Hi everyone:
I reported about a week ago that I had started celebrex (Sat July 17th)
and that it helped, but not eliminated my pain. What it did eliminate
was the abdominal/pelvic pain in the right lower quadrant-this
disapeared about 4 hours after the first dose. This is the same pain
that disappeared for 3-4 months after each lap. (at the time of the
laps I didn't have hip or back pain) As this past week wore on I got
better and better and on Sunday I have to say I felt 100% normal! Even
the hip and back pain was gone. It was unbelievable. I then stopped
taking the celebrex because I knew I was going for a PT evaluation and
besides feeling like a fool going in completely painless, I knew I would
not be able to accurate evaluate anything the therapist was doing to me.
I skipped the Monday am dose and by noon i was in pain again. The PT
therapist told me that when celebrex works, it works very well. I agree
with that.
The PT evaluation was today and I had no idea what to expect. She
evaluated my pelvis/hips etc. She told me that my pelvis was out of
line and that when she was doing the manipulations she felt the right
sacroiliac joint pop and slip a little. She also worked on my coccyx,
which has been hurting. She said that was also out of line. Then she
told me that today's session might have cured my problem! I was polite
but thinking to myself, I don't think so! But when I left that office I
was relatively pain free and remained that way for several hours. When
I tried to go to sleep, I lay on my right hip in my usual sleeping
position and the pain was back! She warned me that this might happen and
so I have another appt on Thursday and several next week.
So at this point I am more and more convinced that my present pain is
not due to adhesions and there is some doubt that it ever was, but over
the course of 2 years it is hard to say for sure. I certainly had
adhesions when they did the laps.
Since this is an adhesion discussion forum, I'm not sure I even belong
here anymore, but I would like to encourage everyone to keep an open
mind about the cause of their pain. You might have adhesions, and they
could very well be causing your pain, but they might not be, or might
not be the only reason for your pain. As confusing as this is, I think
it is true. If I hadn't gone to the colo-rectal surgeon I wouldn't have
been directed (by him) to the bone/joint source of the pain because my
pcp still maintains it is either my bowels, or the adhesions, or some
combination of both. However, he is not aware of my reaction to the
celebrex yet, or the PT, so I don't know if he will change his opinion
or not.