Re: [QUAD-L] DREZ procedure

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Bowel regimes need to be very consistent. That's not true. I have used a bisocodyl suppository every third morning for 29 years. I usually take fiber pills and a stool softener the day after the bowel regime and the day before. If I need to change the day and do it a day earlier, I take a senna pill the night before. I restrict my diet to about 1200 calories a day. The wild card is anti biotic's. They can cause diarrhea or constipation. I follow every anti biotic with an acidophilus pill about a half hour later. Everyone has a different system. The stranger things that I find that effect my bowels are soda pop, coffee and alcoholic drinks. I find I can eat about anything as long as I don't eat a lot of any one thing. Mostly, I'm very regular. I go on the morning of the third day at about 8:30 am. I sure wish the nurse would get here before 11:00 am. good luck   john   In a message dated 7/22/2005 6:51:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been experiencing perplexing problems with my bowels over the last eight months myself. I keep thinking it has to be something I am eating, but I have eliminated almost all of the foods I regularly eat at one time or another. Sometimes I have problems with gas pains, other times my bowels are rumblings so bad I feel as if I need to bowel care right then and there. Aggravating me also was the continuous fluctuation between constipation and loose stool. I have been taking a fairly decent amount of fiber every day, but it does not seem to prevent the occasional onset of constipation. After suffering for quite a few months, I decided to try a medication which my doctor prescribed, but I was really hesitant to take. It is same medicine which is used to clear individuals out for colonoscopies (go litely [spelling]). He initially prescribed taking 1 tablespoon dissolved in water every day. I tried this but it induced my bowel regimen later that night. I finally came up wi! th a reasonable amount for me and it turned out to be a half a teaspoon of the product on bowel care days (since I do my regimen at night). I still have some difficulties and the pain is frustrating to say the least, but most of the time I seem to function better than I was previously. It seems as if my bowel sensations, of which I use to only be able to tell when I had a bowel movement, are much more strident and acute. What I wouldn't give to have a little less feeling in that area. I have also developed more sensation in my buttocks, but this is not necessarily since some of the pains are phantom pains. All of this increase in sensation, which I did have quite a bit more than many other quads and I know had, has ironically coincided with my 10th year of "Quadom" in April. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced what I now referred to as "the 10th year phenomenon?"Billy Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My pain and discomfort began w/ abdominal stuff too.  After 4-5 yrs of procedures (GI series, ultrasounds CT scans, etc) with everything being 'negative' ... I finally had an MRI and a lengthy syrinx was found.  I did have a shunt put in but it damn near killed me.   The spine can cause pain ANYWHERE.  Cyst or not.   Lori   -------Original Message-------   From: Fragile Date: 07/22/05 05:54:58 To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DREZ procedure   I'm a C-5 incomplete, 11 years.  The pain is a burning pain in my colon, started about a year ago.  Started out pretty mild, but has been getting progressively worse ever since.  Had a colonoscopy done last January, all they found was "mild" proctitis and a grade 1 internal hemorrhoid.  Gastroenterologist prescribed annusol suppositories, no relief.  General doctor prescribed proctofoam, no relief.  Back to the gastroenterologist, prescribed annusol cream, no relief.  General doctor told me to keep trying the proctofoam, also had me take a stool sample to be tested for parasites/bacteria.  I never heard back from the General doctor about the tests, so I called them a few weeks ago.  The receptionist said there was a letter about the results in my file, but only the doctor could open it and he's out of town for a month.  I made an appointment to see another doctor in the same office, was supposed to go on July 20, but turns out she has a meeting that day, was rescheduled to July 27.  Hopefully I'll have more luck with a third opinion, thought I would ask her about the DREZ procedure.   On 7/21/05, Silas Shelburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >   Just wondering, >   Whats your condition, where is the pain?  I have bad pain in my arms and > legs, my arms and shoulders either feel like their laying in ice or laying > in fire when its hot.  I don't understand how I can feel hot and cold, but > could cut them off and I wouldn't feel nothing. >   Silas > >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: "Fragile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >   To: <quad-list@eskimo.com> >   Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:04 PM >   Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DREZ procedure > > >   > I've read a bunch of articles about how it's supposed to work, was >   > just hoping somebody here had tried it.  I seem to remember somebody >   > on this list mentioning something similar they had done with positive >   > results, but that was six or seven years ago.  I'm in such terrible >   > pain now I'll try anything.  I've been bedridden for about two months >   > now, it can't get any worse. >   > >   > On 7/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >   >> >   >> >   >> I've heard of it. It's to help eliminate pain for spinal injuries and > other >   >> problems that result from irregular spinal fluid flow. It is where they > make >   >> lesions on your spinal cord and this corrects the condition in some >   >> miraculous way that they can't explain. I wouldn't do it, but I'm not > you. I >   >> think I'd want to talk to someone who had been through it recently. >   >> Acupuncture of the spinal cord with an electrically heated probe.hmmm? > Good >   >> Luck. >   >> >   >> john >   >> >   >> In a message dated 7/21/2005 9:33:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >   >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >   >> has anyone here had the DREZ procedure done for pain relief? >   >> >   >> >   > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >     __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com