Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon Feb 28 04:45:49 2000
Penny,
You are so sweet and yes we will get throught this
together and your prior post was fine.
l am doing ok thanks,chronic fatigue is getting to me,
its all the stress and sickness,We will have fun
hook or by crook as we say.
How are you doing today hun?
Hugs,
Belle.
-----Original Message-----
From: Penelope <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Monday, 28 February 2000 16:27
Subject: Re: Upper right side pain & <IBS>
Belle
I have to apologize for my last reply. I kind of just stopped talking
without any question of how you were feeling? I am going to get through this
especially with you by my side sweetie. Thank you for all your support.
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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