Re: update-celebrex and PT eval

From: Ginny King (GKING@MYRICKRE.COM)
Thu Jul 29 08:09:21 1999


Chris,

I am soooo happy to hear you are doing well. I sure hope this keeps up for you. It is encouraging to me that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that all these test may not be in vain. Take care. Ginny

At Wed, 28 Jul 1999, chris smith wrote: >
>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.
>
>Chris S.


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