stomach spasms

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Have you ever gotten a cramp in your calf that  just wouldn't go away ?  Well i get these in my stomach.  When they  happen the muscles protrude from my abdomen, and are hard as a rock.  They vary in length of time. from seconds to minutes.  The pain is intense.  My Dr, Dr. Azizi of Temple University in Philly,  a neurologist,. said he though it was a pinched nerve in my back that was causing it.  So I had surgery one year ago this month.  I got spasms one hour after I was released from the hospital.  So much for the surgery.  The Dr said he had never seen this before.  I have had Nerve Conduction test several times,  I have taken many different medications which have done nothing, I am now taking Gabapentine, it's doing nothing.,  These spasms come at all different times,  bending twisting caughing laugjhing sneezing taking a BM, sitting and just about any physical movement.  I have been a gym rat all my life, and love to train with weighs.  Unfortunately ;the more i exercise the more spasms i get, so i have stopped completely.  After a spasm the muscle akes as if i had done a thousand sit ups,and the soreness stays for a few days.  These extreme spasms are so painfull that a few times i went to the hospital, where they have no idea what to do, i just feel better there because  i feel as if i may have a heart attack.  The only way to stop these tremmors, as they are called, is with Botox injections directly into the muscle.  But these shots are not covered by my insurance comapany, and are one thousands dollars for a couple of viles that only last for 3 months, and they are only masking the problem.  My life has changed because of this.  I cannot exercise, and, being a letter carrier, I walk eight miles a day on my route. During the day i feel my stomach muscles tremmoring just trying to lock and i walk around all day with the fear that it will happen.  When it does I am totally incapacitated. and try to some how break the fibers in the mscle by sticking a finger into the muscle  like a knife to some how deflate it as if it were a ballon. Sometime it works , most times it doesnt.  I cant take this much more and will take advice from anyone at this point.  Please HELP me if you can, I am desperate.   Tom Rinaldi


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