Not sure if I am posting in the right forum. I have had two c-sections and two additional surgeries through the same incision. After I eat certain foods, or every couple of months, I get a severe, burning pain that extends from my belly button through the right side of my abdomen. It feels like someone is stabbing me with a sharp knife and twisting. There is also a large knot when pressing around on the abdomen that is extremely painful if pushed on. I have been going to the doctor for the past almost 12 years with complaints of this pain and was told that it could just be from adhesions from surgery and scar tissue. Since then the only thing that doctors seem to do for me is send me home with a bottle of pain medication. I dislike the way hydrocodone makes me feel but sometimes the pain is so severe that I have no choice but to take one. After having an MRI it revealed that there is damage to the muscle on the stomach wall on the right side (it appears thinner then the left side and has quite a bit of scar tissue).
Is there any help for this and why does it affect me more after eating certain foods? It hurts to sit up, cough, sneeze, laugh, sometimes walk or even use the bathroom. Please give me some ideas. I'm tired of taking hydrocodone every time it hurts and I'm afraid that the long-term use of pain medication is bad on my system.