Pelvic & back pain

[Mala]

Hello all. Looking for some help & will try to make this brief.

30th May I had a massage & that very same night felt some sharp very painful electrical zaps in my groin/ lower back area. I took some painkillers & then the zaps happened suddenly again a few days later. I noticed my right lower back getting stiff & painful but kept up with my walks, yoga etc. Around end August one day, my pelvic bone started to hurt quite bad. Went to ER & X-rays showed nothing but dr suggested pubic symphysis due to ligament trauma & gave me anti inflammatories which I took for around 4 days but stopped coz they were upsetting my tummy. Pain got worse. It always get exacerbated 15 minutes AFTER I pee which is ridiculous & is debilitating & can go on for hours. I can’t sit too long either. Pressure keeps building up in my lower back, bowel & pelvic area. I’m so scared to go to the loo. I don’t have any infection but I have had 2 surgeries- one to remove fibroids & then a hysterectomy later. There must be lots of scar tissue so my mind goes there a lot.

I went to my GP & she referred me to a hip & pelvic expert, the same guy who did my husband’s double hip surgery successfully & whom I like. He did quite a thorough examination & thought it’s SI joint problem. He sent me for an MRI & it came back showing:

No SI joint inflammation.

Tendinitis of right gluteus minimus & medius which are findings of greater trochanteric pain syndrome thus some hip pain.

A large sacral Tarlov cyst. It’s a fluid filled sac that may affect nerve roots of the spine.


He still wants to do an SI joint injection more for diagnostic purposes which I find odd since the MRI showed no inflammation there.

And he’s down playing the Tarlov cyst which I have read in most cases is benign but can also cause the symptoms I’m experiencing now in some cases. I’m in a lot of pain day & night & wondering if this could be TMS or should I investigate more?

At the moment I can’t wear anything around my waist like trousers or skirts. It’s just too painful.

Wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar.

Thank you for reading this & any thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Cactusflower]

This sounds like TMS to me.
What has been stressing you? How do you feel about all of this? Have you been looking at recent thought patterns etc)? I hold stress in my sacral/pelvic area , and many other areas. This week I once again got zapps etc and immediately recognized my severe anxiety and increasing tension.
I wrote a list of all my current stressors both from things happening in my life and how I was internally reacting to them and thought about things; the thought patterns that don’t serve me, and about things that could serve me like meditation, slow breathing etc

Here’s a post from a few years ago from someone with some similar concerns and symptoms: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/laura-haraka-success-story-pelvic-pain-pudendal-neuralgia-interstitial-cystitis.25364/ (Laura Haraka Success Story: Pelvic Pain, Pudendal Neuralgia, Interstitial Cystitis)

 

[Mala]

This sounds like TMS to me.
What has been stressing you? How do you feel about all of this? Have you been looking at recent thought patterns etc)? I hold stress in my sacral/pelvic area , and many other areas. This week I once again got zapps etc and immediately recognized my severe anxiety and increasing tension.
I wrote a list of all my current stressors both from things happening in my life and how I was internally reacting to them and thought about things; the thought patterns that don’t serve me, and about things that could serve me like meditation, slow breathing etc

Here’s a post from a few years ago from someone with some similar concerns and symptoms: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/laura-haraka-success-story-pelvic-pain-pudendal-neuralgia-interstitial-cystitis.25364/ (Laura Haraka Success Story: Pelvic Pain, Pudendal Neuralgia, Interstitial Cystitis)

Thank you for the link @Cactusflower. Much appreciated. I have been journalling & have started the SEP again to get into the right mindset. The older I get the harder it feels.

 

[Cactusflower]

Thank you for the link @Cactusflower. Much appreciated. I have been journalling & have started the SEP again to get into the right mindset. The older I get the harder it feels.

You might search out some recent discussion threads on the probable unnoticed rage about our age. Helpful!
Hope you feel better soon.