chronic pain in lower right groin area

[altagra]

I have symptoms like theodoresmom.  I am a 53 year old female with chronic  pain in the lower right quadrant of my groin. I get some relief when I have a bowel movement or empty my bladder.  I've had slight pain for many years, but never this severe or constant.  It became chronic after I drove for more than 8 hours on a trip in 2005.  On the way back the next day (another 8 hours) I felt pain on my tail bone area like I was sitting on top of something inside me.  This continued for almost two months until I saw my doctor in January, 2006.  I have the opposite experience of  theodoresmom of awakening with less pain and having it build up during the day, especially if I pick up heavy objects, and it's almot crippling by bed time.

I'm petite at 5' and now weigh 145 lbs.  I had one pregnancy - my daughter who is 30 years old - and I still have my uterus and ovaries.  I have noticed that my stomach area has become enlarged, but I attribute this to my fatty liver, a sedentary lifestyle, and old age.  My cholesterol and triglyceride levels are high and I'm on the verge of becoming a diabetic.  I have gallstones, discovered as a result of an ultrasound for the chronic pain I'm experiencing and x-rays done which showed nothing unusual.  A recent MRI revealed I have a bulging disk and stenosis on the L4-L5 lumbar.  My doctor referred me to a neurosurgeon who sent me for physical therapy which did not help me.  The neurosurgeon determined, after a neurological test, that I have no nerve damage and am not a candidate for back surgery.  I had a bone density test done last week and I'm doing a hemocult test next week before I see my doctor on April 10th.  

Other than this chronic pain, I feel fine overall.  So, we are back to square one and I do not know what steps my doctor will take next.  All I know is that it is more than a year and my pain is getting worse and no one knows what is wrong with me.

[crkt]

Have you check your appendix?

[neatent]

8/19/07


I have had chronic pain in the right groin for the past 9 months.  The original diagnosis was a bladder infection, put on antibiotics and felt releif for only 3 days.  The antibiotics continued over a 3 month period, each time only feeling releif for a few days.  No more bladder infections, woke up pain free in the morning, but the pain in the groin always worsened in the afternoon and and most unbearable by the end of the evening.  Over the last several months the pain has worsened to waking up with the pain in the right groin and now I also have pain in the center of my right buttocks.  I have seen the GYN and orthopedic surgeon, taken xrays and MRI; both coming back with good results - no diagnosis -  and continued pain.
  I don't know where to turn for a diagnosis.

How are you feeling these days??

neatent

[crkt]

Have you check your spine? Since recently I found some issue which reveal that some kinds of abdominal/groin pain can be due to the problem of spine/si joints/hip joints. For example, herina disk in the region of spine!
You are not alone! Especially L4-L5 lumbar's problem, it may lead to such pain.
Sit on the sofa may be the cause of the pain. It always have a harmful effect toward the spine!