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Posted 5/1/2011 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
Hi i've had upper right pain normal for IBS.  I have had this pain for 9 weeks. I am wondering if anyone esle suffers from upper right pain with IBS?? I have had a upper gi and a CT scan to check for crohns and a blood test for celiac, also a ultrasound for gallstones.  All tests have returned negative and the GI specialist is convinced that I have chronic IBS.  This pain has kept me off work for 9 weeks, I have lost a stone in weight and I have no energy levels.  I feel so much pressure under my right rib that it puls is v.painful and also itches across thepain attime, wearing a bra is too much pressure.  I also have some lower right pain aswell.  A couple of abnormalities were found on the CT such as a dark spot in the centre of my liver - doc has ordered a MRI scan of the liver but says that this will not be causing me my pain and also a mass on the lower right side (could be cysts, fibroid, endrimitiosis)- he has ordered a internal ultrasound for this.  I have suffered with IBS forever and  take colofac regularly but this upper pain feels so much different??? food is a nightmare and I have started eating  low fibre with low fat diet but has made me constipted.  I have been taking tramadol for the pain but I am noticing that they are addictive so just taking them when I desperatly need.  It feels like I will have to live withthis forever and I just want this flair up to settle down because it is so debilitating.  Doc wanted me to take amitrypaline 10mg =tried them a couple of times but they made me feel so rough and eased pain in the lower part of my stomach but not pain under rib.  Any ideas on painkillers that do not make you constipated - this is my problem and not D.

 

J

Posted 5/30/2011 9:02 PM (GMT 0)
jellicho

I am not sure which quadrant you are referring to. Looking at my body I would say right, but from within my body it is left side upper quadrant. It seems to get worse. I can't get doctor to know what it is, or if there is anything for it.

Pain/discomfort seems to live there. Does not bother as much when I lay down.

If this is similar let me know.

Thanks.
Posted 5/31/2011 10:18 AM (GMT 0)
Hia,

there seems to be a lot of people with upper right and left quadrant pain.  Mine is more right than left and when it was at its worst could not lie down.  I have had numerous tests and there is still a small query about liver - but it seems my diagnosis is going to be IBS.  I have started taking a probiotic, aloe vera juice and incase it is IBS and am very careful with my diet and also vitamins because I have lost so much weight. I had a laposroscopy a couple of weeks ago but am still waiting for the hospital report and not expecting them to have found anything because I would have heard by now.  The good thing is that since having this I have stopped taking strong painkillers and I am starting to feel better and will be returning to work next week after having 12 weeks off due to this pain!!! does it feel as though you have something stuck under there and have you had any tests to rule other stuff out - has the doc diagnosed IBS??.  I hope you find an answer soon.  Please feel free to ask any questions, I may not know all the answers but can truly empathise with your concerns.

regards

J

Posted 6/1/2011 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
My discomfort (really can't call it pain -- yet it is very annoying -- a burning or tingling is the best I can describe) is in my upper left quadrant. I was wondering if your pain feels differently depending on if you've just eaten, or first thing in the morning when your stomach is empty? For me the discomfort is always the same regardless of when I've eaten.
Posted 6/2/2011 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! Mine is right under my ribcage & ultrasound didn't show anything. I have that pain that radiates to my back but it seems to only happen when I eat fat, sugar or sometimes protein & my stool test showed fecal fat so they're going to do further testing. Have you had stool tests?
Posted 6/2/2011 7:25 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Gihavoc,

Mine starts as soon as I start eating - sometimes I do not think there is a relationship between food but sometimes I do????.   I am really careful what I eat and have tried to cut out as much , dairy, sugar and wheat as possible.  I have not had a stool sample or a colonoscopy - but a whole load of other tests, think the doctor is fed up with me now, I asked him to do some tests on bowel but he said there was no need.

 The pain has subsided a lot and I am able to do more but it was a horrendous 12 weeks and wish I knew what it was for sure, I feel it is the not knowing and still having the pain even if it is not as bad at present...the fear of it getting as bad a gain!

I wish you well with your tests and if they have found fat in your stool they are bound to check it out more.

warm regards

Posted 6/2/2011 7:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Crampygrammy,
again at times I think it is associated with what ive eaten but can also have a empty stomach and feel the same???. If I over eat I really know about it though. Mine seems like an annoying discomfort now and yes it definately tingles and can feel itchy. Has the doc put your discomfort down to IBS and have you found anything that helps???

Warm regards
Posted 6/2/2011 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
Jellicho I've had lots of test and all results have been "normal." Like you, I think my gastro doc is stumped and I'm fed up with myself for whining about mild pain when so many people are living with much worse.

I've had IBS (alternating diarrhea/ constipation) for probably more years than you've been on this earth LOL. However this ULQ pain has only been around for a few months. A few weeks after this pain began I had an acute episode of Ischemic Colitis. I was hospitalized, put on heavy IV doses of antibiotics and once again underwent all kinds of tests and scans. Other than the inflammed colon, all tests were "normal." I've since healed from the IC but the ULQ pain continues.
Posted 6/7/2011 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
I am wondering if anyone has had any luck finding out what is causing the pain?? Is it IBS?? I have RUQ pain everyday and have had it for 3 years. Somedays it feels like something is pushing my bottom rib outwards, the pain is bad and goes right through to my back. Dr thinks it something ro do with my liver but nothing is showing on tests other than fatty liver I have undergone so many tests and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia but I still have the same pain every day. Colonoscopy scheduled for next week maybe that will show something??
Posted 6/7/2011 5:44 PM (GMT 0)
Grandmaroses, when they do the colonoscopy next week are they also planning an upper endoscopy? If so, they can get a much better look at the gallbladder than can be achieved with abdominal ultrasound. RUQ pain is typical for gallbladder. Abdominal u/s will only show large gallstones. Endoscopic ultrasound is much, much better.
Posted 6/7/2011 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
I had an endoscopy and a HIDA already and nothing, I'm just getting tired. I also have been reading about the prep for this and it sounds less than entertaining. Hopefully my diabetes and fibro co-operate with this as well.
Posted 6/7/2011 7:16 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, don't worry about the colonoscopy prep. It's not a pleasant experience, but it's not horrible either. Just make sure to drink as much water as you can possibly tolerate. The diabetes part might be complicated - you might consider talking to your pharmacist or GI about how to manage your insulin when you're fasting.

I have chronic RUQ pain and also no diagnosis, other than the fact that I have Crohn's and I assume I have some kind of inflammation that is causing it. My HIDA scan showed a low but normal ejection fraction. Good luck with your scope!
Posted 6/8/2011 12:59 PM (GMT 0)
To this point only:

for pain that will not go away, use mobic each day

you must take omeprazole each day twenty minutes before main meal

then you eat and at end you can use mobic

best wishes to all
Posted 6/8/2011 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
Joan I don't understand?? Can you please give us some history on this and how did you find this cure? I would love to be out of pain with this but it would be hard to ask my doctor to prescribe this for me by telling him some stranger on a website said it would work.
Posted 6/8/2011 9:08 PM (GMT 0)

kazbern said...
Abdominal u/s will only show large gallstones. Endoscopic ultrasound is much, much better.

 

My abdominal ultra sound did show small stones -- some "gravel" as well. However, I suppose the doc's can get a more detailed look with an endoscopic u/s

Posted 6/8/2011 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
Everything's relative, crampy grammy. from what I've read about abdominal u/s, you can find tones larger than about 4.5mm. Endoscopic u/s can see stones about 2mm and larger.

A friend had a 12mm stone in her gallbladder last month, but that wasn't what was causing her pain. It was the tiny stone blocking her bile duct. That was discovered via MRI or CAT scan, I don't recall which. She had it removed (the blockage) via endoscopy. She still has her gallbladder (and the 12mm stone).
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