random abdominal pain

I had some hip pain that wrapped around and to a trigger point , low on the right side...i used a ball under the hip to release these and it did better..

Good you had it checked out though..i was having some therapy at the time and asked the physical therapist about it..he said it was a very common trigger point..to me it was a nagging pain..

Sharon,

My fun with Fibro actually started with random abdominal pains and diarrhea. After several months of being a human gunea pig and pincushion, my GI specialist diagnosed it as IBS. When he told me to try a low FODMAP diet, the all over pain and more typical Fibro symptoms set in with a vengance.

Unfortunately IBS is what they call a diagnosis of exclusion, so they test for everything else possible and when they all come back normal, IBS is what they are left with. A lot like Fibro. For me they did a colonoscopy, endoscopy, MRI, CT scan, HIDA scan, more blood tests than I can count, and that's just what I recall off the top of my head. Every single test was normal. Very frustrating.

I hope you are able to get a diagnosis, hopefully something more easily treated than IBS or Fibro.

Have a blessed day!
Mari

Most likely some type of ibs. Kind of goes with the fibro. Unfortunately...

Hugs, Karen...

Some days I really miss caffeine the most .....:(. I just like a morning cup of coffee. I had a horrible GI doc. I found out later he almost killed a friend of mine who had ulcerative colitis.

I had IBS first and spent a while fighting it (yeah, I know, stupid, but ... Sometimes a slow learner). What helped was figuring out I didn't have to completely give up extras, I just had to be good most of the time and leave them as treats. Of course I still pout when I see a cold glass of coke over ice. I can't have any carbonation.

My primary helped me the most with this. He had me take my diet to a basic level and over the course of weeks add one or two foods at a time. I eventually figured out my IBS triggers. Of course, I had violent flu a few weeks ago and all bets have been off. I have to avoid citrus, acidic items, apples, caffeine, & chocolate. When I am ill or having an attack, I rely on bananas, soft bread, mint tea, water with electrolytes and cranberry juice if I can stand it. Fiber supplements leave me clutching my gut and bent over for days, so they were right out.

My GI told me they didn't know much about these diseases, so anything he did was guesswork. Of course, he was pretty much a crackpot......

I hope you feel better soon

My story is very similar to Mari's (started with chronic diarrhea and stomach issues), along with occasional achiness all over.

Fast forward to 2011 when I developed gastritis after surgery---major stomach pain! I thought I was having a heart attack when those pains came.

I don't know if this will help anyone here, but for my gastritis I took licorice (DGL chewable licorice extract tablets--Puritan has them) and also a little aloe gel in water, daily. Again, this was for gastritis, so it may not help everyone, but it sure helped my stomach to heal.

Some cautions: Check with your doctor before you start anything, including anything herbal or even the aloe gel, as some people don't tolerate it well at all. Plus, the aloe gel can be laxative for some people. And obviously, there can be bad interactions with meds you are currently taking.

Personally, I think IBS can be almost as tricky as fibromyalgia! Diet 'do's' and 'don'ts' are found by trial and error and seem very individualistic.

Good luck and I hope you find some relief soon.

My daughter had something like that and was thoroughly checked out and it turned out to be her endometriosis causing it...even in her side. They even checked her lungs but it was the endo causing the problem. They adjusted her medication and she is fine now.

Sherrine

I've had the same issue. I actually had my gallbladder out several years back, then about 3 years ago this random pain started. It's always right side and usually just out from the bellybutton. Like you it ranges from low to high, I've not had too many really high moments in the last couple of years, but the first year I had it it was awful and kept men from doing a lot. I still find that too much ab exercises will make it worse. I went to pretty much every kind of doc I have and a few I didn't and no one could find an answer. I eventually just gave up and called it Fibro. I am in the process of being tested for Small Fiber PolyNeuropathy and I've been reading up on it and found that it can cause pain throughout, affecting organs, as well as the typical hands and feet.