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RUQ pain - no diagnosis
Ok, maybe someone can give me a little insight into what to look for. I have had pain under might right ribs extending into my back at times for three weeks. A little stomach upset, but only mild - no vomiting - a little loose stool which fiber helps.
34 years old - overweight (285)
Ultrasound - normal
Blood work - normal
CT scan - only indication is slightly enlarged spleen
Have been on Cipro for one week
Have taken flagyl for three days - just stopped because of side effects maybe from flagyl (headace, chills, stomach spasms).
Pain is not diminishing.
I'm thinking the gall bladder. My doc is looking at diverticulitus, but my pain is in upper right quadrant, not the usual place for this. I know he's going to try barium enema next. Should I push for a hidascan? Other things I should ask about?
I'm also concerned about potential for malignancies. I smoked for 10 years and quit 5 years ago. I haven't had any symptoms of lung cancer such as blood, or coughing - never the less, my body feels "funny". It's hard to describe. Not a good diagnostic description, I know. It feels like a pressure - like a softball has been shoved inside my ribs and is pushing everything around.
34 years old - overweight (285)
Ultrasound - normal
Blood work - normal
CT scan - only indication is slightly enlarged spleen
Have been on Cipro for one week
Have taken flagyl for three days - just stopped because of side effects maybe from flagyl (headace, chills, stomach spasms).
Pain is not diminishing.
I'm thinking the gall bladder. My doc is looking at diverticulitus, but my pain is in upper right quadrant, not the usual place for this. I know he's going to try barium enema next. Should I push for a hidascan? Other things I should ask about?
I'm also concerned about potential for malignancies. I smoked for 10 years and quit 5 years ago. I haven't had any symptoms of lung cancer such as blood, or coughing - never the less, my body feels "funny". It's hard to describe. Not a good diagnostic description, I know. It feels like a pressure - like a softball has been shoved inside my ribs and is pushing everything around.
To Greg C and anyone else who suspects or has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia:
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia on January 18, 2000. I was both shocked and relieved, not what I expected but finally an answer to my pain. Symptoms: GI [diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and pains, gallbladder removed in 1997], GU [frequency of urination], Vulvodynia, skin disorders and rashes, memory problems, difficulty reading/concentrating/writing, sensory and nerve problems, tooth aches and pains, pain all over my body esp lower back, upper back, ribs, sternum and chest, panic/anxiety attacks, heart palpitations, sweating, numbness, difficulty swallowing, extreme fatigue, insomnia, etc., etc., etc.
At first I decided to combat the pain with a pain management doctor. I began this immediately after I found out my diagnosis. The pain was excruciating at times. This worked at first but later I found something else which worked better. I also took antidepressants to help the insomnia.
A week after the diagnosis I discovered what I now call my lifesaver, Dr. St. Amand's book, _What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Fibromyalgia_. I read the book and began his recommended diet immediately. It was difficult at first but after 10 days I noticed a big change. NO MORE PANIC/ANXIETY ATTACKS! No more heart palpitations two hours after eating. My fatigue was cut in half! The added plus, I started to lose weight. I began the diet on January 23, 2000 and have lost over 60 pounds so far. This diet is for carbohydrate intolerance and hypoglycemia. I soon accepted I have severe hypoglycemia.
I waited until March 10 to begin the second part of Dr. St. Amand's treatment plan, Guaifenesin or GUAI for short. I was somewhat skeptical but had quick results which took away any concerns that this was some placebo. Within 10 days my back was completely flexible. I hadn't been able to bend over without pain in so long I didn't realize what a relief it would be. Flexibility is definitely something I took for granted. My pain level was decreased by half within 2 months.
My maintenance dose of GUAI is very low considering what many others have to take and for that I am thankful. I have had steady improvement of my symptoms. My symptoms are no longer getting worse and more plentiful rather they have lessened and I feel better. I still do have some pains here and there. Now at least I will not have more and more and worse and worse everyday and never know what will hurt, when. I hated the feeling that my pain controlled my life. I lived my life around my pain. Not any more. Every day I am able to do more and more. I realize that taking GUAI is a long process toward complete healing but I have seen the results. It works.
BTW I can read, concentrate and write again. I didn't know how much these simple abilities were affected until I didn't have them. I am finally returning to my love, rendering in colored pencils and I can do the work in *half* the time! Finally I can focus on what I am drawing.
If you are already taking GUAI don't give up too soon. It does work! Try getting on the GUAI support list so you can learn about the protocol which must be followed for success. Some people begin taking GUAI and don't know about certain things which block its effectiveness. The book explains this and the support list also helps.
You can also find more info at:
http://www.guaidoc.com/
You can write to me to ask questions at:
mailto:***@****
Take care,
RK
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia on January 18, 2000. I was both shocked and relieved, not what I expected but finally an answer to my pain. Symptoms: GI [diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and pains, gallbladder removed in 1997], GU [frequency of urination], Vulvodynia, skin disorders and rashes, memory problems, difficulty reading/concentrating/writing, sensory and nerve problems, tooth aches and pains, pain all over my body esp lower back, upper back, ribs, sternum and chest, panic/anxiety attacks, heart palpitations, sweating, numbness, difficulty swallowing, extreme fatigue, insomnia, etc., etc., etc.
At first I decided to combat the pain with a pain management doctor. I began this immediately after I found out my diagnosis. The pain was excruciating at times. This worked at first but later I found something else which worked better. I also took antidepressants to help the insomnia.
A week after the diagnosis I discovered what I now call my lifesaver, Dr. St. Amand's book, _What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Fibromyalgia_. I read the book and began his recommended diet immediately. It was difficult at first but after 10 days I noticed a big change. NO MORE PANIC/ANXIETY ATTACKS! No more heart palpitations two hours after eating. My fatigue was cut in half! The added plus, I started to lose weight. I began the diet on January 23, 2000 and have lost over 60 pounds so far. This diet is for carbohydrate intolerance and hypoglycemia. I soon accepted I have severe hypoglycemia.
I waited until March 10 to begin the second part of Dr. St. Amand's treatment plan, Guaifenesin or GUAI for short. I was somewhat skeptical but had quick results which took away any concerns that this was some placebo. Within 10 days my back was completely flexible. I hadn't been able to bend over without pain in so long I didn't realize what a relief it would be. Flexibility is definitely something I took for granted. My pain level was decreased by half within 2 months.
My maintenance dose of GUAI is very low considering what many others have to take and for that I am thankful. I have had steady improvement of my symptoms. My symptoms are no longer getting worse and more plentiful rather they have lessened and I feel better. I still do have some pains here and there. Now at least I will not have more and more and worse and worse everyday and never know what will hurt, when. I hated the feeling that my pain controlled my life. I lived my life around my pain. Not any more. Every day I am able to do more and more. I realize that taking GUAI is a long process toward complete healing but I have seen the results. It works.
BTW I can read, concentrate and write again. I didn't know how much these simple abilities were affected until I didn't have them. I am finally returning to my love, rendering in colored pencils and I can do the work in *half* the time! Finally I can focus on what I am drawing.
If you are already taking GUAI don't give up too soon. It does work! Try getting on the GUAI support list so you can learn about the protocol which must be followed for success. Some people begin taking GUAI and don't know about certain things which block its effectiveness. The book explains this and the support list also helps.
You can also find more info at:
http://www.guaidoc.com/
You can write to me to ask questions at:
mailto:***@****
Take care,
RK
This site has finally reassuredme that I am notlosing my mind(although, I am n ot sure all my family/friends would agree.
My story:
45 yrs old, 30lbs overweight.
Had a lupectomy to remove 2 breast lumps on 5/3(benign). Period due sameday, never got it, 6/3 began bleeding and did so for 8 days straight, flooding, extreme pelvis pain in right side ( i thought it was ols scar tissue from c-sections aggrevated by heavy bleeding. went to gyn, uterine biopsy, pap, 2 pelvic ultra sounds, normal, blood work, hormones normal. 7/14 severe lower ab pain went togyn, ruled out appendicts, suggested surgery PID. 8/14 laporoscopic surgery, few adhesions, D&C, basically useless surgery. Laporscopic surgery does give tremendous gass, could it stay trapped?
My stomach became extremely distended in July & it still goes up and down, scares me to death it gets so big. 2 weeks ago started having URQ pain under rib cage, burning, intense, not so intense, comes and goes, but area stays tender all the time, even hurts went I lean down on the right side. Went back to gyn for post op and he said sounds like gallbladder (which of course was what I was already thinking). Called GP he was out and saw some idiot who sent me fora Ultrasound of Gallbladder and kidneys. I say idiot because he told me I had blood in my urine, i tried to explain that i had eaten nothing but beets for 2 days(heard that helped with GB). Beets will discolor your urine and sstool. Urine culture, normal, US normal. Tuesday my doc returns and I m sure he will order every test imaginable.
I feel asthough ihave been living this nightmare for 6 mths with the breast lumps starting all this.
Interestingly. my gyn said that generalanesthesia can trigger gb problems, I have had 2 surgeries in 2 months.???? i think they all just guess at our expense.
I am also a total alarmist when it comes to health problems,and I am having terrible anxiety/panic. thank god for xanax or would have been in the emergency room over and over again.
The only thing know for sure is that I have had a tremendous amount of personal stress over the past 6 mths and I emphasize tremendous!!!!
Could that be the reason for all of this? I welcome any help, I'm scared and tired. ***@**** (e-mail address)
I have just begun applying castor oil packs (per edgar cayce) over my liver area three times a week. He also recommends 3 teaspoons of olive oil a day and spinal adjustments). I'll try anything.
Good luck to everyone!!
Diane
My story:
45 yrs old, 30lbs overweight.
Had a lupectomy to remove 2 breast lumps on 5/3(benign). Period due sameday, never got it, 6/3 began bleeding and did so for 8 days straight, flooding, extreme pelvis pain in right side ( i thought it was ols scar tissue from c-sections aggrevated by heavy bleeding. went to gyn, uterine biopsy, pap, 2 pelvic ultra sounds, normal, blood work, hormones normal. 7/14 severe lower ab pain went togyn, ruled out appendicts, suggested surgery PID. 8/14 laporoscopic surgery, few adhesions, D&C, basically useless surgery. Laporscopic surgery does give tremendous gass, could it stay trapped?
My stomach became extremely distended in July & it still goes up and down, scares me to death it gets so big. 2 weeks ago started having URQ pain under rib cage, burning, intense, not so intense, comes and goes, but area stays tender all the time, even hurts went I lean down on the right side. Went back to gyn for post op and he said sounds like gallbladder (which of course was what I was already thinking). Called GP he was out and saw some idiot who sent me fora Ultrasound of Gallbladder and kidneys. I say idiot because he told me I had blood in my urine, i tried to explain that i had eaten nothing but beets for 2 days(heard that helped with GB). Beets will discolor your urine and sstool. Urine culture, normal, US normal. Tuesday my doc returns and I m sure he will order every test imaginable.
I feel asthough ihave been living this nightmare for 6 mths with the breast lumps starting all this.
Interestingly. my gyn said that generalanesthesia can trigger gb problems, I have had 2 surgeries in 2 months.???? i think they all just guess at our expense.
I am also a total alarmist when it comes to health problems,and I am having terrible anxiety/panic. thank god for xanax or would have been in the emergency room over and over again.
The only thing know for sure is that I have had a tremendous amount of personal stress over the past 6 mths and I emphasize tremendous!!!!
Could that be the reason for all of this? I welcome any help, I'm scared and tired. ***@**** (e-mail address)
I have just begun applying castor oil packs (per edgar cayce) over my liver area three times a week. He also recommends 3 teaspoons of olive oil a day and spinal adjustments). I'll try anything.
Good luck to everyone!!
Diane
This site has finally reassuredme that I am notlosing my mind(although, I am n ot sure all my family/friends would agree.
My story:
45 yrs old, 30lbs overweight.
Had a lupectomy to remove 2 breast lumps on 5/3(benign). Period due sameday, never got it, 6/3 began bleeding and did so for 8 days straight, flooding, extreme pelvis pain in right side ( i thought it was ols scar tissue from c-sections aggrevated by heavy bleeding. went to gyn, uterine biopsy, pap, 2 pelvic ultra sounds, normal, blood work, hormones normal. 7/14 severe lower ab pain went togyn, ruled out appendicts, suggested surgery PID. 8/14 laporoscopic surgery, few adhesions, D&C, basically useless surgery. Laporscopic surgery does give tremendous gass, could it stay trapped?
My stomach became extremely distended in July & it still goes up and down, scares me to death it gets so big. 2 weeks ago started having URQ pain under rib cage, burning, intense, not so intense, comes and goes, but area stays tender all the time, even hurts went I lean down on the right side. Went back to gyn for post op and he said sounds like gallbladder (which of course was what I was already thinking). Called GP he was out and saw some idiot who sent me fora Ultrasound of Gallbladder and kidneys. I say idiot because he told me I had blood in my urine, i tried to explain that i had eaten nothing but beets for 2 days(heard that helped with GB). Beets will discolor your urine and sstool. Urine culture, normal, US normal. Tuesday my doc returns and I m sure he will order every test imaginable.
I feel asthough ihave been living this nightmare for 6 mths with the breast lumps starting all this.
Interestingly. my gyn said that generalanesthesia can trigger gb problems, I have had 2 surgeries in 2 months.???? i think they all just guess at our expense.
I am also a total alarmist when it comes to health problems,and I am having terrible anxiety/panic. thank god for xanax or would have been in the emergency room over and over again.
The only thing know for sure is that I have had a tremendous amount of personal stress over the past 6 mths and I emphasize tremendous!!!!
Could that be the reason for all of this? I welcome any help, I'm scared and tired. ***@**** (e-mail address)
I have just begun applying castor oil packs (per edgar cayce) over my liver area three times a week. He also recommends 3 teaspoons of olive oil a day and spinal adjustments). I'll try anything.
Good luck to everyone!!
Diane
My story:
45 yrs old, 30lbs overweight.
Had a lupectomy to remove 2 breast lumps on 5/3(benign). Period due sameday, never got it, 6/3 began bleeding and did so for 8 days straight, flooding, extreme pelvis pain in right side ( i thought it was ols scar tissue from c-sections aggrevated by heavy bleeding. went to gyn, uterine biopsy, pap, 2 pelvic ultra sounds, normal, blood work, hormones normal. 7/14 severe lower ab pain went togyn, ruled out appendicts, suggested surgery PID. 8/14 laporoscopic surgery, few adhesions, D&C, basically useless surgery. Laporscopic surgery does give tremendous gass, could it stay trapped?
My stomach became extremely distended in July & it still goes up and down, scares me to death it gets so big. 2 weeks ago started having URQ pain under rib cage, burning, intense, not so intense, comes and goes, but area stays tender all the time, even hurts went I lean down on the right side. Went back to gyn for post op and he said sounds like gallbladder (which of course was what I was already thinking). Called GP he was out and saw some idiot who sent me fora Ultrasound of Gallbladder and kidneys. I say idiot because he told me I had blood in my urine, i tried to explain that i had eaten nothing but beets for 2 days(heard that helped with GB). Beets will discolor your urine and sstool. Urine culture, normal, US normal. Tuesday my doc returns and I m sure he will order every test imaginable.
I feel asthough ihave been living this nightmare for 6 mths with the breast lumps starting all this.
Interestingly. my gyn said that generalanesthesia can trigger gb problems, I have had 2 surgeries in 2 months.???? i think they all just guess at our expense.
I am also a total alarmist when it comes to health problems,and I am having terrible anxiety/panic. thank god for xanax or would have been in the emergency room over and over again.
The only thing know for sure is that I have had a tremendous amount of personal stress over the past 6 mths and I emphasize tremendous!!!!
Could that be the reason for all of this? I welcome any help, I'm scared and tired. ***@**** (e-mail address)
I have just begun applying castor oil packs (per edgar cayce) over my liver area three times a week. He also recommends 3 teaspoons of olive oil a day and spinal adjustments). I'll try anything.
Good luck to everyone!!
Diane
Greg C.
I have been having the same symptoms as you for 25 years and the doctors don't seem to want to listen and keep telling me it's all in my head. But in actuality it is under my right ribs and I hurl everytime I eat anything. I hold down a full time job, go to school at night (2-3 nights) working on my BS in management and have my own business on the side and this keeps me from thinking about how bad and tired I really do feel. Before I was so busy I stayed at home and thought about how I felt but staying busy somehow makes it more manageable. I also have fatigue and have fallen asleep driving. Had sleep studies and it found within 3 hours of sleep I quit breathing 182 times and only get to level one of sleep. Blood tests show B12 normal,thyroid normal, hgb 9,ferritin 3, iron 3. I am scheduled for a hidascan tomorrow, endoscopy in 3 days. Sure hope they find some cause for all of the symptoms so all of us can get some releif.
E-Mail me at ***@****
Good luck with your search.
I have been having the same symptoms as you for 25 years and the doctors don't seem to want to listen and keep telling me it's all in my head. But in actuality it is under my right ribs and I hurl everytime I eat anything. I hold down a full time job, go to school at night (2-3 nights) working on my BS in management and have my own business on the side and this keeps me from thinking about how bad and tired I really do feel. Before I was so busy I stayed at home and thought about how I felt but staying busy somehow makes it more manageable. I also have fatigue and have fallen asleep driving. Had sleep studies and it found within 3 hours of sleep I quit breathing 182 times and only get to level one of sleep. Blood tests show B12 normal,thyroid normal, hgb 9,ferritin 3, iron 3. I am scheduled for a hidascan tomorrow, endoscopy in 3 days. Sure hope they find some cause for all of the symptoms so all of us can get some releif.
E-Mail me at ***@****
Good luck with your search.
hello all.
i am a newbie to this site and have read most of the comments. I want to share with you my experience.
I am 26 yrs old and last summer i went thru a 2 month stretch of loose stool...so they did all the tests. no bacteria, no parasite. My GP sent me to the GI specialist to rule out Crohns disease. They came up with IBS of course. No caffine, no milk products and I have even tried no wheat and aloe pills. Still I have severe pain on my right side where my small bowls are located. I still have loose stool every morning and I can't even make it to work without stopping.
Believe it or not I even tried Acupuncture for a while since my stress level seemed to increase with the pain. It got to expensive to keep going but it did help a bit (herbals etc.) I am soooo tired and in pain most of the time and i really hate not being able to eat anymore.
I fell that you all share this pain with me in some way and hope that my comments add to the conversation just a bit. At least to help me vent!
Thanks for having this page:)
Best of luck to you all and I hope I can tell you more sometime soon.
Tania
i am a newbie to this site and have read most of the comments. I want to share with you my experience.
I am 26 yrs old and last summer i went thru a 2 month stretch of loose stool...so they did all the tests. no bacteria, no parasite. My GP sent me to the GI specialist to rule out Crohns disease. They came up with IBS of course. No caffine, no milk products and I have even tried no wheat and aloe pills. Still I have severe pain on my right side where my small bowls are located. I still have loose stool every morning and I can't even make it to work without stopping.
Believe it or not I even tried Acupuncture for a while since my stress level seemed to increase with the pain. It got to expensive to keep going but it did help a bit (herbals etc.) I am soooo tired and in pain most of the time and i really hate not being able to eat anymore.
I fell that you all share this pain with me in some way and hope that my comments add to the conversation just a bit. At least to help me vent!
Thanks for having this page:)
Best of luck to you all and I hope I can tell you more sometime soon.
Tania
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