WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2008: Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Feels like a ball/lump in lower abodmen

Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Feels like a ball/lump in lower abodmen

From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:26:41 -0500 (CDT)

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This sounds like the fibroid you were previously diagnosed with. Check with you physician.

Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com

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At Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Anne wrote: >
>I have had this sensation of feeling like a lump or ball is in my lower
>abdomen (about 2 inches below my navel, and 3 inches to the left of it).
>
>It is not associated with pain and I don't feel it when standing but
>notice it when lying down (especially on my side) or when I kneel on one
>leg (putting pressure on my abdomen). It tends to come and go, in the
>sense that there are days when it feels "bigger" and other days when I
>barely notice it all.
>
>I have always had a certain amount of constipation so that seem normal
>for my body, but over the last few months I have felt that my abdomen is
>larger than normal. Even with a moderate amount of exercise and
>watching of calories, I still have a 'poofy" stomach and a feeling of
>abdominal fullness (but not pain).
>
>I am 44 years old, have 2 children and have never been diagnosed with
>gyn issues except for a uterine fibroid (also on the left side). This
>diagnosis was made many years ago but it has never caused problems.
>
>Could it be ovarian cysts or an enlargement of the uterine fibroid? Or,
>just associated with constipation??
>
>Thanks!

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