Re: sphincter of oddi dysfunction?????WILL

[Guest guest]

-I will TRY to answer your questions the best i can....

Quick rundown... at least 3 attacks weekly for the last 11 yrs.

always a constant in my life and never fails. Mostly with an empty

stomach, so i cant fast. Even if i eat " light " it will come.

usually eating a piece of bread will push the muscle open. This is

not a burning heartburn pain, it is a squeezing pain in the middle

below my ribcage and around my back. I am 5'4 135 lbs, so in

decent shape also. Daily exersize (started 3 mo ago)

And YES the monthly does bring it on very strong. I always know

when i am ovulating or ready to start my time ( YOU ASKED

This all started with the pregnancy of my first child. they took my

gallbladder 10 mo after chilbirth ( i say took because they had me

drugged for 5 days, and when i woke up i was in pain and was minus

an organ. My husband told them OK>

I have taken test after test in the last 11 years and not much shows

up... i have been given a drug called levsin, which goes under my

tongue during an attack. It doesnt make me drowsy like the muscle

relaxers(which i HATE to take)

I also have adult acne, which at the present time is doing very well

because of the tanning bed ( i know bad, bad, but this a first for

me because we are going to the beach in 10 days and i needed a base)

Other strange fixes i have tried is massage, spinal manipulating,

physical therapy which only make it worse. I also have tried

electrolodes (?) on the vertebres that control the stomach nerves.

That only put my into an instant attack and nausea.

hope this helps... thanks will!

becki

-- In gallstones , " Will Winter " <holistic@v...>

wrote:

> Becki

> Your condition makes me feel sad for you and I want you to get

better,

> hopefully without surgical intervention. Surgery is such a cruel

way to " cure " a

> problem.

>

> In light of that, I have even more question marks for you, I hope

you won't be

> offended by them. Does any of the literature on SOD etiology list

STRESS or

> PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE on the spasm of the muscle?

>

> Do you notice any connection to stressful events in your life,

menstrual cycle,

> seasonal or holiday influence, body weight, exercise, or dietary

influence? Is

> there something very bad going on in your life right now that

could cause

> something inside to get tensed up?

>

> I'm wondering about this because of the complex nervous component

being

> discovered in the digestive tract (second only to the brain in

neurotransmitter

> production). Some of these " control " nerves to the sphincter could

have been

> damaged by surgery. These nerves originate from spinal nerves and

could be

> stuck " on " by back damage (subluxation, even minor) or they could

be

> currently stimulated by stones or sludge in the bile ducts or

other triggers

> from the digestive tract. It is a fact that a living muscle can't

spasm without a

> nervous (electrical) input. I'm just trying to " track it back " to

the true source.

>

> I'm also wondering how supplementation with calming teas, herbs or

> essences would affect to the spasms? (it can work everywhere

else). What

> effect would fasting do? How about working with a diet that favors

soothing

> muscle and nerves and avoiding all the things that are excitory

(coffee, tea,

> certain spices, sugar, ciggies)? Are there homeopathic remedies

in the

> literature that relax this particular spasms? (there are many

muscle spasm

> remedies) How about meridian massage, Reiki, or spinal alignment?

How

> about acupuncture?

>

> Will in Minneapolis