Why me?
My name is Trudy and I created a line of cushions to help people who suffer from chronic pelvic pain. Why? Because I’ve suffered with chronic pain for 17 years that has made it very difficult for me to sit without a supportive cushion. Prior to my chronic symptoms starting I had infrequent pain for years following pelvic surgeries then after a fall on ice and landing on my sit bones, my pain went through the roof. It was constant and unrelenting. If took 2 years to get adequately diagnosed as having pudendal nerve entrapment and pelvic floor dysfunction. As a result of the fall, I had displaced the left side of my pelvis causing intense pain with sitting, standing, driving, and basically most daily tasks. At the beginning of my search for help, I saw numerous doctors and healthcare workers in multiple specialties. Some truly tried to help find answers to my symptoms, some treated me for the wrong things and others wrote me off as just an attention seeker.
Two years into my journey, a physical therapist recommended I see Dr Jerome Weiss (now retired) in California. At the time, he was one of only a handful of pelvic pain specialists in the world. He diagnosed my condition in 5 min after searching for 2 years. I couldn’t begin to tell you what a relief it was to finally have some answers. Dr Weiss set me on a path to healing with treatments through him, a physiatrist and pelvic floor physical therapists. While seeing Dr Weiss I asked about a cushion that could help with my intense nerve pain. He told me that he had been searching for a good one and we discussed some ideas. I headed back to my home in Colorado and set out to make a cushion that would be supportive enough to keep my sit bones from touching the seat and still be comfortable. On my next visit to California, I brought a cushion that I had designed and was using successfully to ease my pain. Dr Weiss asked if I would make some for him to sell in his clinic and thus my launch into the cushion business began with the Twin Cheeks Cushion.
A close friend of mine, Shirley, joined me in this adventure. Together we try our best to help each person who contacts us find a cushion that will help with their needs and hopefully direct them to a healthcare provider in their area through our Provider Directory. Finding answers and quality treatments to chronic pain of all kinds is not easy. Follow along with us as we share the latest research and other helpful articles on pelvic pain and pelvic floor dysfunction. We seek to bring some hope and a little joy to everyone who passes our way.
On my health journey I realized I needed something to help ease my stress and anxiety and just get out of my own head, so I started a small dairy goat farm. Crazy? Yep, but these fun and funny little beings bring joy to my life as well as getting me out in nature. Along with the goats, my family has added a large garden, chickens and a pony to our little homestead. Life is not always easy, but it is always good and I’m grateful for each day.