Pelvic Pain & Fibro.

Welcome, Pammy!

I often have hip, butt, thigh pain. My ankles are bad as well. I attribute this to Fibro, to wearing dressier shoes, to walking up/down stairs, exercise, etc. It seems in the range of normal for me, personally.

When I was diagnosed, my PCP sent me and my pile of text results to a rheumie. Fibro was already on the table, since my older sister was diagnosed about 15 years earlier.

I have no memory of the diagnosis process, for it was almost a decade ago. My last rheumie (who I loved and wished was closer) redid the tests, and added a type of arthritis that afflicts folks with Crohns. The excessive pain in the joints was not a hallmark of fibro.

Take a gander at Fibro 101. It can help answer a lot of questions.

BTW, I find gentle rubbing after a hot bath with epsom salts to be very good for the thigh and butt aches.

Are you talking about cramping or genital pain? I have Irritable bowel disease (crohns disease and Ulcerative Colitis), and so will get colon spasms and cramping. I also get severe itching and UTIs fairly often, likely due to cleanliness issues with bowel movements, whacko infections, and vulvodynia.

I guess I am not sure what you are specifically referencing.

That could be IBS, is my guess. Digestive issues often present with fibro, for whatever reason. The physicians are still researching this aspect.

Fibro is difficult, because it flares when other diseases/issues get going. So, pains are often amplified.

If it becomes troublesome or happens a lot, along with other symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, serious cramping pain, or bleeding, tell your doctor about it.

Google Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and Dr. David or headache in the pelvis

Hi, Pammy. I've been largely MIA for almost a week, so missed your post. Another welcome from me! Don't remember seeing anyone direct you to "Fibro 101," (our 1st post on the list), though of course I don't remember about half of what I see/read/think. Anyway, it's great, especially for people new to Fibro. Lots of help there.

I have IBS (largely controlled now through diet and Miralax and Citrucel) and it used to cause me a lot of lower-abdominal pain. I wonder if appendix or gallbladder issues could be causing some of yours, because they both were with me?...I never would have suspected them, but they were guilty! :) 

To answer your other question, the doctor who diagnosed me was a specialist in internal medicine/allergies. I'm still with him, 20 yrs. later. He did a quick run-through of most of the tender points, and said, "Yep, you've got 'em." But before that, he also took 2 hours with me, asking questions, listening to my answers (!) and reading my medical records. He's a gem.

Hope to see you around more, so we can get to know you better.

Debbie

Pammy

I do not have the pelvic pain. So have lower back, hip, thigh, bottom of feet
(Also have neck, shoulders, wrists, knees, ankles, etc but you did not ask about those areas)

Good luck finding your answers.. great folks on here will chime in .

I have pelvic pain at times but also the back, hip and leg pain, but never had the pelvic pain with the other parts. I usually have IBS symptoms with the pelvic and I chalk it up to IBS, but who knows I am sure we have trigger points in the pelvic area also.

Linda