06/01/2021
This is my story
When I got pregnant with Ethan, I was diagnosed with Symphysis P***s Dysfunction (SPD) at 20 weeks.
Every time I walk, use the stairs, put weight on one leg to get dressed or even when I turning over in bed, the pain was as though my pelvis was slowly being torn apart. Imagine if you had a bag of river rocks and you moved around, that clicking sound it makes was the exact same sound my bones would make as they knocked against each other with every movement. It was excruciating.
The pain doubled when I was 10 weeks pregnant with Makayla and I was wheelchair-bound for most of my pregnancy which was incredibly difficult with a then 1.5-year-old toddler.
By the time I delivered Makayla, the pain often triggered migraines that were so debilitating I would have to crawl on the floor to reach my painkillers. Being in constant pain caused me to be clinically depressed. I think it’s safe to say that I’ve been on pain medication, antidepressants and migraine meds for the past 3 years. Sleep never felt rested. I was constantly lethargic and I had so much difficulty losing my pregnancy weight since delivering Ethan.
I remember going to Langkawi, it was Ethan’s first time at the beach and he was so excited but all I could do was to tell my husband to go with him because I couldn’t. I found myself crying when I went through photos of Ethan on his first vacation and most of it was of him and my husband doing all the activities I couldn’t do with them.
A search for Remedies? You name them, I’ve tried them. Homoeopathy, Osteopathy, Essential Oils, traditional massages, saltwater float tanks, I did them all. They did very little for my condition.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine, Azura Zainal, told me about the Aulora Kodenshi pants. To be honest, I had gone through so much I was at the point of complete scepticism yet still secretly hopeful. It was the fact that I knew Azura is a person of integrity was what tilt my decision towards giving it a go.
And boy, let me tell ya…. I was not expecting…. Nay…. I was not ready for the results. Not only was my body flushing out the water retention it was holding onto for years, my pain, my migraines, my depression, I can’t begin to describe it apart from to tell you that I have not taken a single pain medication or antidepressant since 12th December 2020. I started wearing the Kodenshi pants on the 10th. I wore it 24/7, I took my pills for a couple of days out of habit, then I realised that I was feeling different, “so let’s just and stop the meds and see how it goes”. My sleep was so good after the very first night, I was stunned. I am still stunned.
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the energy to run around chasing Ethan at the playground, took my kids out on my own for the first time, successfully loaded the stroller on and off the trunk of the car multiple times with ease, not feeling the need for coffee to function, I can even bathe my babies without dreading it for what’s to come. Zero pain. By the 3rd day, both my husband and I were in tears of relief.
I share this because I know that there are some of us who are suffering in silence. I share this because this worked for me when nothing else would and people need to know about this and I hope that my story can help someone. There’s so much more detail (like horrible period cramps, diabetes) I can’t possibly cram into this without it being a dozen pages long so please, if you need to know more about anything, my condition, level of pain or of the Aulora Kodenshi pants I found, please reach out to me, I would gladly spend the time to share more.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk! 🙂
