to know this. Raisa

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• yes, there have been cultures during the pelvic Elizabeth 09:59:40 6/12/01 (0)

In Reply to: Re: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... posted by Raisa on June 11, 2001 at 15:29:22:

Well, I've had this discharge (no odor, it's opaque-clear and milky) since my ordeal of urinary urgency started 2 years ago! It's been cultured out about six times, and they say "no yeast," "no bacteria." Every so often it is itchy, but mostly it just comes out...

I figured it was part of the tension/bracing syndrome, and that my bodily fluids were being "held" then "released" in a tense way as a result. So now that the urgency is gone, I figured the discharge would stop too...

It has been decreasing in the past week, which is I believe a good sign.

Thank you for posting your daughter's story.

E.

In Reply to: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... posted by Elizabeth on June 11, 2001 at 10:28:09:

Thanks, Elizabeth!

Tell me more about how you discharged the levator ani bracing and what you are doing about it right now. The most common cause of what you have left is pelvic congestion syndrome and levator ani bracing is one of the causes of that. Not having orgasmic release, on a regular basis (if there is sexual interest), is another very common cause of PCS.

Namaste`

Walt

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• how I relaxed urinary urgency Elizabeth 10:11:54 6/13/01 (1)
  • Re: how I relaxed urinary urgency (Testimonial) Walt Stoll 08:29:04 6/15/01 (0)

In Reply to: Re: Dr. Stoll...in case you missed my post... Testimonial I.C. posted by Walt Stoll on June 13, 2001 at 07:49:36:

Hi Doc Stoll,

Thanks for responding.

I don't know the exact way I healed, but here are the nuts and bolts of it, in both the physical and emotional realms:

Physical:

1. Maintain bowel regularity as much as possible. Drink a full glass of warm water, with lemon works best, upon arising, before any other food.

2. Maintain a whole foods diet.

3. Learned meditation, and practice it several times a week, for 30-60 minutes.

4. Yoga in the morning, every morning, whenever possible. Pelvic postures, particularly where legs and hips are elevated, or straight up against the wall (shoulder stands). *This REALLY helped me, by increasing blood flow to the pelvic and sexual organs. This included tensing and then relaxing the vaginal muscles, called the "root lock," a technique I learned from a yogini in NYC.

Emotional

1. Made the personal decision to apply to graduate school (got accepted!) and move to New York, in the midst of a lot of pain. Proving to myself that the pain did not *have* to determine my life. This decision, more than I can ever describe, made the condition, permanently, "smaller" and manageable. THe separation between my physical body and what it does, and my spiritual body who is not inextricably tied to physical "health."

2. Got very focused with boyfriend and more upfront about what troubled me. I had read in metaphysical healing books like Louise Hay's that urinary problems are frequently a manifestation (in the metaphysical realm, not excluding physical contributors) of being "pissed" off. Of emotional "urgency." As I confronted these issues, there was less urgency. Imagine that...

This took about two years. I don't regret any of it, even the condition itself, because it taught me so much.

What is left:

A vaginal discharge and some resulting redness/rawness on the vaginal skin. But it is much improved from the old days.

I wonder if it is from pelvic congestion...as you say.

I will work on the more-orgasms thing. Not a problem .

Love,
E.

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• Re: how I relaxed urinary urgency (Testimonial) Walt Stoll 08:29:04 6/15/01 (0)

In Reply to: how I relaxed urinary urgency posted by Elizabeth on June 13, 2001 at 10:11:54:

Thanks, Elizabeth.

My job is only to open the door. Congratulations for having the courage to walk through. The benefits are worth the effort, wouldn't you say?

Namaste`

Walt