JennyW
26-03-09, 11:09
I’ve been experiencing a sharp (sometimes dull) pain in my pelvic area – the location is probably where my ovaries or appendix are – right hand side.
The pain is very random, cannot be linked to anything and sometimes lasts only a few seconds or a few minutes; can be once or can be on/off during the day. In July 2008 the doctor thought it was middle pain so I went away and tried to ignore it. Anyway come January I went back and saw my favourite GP who has been very thorough and so far I’ve had an x-ray to rule out kidney stones, 2 urine samples, pelvic and abdominal ultra-sound and an internal vaginal ultrasound – all normal. I went back yesterday and the doctor performed a pelvic examination but still nothing. He is now referring me to a gynocologist who he feels may want to perform a laporoscopy to have a look around. If this doesn’t uncover anything, the doctor will then send me to a gastro expert. We’re all scratching our heads really wondering what the discomfort could be. I did ask him if people can experience tweaks and twinges like this without every knowing what they are and he said yes they can, but he wants to rule things out before telling me this.
Anyone have any ideas what could be going on? Could it be a deep muscle strain – god knows how I would strain a pelvic muscle – the pain/discomfort feels as if it’s quite deep. It doesn’t make me double up or take pain relief, I’m just aware that it’s there sometimes. I was worried about ovarian cancer but both my GP and the nurse have assured me that the internal ultrasound result is normal and would have shown anything abnormal.
The pain is very random, cannot be linked to anything and sometimes lasts only a few seconds or a few minutes; can be once or can be on/off during the day. In July 2008 the doctor thought it was middle pain so I went away and tried to ignore it. Anyway come January I went back and saw my favourite GP who has been very thorough and so far I’ve had an x-ray to rule out kidney stones, 2 urine samples, pelvic and abdominal ultra-sound and an internal vaginal ultrasound – all normal. I went back yesterday and the doctor performed a pelvic examination but still nothing. He is now referring me to a gynocologist who he feels may want to perform a laporoscopy to have a look around. If this doesn’t uncover anything, the doctor will then send me to a gastro expert. We’re all scratching our heads really wondering what the discomfort could be. I did ask him if people can experience tweaks and twinges like this without every knowing what they are and he said yes they can, but he wants to rule things out before telling me this.
Anyone have any ideas what could be going on? Could it be a deep muscle strain – god knows how I would strain a pelvic muscle – the pain/discomfort feels as if it’s quite deep. It doesn’t make me double up or take pain relief, I’m just aware that it’s there sometimes. I was worried about ovarian cancer but both my GP and the nurse have assured me that the internal ultrasound result is normal and would have shown anything abnormal.