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Posted 9/26/2011 2:47 PM (GMT 0)

 I have read other posts and still not sure if what I am going through is IBS. If anyone out there has similar symptoms to mine please share.

What the heck is going on? 26 year old female with severe stomach pain!!!

A little history; I have always had horrible menstraul periods. My gyno put me on the pill when I was 15 and that has seemed to help. I had my gallbladder removed in 2005 because of bad gallstones and infection. Havent had any real stomach issues since. So heres the current situation... the last two months I have been getting horrible stomach cramping with vomiting and extremely watery diarrhea (no fever) 2-3 days before my menstrual period starts. It is so severe I was hospitalized for 3 days the first time and 2 days the second time. They did a CT scan, stool samples, and bloodwork both times I was in the ER and everything came out fine. My primary care physican is sending me to a GI specialist but he said he is suspecting IBS. Any thoughts or suggestions? I am terrified of getting this pain again shakehead

Posted 9/27/2011 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
When you mean stomach cramping, is it in your actual stomach or lower down? Do you have any issues in between the times of your cycle? Have you ever been checked for Endometriosis?
Posted 9/27/2011 3:13 PM (GMT 0)
The pain is around my belly button and radiates down a little lower. It feels similar to menstrual cramps but higher on my abdomen. I'm not sure if I have been specifically checked for endometriosis but I have had ultrasounds and ct scans that they say look normal. Is there a certain test I should have done to check for it? Thanks for your reply, this situation has been really scarry.
Posted 9/27/2011 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not 100% positive how they check for endo but my friends who have it had to have exploratory laproscopic surgery to see if they have it and if it has attached itself to other organs. Have you seen a Gyno at all since this started (besides for the pill).
Posted 9/28/2011 3:06 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I see my gyno every 6 months for a regualr check up but thats about it. My primary care physician ordered an ultrasound last week just to make sure he covred all the bases but I still havent gotten the results. Bad news travels fast so I'm assuming it came back clear or I would have gotten a call by now. I have a GI consult next Wednesday. I'm hoping somebody can tell me something soon. The scarriest part is not knowing or wondering what it could be. Besides sounding like endometriosis does it sound at all like IBS?
Posted 11/14/2011 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
I am knew to this site and was reading a few post...I had endometriosis and had to have a parciall hysto. I always had horrible periods also. I am not sure about the IBS but I know the syptoms I had with endo. You do have to have a laproscopic surgery to see if it is this, after a year of seeing a doctor and all my test coming p fine they finally decided maybe they should do the out patient surgery. My pains would come and go but when I had them they were bad enough that it took my breath away, and made me nauseated, it got to the point I could not pin point when my period was coming because I could have it for 3 days or for a month at a time. I took meds. to try and help with it when I was first dignosed, but I guess my condition was to far gone. Im not sure this is your problem but hopefully it can help, my suggestion is maybe to ask your gyno if maybe this could something to look into.
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