hi bike girl - OMG i wish i had more compliant patients like yourself!! I don't blame you for feeling frustrated.

Also, i haven't met such a "far-sighted" doctor before...but i think he might have had weeks/months in mind, not years like you have described.

A number of things...

1. something is irritating your autonomic nervous system - all the "wierd" symptoms and pains in your tummy can be from irritation of the sympathetic chain.
2. If you are getting treatment at the pelvis and back and it is not "sticking", then i would look elsewhere - like the hip or L/S or thorax. Hve a look at some anatomy pictures - the muscles that attach down near the coccyx also attach to the ribs and even to the back of the skull!
3. Your exercise programme is too non-specific for my liking. Try to find something more specific - but you will need a thorough assessment
4. You live in Canada - If i were you, and honestly i would do this, i would book a trip to Vancouver to see Diane Lee or LJ Lee and get some seriously decent time with them for a strategic plan - have them assess and diagnose you. Then have them treat you. Then have them teach you the specific exercises you need. Someone else can follow you up but have the people at the top design the strategy.

Perhaps they can recommend someone in Montreal...

Good luck - i don't think you are crazy - i think deep down, the doubts niggle away because your brain is thinking there must be a better way. There probably is...just got to find out how!

Good on you for persisting this long with it as well...

Cheers