The patients who come to me with chronic pelvic pain are often exhausted long before they ever reach a pelvic pain specialist. They have had normal scans, short-lived prescriptions, maybe a round of antibiotics, maybe a hormone trial, and still the pain keeps showing up in the same cruel ways: pressure, burning, stabbing, bladder urgency, …

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One of the most demoralizing things a patient can hear is, “Your scans are normal.” I understand why that sentence lands so badly. You still hurt. You still feel pressure, burning, aching, or deep pelvic heaviness. Sex may hurt. Sitting may hurt. Your bladder or bowels may seem tied to the pain. Yet the ultrasound …

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