I am 34, have had no children, although do have a history of eating
disorders.
I had my gallbladder out 10 years ago by laproscopy.
Over the last year, developing chronic pain in the RHS, with two
'trigger' points, one under my ribs, and one above pelvis. At first I
thought it was muscular injury, as I was doing alot of abdominal
exercises at the time. Cortisone and rest failed to heal.
It flares up particulary if I do any ab exercises, or eat a heavy meal,
will wake me at night. There is a heck of alot of very loud intestinal
noises that weren't there before, and occassional 'stabs' of pain, I
have frequent, awful gas, and I feel very bloated.
Just had tests, blood normal, CT scan normal (although showed severley
compacted colon, which I though was odd, because I go everyday), and
gastroscopy showed no ulcer, but bile and reflux.
Due to have a colonscopy, but specialist and I both think it will show
nothing, as I don't have the symptoms of Chrohn's, either.
He thinks it's adhesions. Why would they form now, 10 years later? It's
the only surgery I've ever had.
It hurts when I eat, it hurts when I don't eat, it hurts when I move, I
feel like I"m constantly being 'pinched' on the RHS, or have a 'stitch'.
Abdominal stretching really hurts it, though I do it, because to me,
it's always felt kind of 'knotty tissue' rather than organ-based.
I've been under huge stress and depression prior to this, as well as
trying to recover from another bout of anorexia.
I menstruate irregularly, even though I"m normal, healthy weight. (was
recently put on HRT which got it going again, I stopped after 3 months
and my body took over...now I"ve stopped periods again). I can no
longer tell what is causing what.Stress, or do I now have the damn
things wrapped around an ovary?
I am afraid to eat because it hurts, but I cannot afford to slide back
into anorexia again. I am so sad all the time, it feels like I can
never get my life together. (I have lost a job over this and the pain.
I simply do not understand how this could happen so much later. Someone?