I have a chronic lower abdominal pain that varies according to my activities. It is at a minimum during the day. The moment I lie down to take a nap or sleep, it starts to increase. The pain or cramps becomes so intense it wakes me up within one to three hours. Then I must urinate and sit up for a while so the pain can diminish enough for me to go back to bed.
It started after a series of compression fractures, the first of which was Jan.1,2009. A vertebra had disintegrated and a piece was pushing into my spinal cord. It was corrected with balloon kyroplasty.Then my entire hip area was so numb, I lost all erectile function and most feeling from that entire area. From January to June I had three more vertebrae repaired. Immediately after the second of these three the abdominal pain started.
I also had prostate surgery, and still need to urinate more frequently. in July,2009 MRI results stated,"The visualized lower chest is grossly unremarkable. Multiple tiny cysts are seen within both kidneys. The organs of the lower abdomen,bowel, mesentery, superficial soft tissues, and retro peritoneum appear unremarkable" Still, the pain or cramps are there.
My oncologist/hematologist has no answers for me. The pain or cramps are just above or in contact with the bladder.
I also have not regained full feeling yet in the hip and genital area.
My diet is now mostly raw foods, with digestive enzymes and other digestive aids for continued detoxification and regular bowel movements. The abdominal pain is hampering my activities and severely interfering with my sleep. I sleep better if I lie on my side.Do you have any suggestions?

Many of your symptoms call to mind the "pelvic pain syndromes", that is, pain in the lower abdomen and pelvis due to chronic muscle spasm and inflammation. You certainly have had many of the predisposing insults to that part of your body. Most of the symptoms of pelvic pain or discomfort, urinary frequency and urgency, and pain related to sitting, reclining, lying down or sexual activity in cases diagnosed as prostatitis are not related to infection but are caused by chronically tightened muscles in and around the pelvis. Our natural protective instincts can tighten the pelvic basin, causing pain and other perplexing and distressing symptoms. Once the condition starts, the symptoms tend to have a life of their own.

And the good news is that it is possible for a large majority of sufferers to reduce and sometimes eliminate symptoms. The groundbreaking book, A Headache in the Pelvis: A New Understanding and Treatment for Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes, by Drs. David Wise and Rodney Anderson, describes how chronic tension in the pelvic muscles can cause many of the bewildering symptoms of prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndromes.

The absolute experts on this are at Stanford University, Urology Dept., but practitioners who can make this diagnosis and treat it, are in many communities.