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#58917 - 04/07/04 03:44 PM
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I was just curious as to where everybody's cramps or pains are. When you get an attack is there a specific area that really, really hurts? or is the pain just everywhere? I have started to notice that my pain is really low. Its very close to my hip bones on both sides, almost like ovarian pain or menstrual cramps. My doctor mentioned that I could have endometriosis because my mom had it and I'm trying to figure out if my pain is different then everybody else's. I am in pain every day! Even when I don't have an attack. ANY advice or input would be soo appreciated! Thanks guys! 
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This isn't going to help... my IBS comes with what my doctor called "wandering abdominal pains." They move around, from place to place. Sometimes they hang out in my back, oftentimes they stab me in what seems like it should be my ovaries as well. Wish I could be more help.
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Thank you for your reply! Honestly any advice or input helps! 
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I get pains quite a bit too - Mine are always on my left side in the area between my belly button and my hip bone. I usually get them in the morning about 10 minutes after I wake up and before I go to the bathroom. My doctor told me that a fiber supplement (I ordered Acacia today!) could help so Im gonna try that out when it gets here. Ive been wanting to get checked out for endometriosis also, is the daily cramping one of the symptoms?
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Location of Pain
#58925 - 04/07/04 03:56 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Mine is where my ovaries used to be (if I had them). Sometimes more on my left side. However, it's NEVER every day, never HAS been, only when I had attacks. You said, "I am in pain every day! Even when I don't have an attack." No, that's not my symptoms at all. I haven't had any pain for months now.
Dang that felt good to say. I haven't had any pain for months now. "I haven't had any pain for months now!" WOW! Never thought I'd say THAT!
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I think that endometriosis can cause daily cramps depending on where the disease has decided to attach itself. My cramps are all month long and get really bad during my period. Its a scary disease especially since it can cause infertility.  I think its a good idea to ask your doctor just in case! You never know! Sometimes I wish I could open myself, take a look, do some readjusting or rewiring and then close myself back up! Maybe one day....
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I found that when the pain was just starting up, it was in the very spots you mention. Feels like it's over my ovaries.. then slowly spreads to all over my lower abs. The lower left was always the strongest. (Heat really helped a lot)
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hey, future...
#58953 - 04/07/04 06:18 PM
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jenX
Reged: 08/11/03
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Loc: Richmond, VA
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you and i could be twins! i first thought i was having an ovary issue--- truthfully i thought someone had wrapped it in barbed wire and then set it on fire. it was on the right side. at first. then it was on both sides. my GYN said i was fine. my doc said i was ok. i had pain all of the dang time. it was always there, but then sometimes as an added bonus whomever put the barbed wire in there dialed up the pain for my extra enjoyment. i would be walking, sitting... whatever, and all the sudden BAM! outta nowhere i would double over. that was cool.
sometimes i would get pain up higher--- it was usually a fluttery thing first then some mild pain (compared to the barbed wire).
apparently IBS often shows as pain down there where you're talking about. my docs were confused at first 'cause they said "it's supposed to be on the left side." WHATEVER. it was on the right then later on the left.... the left side is the end of the large intestine, the right side is the beginning. apparently it's more common for gas and pain to be located at the end of the trip rather than the beginning of the colon. aren't you lucky!? you're just showin' off by having it on both sides, sweetie!
ENTER ACACIA and eating right.... pain is so rare now it's incredible. and when i do get it, it's like amateur hour in there! i laugh at it, now. seriously! then i try to figure out why it's there--- i think of it as a warning sign. maybe i need more sleep or to take some equalactin 'cause i ate something naughty.
anyway, hope this helps.
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My worst pain is right where my left ovary used to be but it radiates all over the entire colon, mostly on left side. 
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If you are really a future doc please specialize in gastroenterology. We need at least one person with IBS who knows what it is like to help others
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Hi FutureDoc,
My pain can be all over the abdominal area, but concentrates on the lower right hand side and occasionally over the belly button. Those are the days that I look like a pregnant playtpus!
Bev
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I'm so happy that you haven't had pain for months! It gives me hope that one day I will be just like you!
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I know exactly what you mean about the barbed wire and the fire! I have joked to my family that I feel like I have a little devil in there that runs around and vandalizes my insides! He'll jump on my ovaries, twist my intestines and sometimes he'll poke me really hard with his pitchfork! I might need an exorcist instead of a GI! It's sooooooooo incredibly nice to hear that you have experienced the same thing. My doctor makes me feel like a weirdo hypochondriac sometimes. Hopefully this diet will help me as its helped you! I want amateur night in my belly!
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Oh I will be a FABULOUS GI if I decide to go into that field and I have definitley considered it! You all can come see me and I won't tell you that you're crazy!!!
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BevP, do you have pain everyday? I often feel like I'm pregnant too cuz my belly is soo bloated. I have a little pouch!
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Belly pains
#59022 - 04/08/04 04:41 AM
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Stephie
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I get a really bad pain in my very, very lower abdomen on the right side. I get it usually if I am having a D attack, and then it sticks around for a while (anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 days) after. It hurts a lot, but I won't take any painkillers for fear of that making the D worse (I dunno if that happens, sometimes I think I just make stuff up...). Heating pads and herbal teas don't help when I get that pain, it just stays 'til it wants to go away.
The other pain I get is an inch or so to the right of my belly button. I also get what I think of as 'full cramps' where I feel like everything from my stomach to my lower abdomen just aches and cramps up. The kind where you wrap your arms around yourself and rock on your feet like a crazy person. Sometimes it's bearable, other times I end up in the fetal position, whimpering.
I've been on Acadia since January and haven't noticed any improvement, but so many people have that I will carry on!
Hope this helps, FutureDoc... And I too hope you become a GI so you can help us all!!
--Steph
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Hi!
If I were you I would have the doctor do an ultrasound. When I was in my 20's I had terrible pains especially during the menstrual cycle. The doctor made up every excuse mostly inflamed tubes and even in my head. He had me go for every test other kind of test as I started bleeding from both ends. While having my kidney's checked they saw a large shadow in the picture with the kidneys and did an ultrasound right there on the spot. I ended up having to have a hysterctomy at age 34 and by the doctor not checking the endometrios had grown onto my small bowel and intestines. My bowel ended up torn during surgery and I had to have 3 inches of intestines taken out. The surgeon also told me that I had over 15 lbs. of tumors, cysts etc. and there was no way this doctor would not be able to tell I had had this problem. That is not to say that is your problem. It's to let you know it's better to have it checked just for your own piece of mind. As far as the IBS mine is mostly behind the naval and through the intestinal area. Please have it checked as today they can do wonders either by meds or by a laporoscopy.
Best Wishes To You!
Pat
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I was just curiouS WERE DO I POST FOR A NEW ? PLEASE HELP ME OUT I AM NEW.THANK YOU
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Re: My pain
#59076 - 04/08/04 08:11 AM
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michele
Reged: 06/02/03
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I only get sharp stabbing pains when I'm havung D. I am a C person and take miralax everyday. Usually several times a week I get a bad bout of D, usually in the am after breakfast. I will have crampy pains, than STABBING pains and D. These pains last anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, than I usually feel better, just kinda sore.
When I get what I consider an "ATTACK", it usually starts with being short of breath, think just ran a few miles and cant catch your breath! I get really bloated (more so than my every day kinda bloat), think can't see your feet! It quickly progresses into an all over my abdomen pain, not really sharp, think more like a really big elephant sitting on your tummy! The pressure pain is so bad, my panties feel too tight, forget about wearing regular pants and don't even think about putting a bra on! This "just kill me now and get it over with" feeling can last days to over a week. Than it usually takes another week before I really feel ok again. When it gets that bad, I get out the Vicodin or Xanax because a lot of times it will trigger a panick attack-just to add a little more pain into my life! The heating pad is my best friend at this point, in fact my tummy is scarred with burns from sleeping with it.
I have been to more GI specialist than you can count on one hand, I have had ALL the tests done and then some-and they DRs tell my I'm perfectly healthy!
I have found a really sympathetic and nice internist, she's not a GI but has been much more helpful than any of the so called specialist! I had one of these really horrible attacks two weeks ago and went into a full blown panick, went to see her an my blood pressure was like 170/126! My blood pressure is usually a little on the low side, that got her attention! The Xanax is really good at getting things calmed down after an attack like that!
I forget who said they were afraid to take pain pills because she didn't want to get D? Most pain pills will actually cause C, so I wouldn't worry about that too much!
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Re: New post
#59079 - 04/08/04 08:14 AM
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michele
Reged: 06/02/03
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Loc: southeastern michigan
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Click on the eating for IBS thing up top to get to the beginning of this board. On the right hand side you will see some boxes, one of them is marked NEW POST, click that! I'm not the best at explaning technical stuff so I hope that answered your question!
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Re: New post
#59080 - 04/08/04 08:15 AM
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michele
Reged: 06/02/03
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Loc: southeastern michigan
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Actually I just checked and it just says POST
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