I have right sided flank pain, which gets worse with a b.m. I have adhesions and endo, and I'm pretty sure it's connected to one or the other. I don't think I actually have a knot there, but I do think it might be a bit swollen at times. The pain is definetly "aggravating and persistent" - it surprised me that there was someone else who experienced such similar symptoms.
Now, I hesitated to reply to your message, because to be honest I've had this for quite some time, and I haven't even gone to the Dr about it. I know how stupid that is (noone needs to tell me) but I'm just so disillusioned with the medical care I've received this far that I haven't gone. It is getting worse, and I will go in the new year as it could be kidney stones or something related.
I'm sorry that I don't have any information that would help you out, but perhaps this will explain why I think it's adhesions related...my ascending colon is adhesed to my peritonium on the right. When I have a b.m. it feels as though it's pulling straight through my back to the front of my abdomen and pelvis. Hurts like heck sometimes - makes me moan out loud. The rest of the time it hurts but it's not as severe. Other than flank pain and some urinary urgency/incontinence I don't have symptoms of a UTI or stones. I just turned 40 years old.
Physical activity doesn't seem to make the pain I have worse (as it's pretty constant), but boy having a b.m. sure does! Anyway, at least you know there are others who experience something similar. :o)
Wishing you pain free moments, hours and days. Clare
At Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Joyce wrote:
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>Hi, I visited this message board a couple of years ago because I thought
>I had more adhesions. I had some lysed in 1996 but the pain returned
>after about a year so I assumed it was the adhesions. I've been through
>a lot of pain and doctors since then, but now I'm better after having a
>complete hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries. But I'm still left
>with a very aggravating and persistent pain in my left flank area. I've
>had this pain for about 5 years and was hoping somehow the hyst. would
>take care of it. Well I had the hysterectomy in April of this year but
>I'm still left with the pain in my back on the left side right where my
>kidney is. But I've had the whole Urology work-up to check for stones,
>infection, etc. Everything was normal. I now have a visible knot in
>the area of my pain. My doctors think it could be muscular so I'm doing
>Physical Therapy exercises everyday. Sometimes I think it's helping but
>I always end up laid up on the couch a day to rest my back so I can work
>the next day. Physical Activity makes it worse, like lifting or even
>bending a lot. And when it hurts, it not only causes pain, it also
>makes me feel terrible. It's like that spot on my make contains all my
>nerves or something and when it's really hurting bad, I just want to
>crawl in a hole and cry. I've been diagnosed with having an Illiopsos
>muscle problem, but by what I've read the usually affects you more in
>the groin area. Which I used to hurt there, but I don't now. It's all
>in the one area in my back. Bowel Movements make the pain worse but I
>try my best to stay regular because constipation makes it a lot worse.
>When the pain is at it's worst, it hurts to breath. I wonder if maybe
>it is adhesions from my transverse colon to my diaphragm. I asked my
>gyns to check out that are during my last 2 laprascopic surgeries, but I
>have videotapes of the surgery and neither one of them looked there.
>They just keep saying it has to be muscular. I'm so frustrated and
>tired. This pain makes me very, very tired. I need proof of the pain
>so my PCP will continue to give me the 30 vicoprofen a month he gives
>which is not enough but I make it through work with those. My house is
>a disaster area. I have seen a Physical Rehabilitation specialist about
>the pain and she acted like I should not be there that I should be
>seeing a Gyn again or something. And their the ones that said it was
>muscular and just needed rehabilitating. Erghhhhh! Where do I turn now?
>I'm the type that I need to know what's going on in my body so it's
>driving me crazy not knowing exactly what it is.... But do I just worry
>about living with the pain now? What other tastes can they run? I just
>had a follow up CAT scan.... one I had in 1999 showed scarring in left
>front bottom of a chest scan. Which is same area as pain, only in the
>back. But the follow up scan was completely normal, of course. And
>what is this knot on my back. Doctors seem unconcerned about it.... I'm
>sorry this is so long, guess I just really needed to vent. Any ideas?
>Or anyone else with similar pain? I'm a total loss right now as to what
>to do next. BTW, my meds that I already take are Effexor XR,
>Wellbutrin, Buspar, Estrogen, Progesterone Cream, Acculate (for coughing
>form of Asthma), Neurontin (which does help the pain), and Vicoprofen as
>needed (30 to last 30 days). Thanks to anyone that reads this
>completely, sorry so long...
>
>--
>Joyce (other posts may have been, BJ or KJ)
>