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ailbhe asked for an update on how the relaxation techniques work for handling pain.
The answer is: ( they do work. ) The most important part is that I've not been taking as many painkillers as I usually do. I've gone from 250-300 mg of Tramadol on an ordinary day, 350-400 on a bad day, to 200 on an ordinary day and 250-300 on a bad day. This really means a lot!
And yesterday I got a letter from my gynaecologist. She moved to another hospital a while ago, due to the head of the women's clinic where she worked being a jackass - result being that there's now only one endometriosis specialist at the clinic, and she's doing research and doesn't take any patients. So I wrote to my doctor at the new hospital a couple of weeks ago, and now I've got an appointment in two weeks. Considering that she's one of the two or three top endometriosis specialists in Sweden, I'm very glad that she managed to make time for me so quickly. And while the relaxation stuff has helped me limit the pain caused by muscle tension and muscle cramps, I still have the occasional twinge of "real" endometriosis pain, and I really want it looked at by an expert.
In all, things are looking up on the health front!
ailbhe asked for an update on how the relaxation techniques work for handling pain.The answer is: ( they do work. ) The most important part is that I've not been taking as many painkillers as I usually do. I've gone from 250-300 mg of Tramadol on an ordinary day, 350-400 on a bad day, to 200 on an ordinary day and 250-300 on a bad day. This really means a lot!
And yesterday I got a letter from my gynaecologist. She moved to another hospital a while ago, due to the head of the women's clinic where she worked being a jackass - result being that there's now only one endometriosis specialist at the clinic, and she's doing research and doesn't take any patients. So I wrote to my doctor at the new hospital a couple of weeks ago, and now I've got an appointment in two weeks. Considering that she's one of the two or three top endometriosis specialists in Sweden, I'm very glad that she managed to make time for me so quickly. And while the relaxation stuff has helped me limit the pain caused by muscle tension and muscle cramps, I still have the occasional twinge of "real" endometriosis pain, and I really want it looked at by an expert.
In all, things are looking up on the health front!
