A while back I went to the PCP with pain. I told the NP that I thought I had an impacted bowel or something of that region, because I Can Pin Point The Discomfort, and it's Right Here.
Picture me, right now, pointing DIRECTLY AT THE POINT BELOW THAT RED CIRCLE, JUST ABOVE THE BLADDER. For the girls, it feels EXACTLY like uterine pain, but it's not. If you're wondering, it's not gas-related. It has been bothering me forever, and it comes on like this for a couple days and then wanes. I feel like I need to "hold up" the pain, like I have to support it.
When I pointed, she said, that's the colon. I know. It hurts. I was sent in for an x-ray and I was not clogged. The doctor said nothing was wrong, and I'm fine. The more intense pain subsided and I have had dull aching since, it comes and goes. But, some days it hurts enough for me to think about needing medical attention, but I really do not want to waste my $35.00 co-pay and babysitter to be sent home with no answers. (I do have a new PCP, the visit next is next month.)
A while back I went to the PCP with pain. I told the NP that I thought I had an impacted bowel or something of that region, because I Can Pin Point The Discomfort, and it's Right Here.
Picture me, right now, pointing DIRECTLY AT THE POINT BELOW THAT RED CIRCLE, JUST ABOVE THE BLADDER. For the girls, it feels EXACTLY like uterine pain, but it's not. If you're wondering, it's not gas-related. It has been bothering me forever, and it comes on like this for a couple days and then wanes. I feel like I need to "hold up" the pain, like I have to support it.
When I pointed, she said, that's the colon. I know. It hurts. I was sent in for an x-ray and I was not clogged. The doctor said nothing was wrong, and I'm fine. The more intense pain subsided and I have had dull aching since, it comes and goes. But, some days it hurts enough for me to think about needing medical attention, but I really do not want to waste my $35.00 co-pay and babysitter to be sent home with no answers. (I do have a new PCP, the visit next is next month.)
Would a hernia have shown up on a x-ray?