Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>--->Penny
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon Feb 28 04:45:38 2000
Penny,
You are very welocme,
Hugs,
Belle.
-----Original Message-----
From: Penelope <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Monday, 28 February 2000 16:22
Subject: Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
Belle
You didn't write to much, just make the page bigger and you will see-lol.
Thanks for explaing that to me.
Love,Penny
>----- Original Message -----
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
> Penny,
>
> Congratulations for reading the entire post<s>l can't believe i wrote so
much.
> IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome or another name is a Spastic
Colon.
> With IBS i usually blow up with wind or i get major bowel spasms just
before i go to the toilet and this can cause great pain and/or
> constipation or diarrehoa.Don't misunderstand me,Endo can cause very
similar pains and symptoms but at one stage i could tell the
> difference between the two of them and that was because i was having endo
pain every day and the IBS came in spasms.l usually swell
> up and its amazing how my Dad's symptoms are so similar<at least we know
he doesn't have endo>,the bloating,the waves of pain but
> now i find it difficult to separate my endo and ibs, especially when the
endo is acting up badly.
> Recently i went to the doctor<on friday>and she said my pain could be my
endo or adhesions or my bowel from a gastric bug or even
> my endosalpingosis.l feel like i have just been diagnosed,here we go on
the merry go round, all over again.So Penny,it isn't easy
> for the doctors to tell these pains and diseases apart but i am sure my
guess is closer than their's is.
> l think my previous post was more of vent than an explanation.
> How are you feeling today Penny?l hope you are starting to feel better by
the time you read this.
> Best Wishes,
>
> Belle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Penelope <daisylove@nji.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@forum.obgyn.net>
> Date: Monday, 28 February 2000 9:42
> Subject: Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
>
> Belle
> What does IBS feel like. I get these cramping pains and it is worse when I
> have a movement(If and when I do). I have heard that IBS and endo are
> associated but I was not sure how. Sending you lots of pain free wishes
and
> great big hugs sweetie....
> Love Penny
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <-Tinker-Belle-@msn.com.au>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@forum.obgyn.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:26 AM
> Subject: Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > l also have suffered the righted sided pain<sometimes like a huge
stitch>l
> have seen so many doctors<Gl>,naturopaths you name it,
> > i've seen them.l believe after everything i have been through. A
> colonoscopy had to be stopped, due to my bowel spasming so much,
> > they couldn't get the scope in any further.After being examined the
> millionth time,i have come to believe, it is my large colon,it
> > goes into spasm so easily and thats why i feel my pain comes and goes so
> often.l take anti spasmodics<buscopan>it does help at times
> > and because buscopan helps with smooth muscle it helps with some of my
> spasms in my ovaries and uterus.It doen't help with the deep
> > crushing pain, that i experience< which was mainly prior to my last
> surgery but its just returning now,almost 2 years after my last
> > lap>.That pain is only helped by narcotics.
> > Here ln Australia, i read not to long ago, that IBS or Spastic Colon
can
> only be successfully treated or controlled by naturopath
> > or herbalist.l have seen a naturopath in the past along with my
father,as
> he also has IBS and we both were treated sucessfully at
> > the time.l got to the stage where i could tell the difference between
both
> my endo and my ibs.The naturopath taught me all the food
> > and drinks to avoid and perservatives that set both my endo and my ibs
> off.Unfortunately that naturopath costed the earth and
> > neither my father nor i were prepared to continue paying 200 dollars a
> visit, including herbs and i would see him once a week, or
> > once every 2 weeks and he was draining me of all my money.So i quit.l
must
> say he helped me alot and i hope to find another
> > naturopath who is just as good,its just taking me time looking .l know
how
> quickly i reacted to the right combination the first time
> > but the naturopth i was seeing would not tell me what he put in my
> mixtures.That was his secret,which really made me mad.l have been
> > doing well for years by controlling my ibs with a strict diet etc but it
> is starting to play up again,maybe because my endo is
> > growing and i've been under a huge amount of stress.So i am in search
for
> a new naturopath.My endo and my ibs seems to get worse
> > together,which makes me believe that my endo makes my IBS worse,not the
> other way around.l just thought i would share my theory and
> > this bit of information.Sorry its so long.
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Belle
> >
> > P.S At one stage i was convinced that i had endo on my lung but thank
> heavens
> > that pain doesn't happen often anymore,<it wasn't really cyclic
either>,it
> was like a knife in my chest or side.It could have been
> > the classic Right sided rib bowel pain.Ovary pain is slightly different
> for me,i can feel my ovaries flutter sometimes.There are
> > other things right side pain can be,as any pain can always be
> referred,like the appendix or even an enlarged liver.Just thought that
> > this information should be added.
> >
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