After over a year of coping (but not living!) with an AF, I finally bit the bullet and saw a CRS last month and booked an LIS on Friday 14th April (yep, really hoping it
is a Good Friday!
).
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10810I've posted a link (above) to my story, so I won't bore you with it again, but basically my AF resulted from an Adductor Tendon injury (a long term injury from my days as a sprinter) which caused a general tightening of all the muscles/tendons in the pelvic region and eventually led to constipation issues..
Funnily enough as I count the days down, my AF is probably as quiet as its been with very little in the way of spasms or even too much pain (I note I'm not the only person that experiences this pre-LIS!
) but oddly the adductor tendon has been aching quite badly the last few days! As it happens my CRS said my whole Pelvic floor was a mess, so hopefully an LIS will be the first step in sorting out some of my issues out, and getting my former active life back.
And that's been the biggest issue for me with my AF. Its not really been the pain, which other than the first few weeks I've been able to manage reasonably well, its the fact that its completely stopped me being able to exercise, work comfortably, travel very far, sit for any length of time and basically do most of the things in life that people take for granted. In short, my life's been 'on hold' for the past year, and that's taken quite a toll on me mentally, so finally I've decided enough is enough!
Anyway, in case it helps anyone else, I intend to post updates on my progress, post operation.