Hello, feel a real fraud for being on here but I’m hoping to speak to people as opposed to going on google. I have health anxiety ever since my best friend died from bowel cancer 5 years ago at the age of 39. I don’t imagine symptoms but when I get pains I instantly go to worst case scenario in my mind. I’m in therapy for it but only 3 weeks in. Anyway…
I’ve been having some issues since at least January and I’m so confused tbh but I have a gut feeling inside that there is something seriously wrong somewhere and we’ve not found where yet.
I had prolapse surgery in nov to repair bladder and bowel prolapse vaginally. I’d been in a lot of pain all of last year with back pain and abdomen and pelvic pain from the organs falling down.
in January whilst I was recovering from surgery I notice a mild dull Ache in my lower abdomen.
anyway it played on my mind and on 6th march I message my gynaecologist to request a pelvic ultrasound as I was worried it was ovary related. 10 days after this I woke extremely bloated in upper abdominal area and had all the symptoms of gallbladder issues ( I was on wegovy for weight loss - so was a possibility at the time ) I was sent for US. But this wasn’t until may- the bloating issue lasted for 2 weeks and went but the discomfort in my right lower abdomen remained but didn’t get any worse. I was also struggling with constipation- I had struggled with this for the entire 15 months I was on wegovy and still are now.
Anyway the US showed nothing wrong with my upper abdomen organs except a 4mm kidney stone in my right kidney. I also had the pelvic US which was clear. Ever since the scan a month ago I’ve had nothing but upper abdominal area bloating, awful gurgling sounds in my stomach - really loud and happen every single times I lay down. I’m on laxido 1-2 sachets a day otherwise I don’t go to the toilet for days at a time.
Sometimes the discomfort in my lower right abdomen is a dull ache, sometimes a burning sensation that radiates across into my hip. Initially I thought it must be kidney stone related but I can’t imagine that kidney stone can cause a constant discomfort in that area.
I have Bupa so I went to see a gastroenterologist last week and discussed with him and he said he wasn’t overly concerned at this stage and didn’t wanna put me through a colonoscopy if not necessary so recommended a small bowel MRI and said if anything significant then it would show up on MRI and then we can do a colonoscopy if needs be. But I’m panicking.
I forgot to mention that sometimes it’s a burning sensation. I said it was a discomfort- I’ve also got lower back pain but tbh I’ve had back problems for years and I felt that’s more because of the uterus prolapse the gynae left me with. Ive even comtemolated whether it could be that just pulling more in one side?!
what I’ve noticed is the discomfort is always there, but it barely noticeable on a morning when I’ve been laid down all night, it generally isn’t worse when I stand but when I sit it’s worse and when I lay feels strange. Laying flat feels stranger in my lower abdomen area than laying with my knees bent.
the problem is I get a lot of burning in the kidney area especially when I sit in the car and I don’t know if any of it is referred pain- what I do know is that approx 5 cm across from my belly button and just above my knicker line when I press down hard it’s tender in that one spot.
im sorry for such a long post.
I’ve had 2 instances where I wasn’t sure whether my stool was steamed with blood or whether the light in the toilet water was playing tricks on my eyes- I tried dapping the stool with toilet paper and no blood went in the paper so I don’t know.
my best friend died of bowel cancer and I’m so afraid I could also have it.
this discomfort in my right abdomen just won’t go away and it’s worrying my me to death and I don’t feel I’m getting any closer to it.
im praying it’s do to with the kidney stone but the longer it goes on the less I’m believing it is?
can anyone help advice wise
thank you
