Re: ? for Vicam Re: Please Help! Endometriosis vs. IBS
05/11/04 10:30 AM
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Vicam
Reged: 02/24/04
Posts: 1955
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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With endo the pain is primarily lower abdominal pain, and yes, it does feel a lot similar to the cramping I get from IBS. It's all below the belly button, pretty much righ around the area where the uterus and ovaries are. It's just a constant cramping, but then I'll get some really bad spurts of pain that just knock me over basically, and when it's really bad I get nauseaus.
The one thing that I can distinguish as being different than IBS is that when I am on my period, my bowel movements are a lot more painful, have the time I end up crying in the bathroom. It also hurts a lot when I pee. This can possibly be due to endo being on the bladder and bowels (I don't know, I need another lap) or just from the strain from the IBS and Endo acting up at once.
Aren't we lucky? 
Kelly
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