two topics: nerve pathways & bladder

[CtResident]

Here's an odd question. Sometimes I feel that I can trace directly onto a nerve path. It feels very sensitive, like a slightly bruised feeling. They're always on my left:

~from the outer side of my arm by the shoulder, down toward my elbow, then crossing over to my wrist by the thumb

~from the outer side of my upper thigh down toward my knee

~from the outer side of my lower abdomen across the abdomen

I used to have bladder problems, would wake a couple of times per night, intermittent but for YEARS, the abdomen would hurt so much that I called it "bruised bladder". The pcp referred me to a gyn who gave me Detrol LA. That worked for a few months then I stopped it because it was losing it's efficiency, and $$ on inefficiency is not my thing! (Besides, he did dermatology laser work on the side and for some reason, that just creeped me out!)

I did have surgery for endometriosis/ovarian issues and they diagnosed me with Interstitial Cystitis as well. (New set of gyn & urogyn dr's.) Post-surgery, I found a urologist locally for followup instillation treatments for the IC.

But....he said that IC is a diagnosis of last resort, and the other urogyn hadn't even done preliminary testing on me such as intake/voiding diary! (The one not doing full testing was from Yale, so I was surprised, held them in such high regard!)

Bladder pain stopped and I'd only done 2 of the 8 instillation treatments.

And now...........I wonder............

Was this an MS sign? Relapsing & remitting? Haven't had it for over a year!

This AM:

I can trace my nerves across my lower abdomen, had "bruised bladder" feeling, and oh yeah, another one of my lovely descriptive phrases: it's as if there are glass shards (pieces) in there. I was so bloated and felt like I could not bend over. I did use the bathroom (urine) just fine.  

Then it stopped.

1) Can you really trace your nerve paths? I can't find a good picture on google to figure out if these lines of sensitivity in me are making any sense? I really truly could draw lines on myself!!

2) Do the bladder issues suggested in MS relate to what I've described? Come and go, mistaken diagnoses, etc?

A blessed Easter to all! :-)

Suzanne  

[SOONERMOM]

I'm not sure if this is what you mean...but when I started having facial numbness/paresthesias it went right along the trigeminal nerve (2 lower).  At one time it felt like a hot barbed wire under the skin.  I guess it feels more diffuse and spread out now (6 months later).

I am sure someone will be able to help you with the bladder issues.

Stacey

[SOONERMOM]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/ec/290px-Nervous_system_diagram.png&imgrefurl=http://www.answers.com/topic/peripheral-nervous-system&h=479&w=290&sz=131&hl=en&start=12&um=1&tbnid=yIEh_8smYqxB9M:&tbnh=129&tbnw=78&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dperipheral%2Bnerve%2Bpathways%2Barm%2Bdiagram%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG

There is a diagram with the peripheral nerves down toward the bottom of this page...maybe that will show you something ??

Stacey

[CtResident]

Thanks for helping; but I'm unable to access the images/links????

Suzanne