Scared and very uncomfortable gross topic

schenwhit
on 5/15/11 9:24 am - long Island, NY

Ok here's the story,

I have been taking miralax stool softener because I get constipated. For the last week starting Sunday May 8th I have not really had a bowel movement just mostly gassy. So I did go on the Thursday but was only thumb size.
Friday a severe pain hit me around my belly button and to the left of it. But it subsided after 5 hours. No nauseau or vomiting. Friday was my best friend graduation and we went out to eat. The pain started again as soon as I took a bite and swallowed the area around my belly button was deadening. A lil nauseau hit but no puking. I figured I was severly constipated and backed up so I stopped and got the dreaded Magnesium Citrate( the stuff to clean u out) drank the whole bottle well no bowel movement until yesterday. Okay success. Problem is when I eat the pain still hits. I cannot press on my stomach because it hurts so much around the umbilical area mostly midline on left side. Anyone experience this type of pain? I am going to dr tommorow to get checked out, but pain is really bothering me.

Nicole Schen-Whit

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e56700
on 5/15/11 9:34 am - Rochester, MI

RNY on 03/17/10

Well, it seems to me that you have the classic signs of gallbladder disease. Don't ignore pain. It's a sign that something is wrong. I had the same symptoms, and had to have the gb removed. Now I have the opposite problem...I can't stop going. I'm still afraid to eat in public because I get such horrible gas.

Susan S.
on 5/15/11 9:38 am - Roselle, NJ

RNY on 02/06/07

While gallbladder pain radiates - it's much more right upper quadrant pain......so I think it's more likely to be intestinal in nature. Your constipation could have been caused by some sort of tortion/twisting and having a bowel movement helped.....but it's good you're being evaluated tomorrow. Herniation etc. are also possibilities. Please update us on how you're doing. Susan

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schenwhit
on 5/15/11 9:37 am - long Island, NY

RNY on 03/23/10 with

Never occured to me, but I am not liking this pain at all. I was gonna shrug it off chalk it up to being constipated but anh uh< i've had enough and I'd like to sleep a lil, hurts no matter what side I lay on.

Nicole Schen-Whit

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beth-28
on 5/15/11 10:37 am

DS on 11/28/11

When my gall bladder started flaring up, the pain was like a band (around my torso, just under my breasts) being squeezed. The pain was not near my bellybutton.

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KathyA999
on 5/15/11 10:59 am

VSG on 08/09/10

Could be a diverticulum - little pocket of stool caught in the wall of the intestine. Can start festering and become painful. A colonoscopy would find it.

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