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Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
I'm freaking out a bit. Earlier when I was pulling up my trousers I felt some obstruction or something. SOmething that feels like a tube just below my belly on my right hand side above my pelvis region. I've been rubbing it all day so it feels tender. I dont have this on the other side so I'm concerned. With my lymph node history I worry it could be a very large node. I did feel my groin node from 2007 and I felt it was a tad bit longer, but that's on the left hand side and further down. ALso concerned it's a tumour of some kind......
Could this be something simple like a muscle since I used that side much more than my left side? Or should I have this checked out?
I do seem to remember feeling something like this once but not this big
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
Could this be a hernia? Cause it's a bit tender when I touch it. Ugh....aren't they usually soft though?
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I've been looking at diagrams and drawings of the abdomen muscles and they all just look like flat layers of muscle but what I'm feeling is a string that feels more bulgy or something. It's like a tight string that I feel when I rub the area. I'm just so worried it's some huge ass lymph node, with my history of that, or some other kind of tumour......
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
scared88
It could also be nothing. Please remember you aren't a doctor and looking at millions of diagrams is going to tell you nothing factual. If you are genuinely worried, which you clearly are, make an appointment with a GP and get it checked out.
Best Wishes
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NotDeadYet
scared88
It could also be nothing. Please remember you aren't a doctor and looking at millions of diagrams is going to tell you nothing factual. If you are genuinely worried, which you clearly are, make an appointment with a GP and get it checked out.
Best Wishes
I might go to a clinic tomorrow and hope he can just tell me then and there what it is.....
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Why am I like this?
Some swelling or something in my pelvic and up to my abdomen has me all worried and extremely anxious. It does kinda feel like a muscle, similar to how my biceps feel when I flex them. But it's been this way for a while.
Makes me worry it's a huge lymph node or something.
But why am I like this? My mother isn't, my sister isn't and my dad wasn't. I'm the only hypo in the family.
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So I went to see a doctor in a walk in clinic. Took all of 5 minutes but he thought it could be my colon I was feeling or some parts of my instestine! Is that possible? He didn't seem to have an concerns about it.
But really, does that make sense? Is it possible to feel intestines and colon through the abdomen?! Especially since I have a bit of a belly.
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
scared88
Yes, your abdomen is made of skin and muscle not steel. It took all of 5 minutes because there's nothing there to worry about.
Best Wishes
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I shared this on another post and it seems applicable here as well.
With health anxiety, you will never receive enough reassurance. Sure, you may receive some reassurance and feel really great but then your mind will begin thinking of things it may have never thought before. You will then latch on to these thoughts and the cycle begins all over again.
Trust me, I have spent the last 2.5 years working through this exact anxiety. I discovered a lymph node on my neck and went spiraling. I was constantly poking, prodding, and thinking about it. I went to two doctors who both said it was nothing to worry about. I then began looking for other lymph nodes. Lo and behold I found a huge lump in my underarm just like you. I was on a work trip in Kansas City, Missouri and instead of exploring the city and spending time networking, I was in my hotel room freaking out: poking, prodding, looking in the mirror to fully understand what it was. It was large (5 cm), completely immobile, hard and there wasn't something like it on the other arm. I spent the entire night snooping around forums just like this for any reassurance. The entire trip was ruined. You want to know what it was? A MUSCLE!!! A muscle that has been there my entire life (30 years) but I never noticed it because my brain didn't care. I was so frustrated with myself that I allowed my time to be absolutely wasted on something that was nothing.
I finally got into therapy and learned that I will never get better unless I learn to challenge my thinking. You need to pause when an intrusive, scary and very real thought about this lump enters your mind. You need to take several deep breaths and then you need to tell yourself a few things: 1) These are just thoughts. These are just words. These thoughts are not reality and 2) I have been to doctors who have said this is not threatening. You have to ground yourself in reality and facts. Unfortunately, if you don't do this, you will continue down the path of repeated doctor visits, tests and eventually madness because you will never receive the reassurance your seeking for something that is actually nothing to begin with.
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NotDeadYet
scared88
Yes, your abdomen is made of skin and muscle not steel. It took all of 5 minutes because there's nothing there to worry about.
Best Wishes
It feels idk.....so hard too. I would think the colon is And I could swear I feel its thinner at the bottom and then bulges so my fear is a tumour is in there.
Also always thought it was on the left side and not the right.
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
Scared88
Remember you aren't a doctor so you can't say with assurance what you're feeling however, the actual doctor you visited today can with assurance say what it is. I challenge you for the rest of the day to challenge your thoughts.
Best Wishes
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Not to be rude- but I had something like this in the past and it turned out to be old poop that hadn't come out.
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SarahNah
Not to be rude- but I had something like this in the past and it turned out to be old poop that hadn't come out.
That's not rude and in fact I do hope it's something like that.
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scared88
So I went to see a doctor in a walk in clinic. Took all of 5 minutes but he thought it could be my colon I was feeling or some parts of my instestine! Is that possible? He didn't seem to have an concerns about it.
So essentially you're FOS? :whistles:
Positive thoughts
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Well, I went back to the clinic cause I wanted more answers. Got the same doctor again which was OK I suppose but I would have wanted another opinion. He was nice about it though and felt my abdomen again and said he didn't feel anything abnormal, said I didn't really need more testing done since I dont have any symptoms like pain in the area and normal stools. Not sure where to go next.
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You're next step is to take a deep breath and be grateful that you are a health human being. Then after that you go out and live your life.
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Again from 2016... I really think its time to treat the real illness :shades:
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scared88
I'm 27 year old male and I've had swollen lymph nodes in my armpits and groin since 2007, or over 8 years. I had various tests done back in 2007, a big big blood test, CT scans and ultrasounds. The blood test did reveal some traces of a viral infection maybe Epstein Barr and I stopped worrying.
Fast forward 4 years later in 2011 I get worried again after finding some more but small nodes in my armpit and in 2012 had more blood tests and more ultrasounds and even went to see an hematologist. My GP looked at the ultrasound images with the technician and they both say they are normal looking. Or were back then. The blood was fine, although I did have elevated LDH which really did freak me out but the doctor and hematologist weren't worried about that it seems.
Here I am almost 4 years later and I haven't been to a doctor about this since then and I've been doing alright.
Few days ago though I was feeling some soreness around my armpits and shoulder and I started digging in my armpit and measuring my nodes. I felt bunch of stuff I didn't like, all the way up in my pit probably close to the shoulder bone might be more lymph nodes :( But hopefully just tendons.
When I had my armpit ultrasounds the technician did mark and measured lots of different things, I think I remember it that way. So I hope it's just that. I've been freaking out for two whole days now :( I'm still worried that this could be follicular lymphoma :(
So to recap:
Several nodes in armpits and few very small ones in groin.
Been like that for over 8 years or since I was 18
Remnants of viral infection found on an old blood test from 2007
All test show normal nodes
Positive thoughts
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Fishmanpa
So essentially you're FOS? :whistles:
Positive thoughts
Perhaps but my bm's have been very normal lately.
Of course my mind is racing now, lately I've been having this sensation of momentary light headedness and troubles with deep breaths...so now I wonder if these are all related -.-
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Fishmanpa
Again from 2016... I really think its time to treat the real illness :shades:
Positive thoughts
I am on medication for my anxieties.
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It wouldn't be concernimg to you if you could feel your colon or small intestine? It feels hard, you'd think it feels soft or something. Also, since I'm not thin, I have a sizable belly I didn't think it was possible to feel them so close to the surface.......
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No it wouldn't be concerning to feel them because I can feel mine.
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NotDeadYet
No it wouldn't be concerning to feel them because I can feel mine.
Interesting. Tell me more.
Where can you feel it?
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
Scared88
Unfortunately describing my experience will only reassure you momentarily and won't help you in the long run so I won't be doing that. Something much more helpful however is for you to pause right now, take 5 deep breaths and tell yourself, "I've been to a trained medical professional who has said nothing is wrong with me." Challenging and reframing your thinking will go much further for you than me describing my own experiences.
Best Wishes
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Re: Why am I like this?
Is there general anxiety in your family? Anxiety can manifest in all different ways for different people. Have you seen a therapist? That can really help you pin point where your anxiety stems from and that can be really helpful in dealing with it.
I think you mentioned in another post that you do take meds. Maybe you need to speak with your doctor about adjusting them. Health anxiety is just like any other illness and it can be treated. Each time I see the note under your posts about how long you've been worrying it makes me feel sad. I suffered from severe health anxiety after my daughter was born and got help. It's flared up over the years, but it so much more manageable with therapy.
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Hi
This is just a courtesy reply to let you know that your thread was merged with another of your threads.
Please when posting on similar topics add it onto your previous post rather than starting a new one.
It is nothing personal it is just to make it easier for people to follow your story and to give you advice as a whole.
Elen
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NotDeadYet
Scared88
Unfortunately describing my experience will only reassure you momentarily and won't help you in the long run so I won't be doing that. Something much more helpful however is for you to pause right now, take 5 deep breaths and tell yourself, "I've been to a trained medical professional who has said nothing is wrong with me." Challenging and reframing your thinking will go much further for you than me describing my own experiences.
Best Wishes
It would help me to know that someone else can feel their intestine. It's too weird for me to think that a fatso like me could feel it and not have something wrong.....
Thinking about seeing another doctor for a second opinion.
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scared88
It would help me to know that someone else can feel their intestine. It's too weird for me to think that a fatso like me could feel it and not have something wrong.....
Thinking about seeing another doctor for a second opinion.
I already told you can I feel mine, you don't need me to tell you exactly how they feel because the description won't match yours. Your brain is looking for a narrative that matches the reassurance it is seeking. I really strongly recommend you not seek a second opinion because one of two things will happen: 1) You'll be told it's nothing and you won't believe the doctor or 2) The doctor will send you for testing just to reassure you when he or she knows nothing is wrong with you.
Honest question that I would love for you to genuinely consider and respond to: What would it take to completely reassure you and allow you to move on with your life leaving this worry behind?
Best Wishes
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Re: Something hard in my lower abdomen. Freaking out.
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NotDeadYet
I already told you can I feel mine, you don't need me to tell you exactly how they feel because the description won't match yours. Your brain is looking for a narrative that matches the reassurance it is seeking. I really strongly recommend you not seek a second opinion because one of two things will happen: 1) You'll be told it's nothing and you won't believe the doctor or 2) The doctor will send you for testing just to reassure you when he or she knows nothing is wrong with you.
Honest question that I would love for you to genuinely consider and respond to: What would it take to completely reassure you and allow you to move on with your life leaving this worry behind?
Best Wishes
I did go back. Feel slightly better.
This one did think it was a muscle or part of the muscular structure in the abdomen. That is what I thought it was at first but I've been taking a lot of ibuprofen that is supposed to reduce inflamation and it still hasn't worked....
Anyway I hope I get better.
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It does feel a little bit tender to the touch but that might also just be the skin around it.
But it does feel a little bit like when a muscle becomes sore.....
But yeah....sigh
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Bowel concerns
I'm having concerns about a bowl disease with cancer obviously at the top of the list. Sometimes I get periods where I dont have a bowel movement for days and maybe a week or two and with that doctor last week said he thought I was feeling my colon in my abdomen I feel extra worried cause I'm in one of those periods right now. I went in with concerns about whatever that hard hose like thing I was feeling in lower abdomen was and one thought it was maybe my colon and told me not to worry. Another doctor said it was a muscle or part of the muscular structure in the abdomen. But I worry maybe there is some tumour growing in my bowels that is blocking things from flowing normally. I've also for around six years felt the odd sting in one spot close to that splenic turn of the colon. That doesn't happen all the time but now I'm starting to think if it's something to be concerned about.
Is it common to feel weird stings and pangs in ones abdomen witout it being anything concerning.
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Hi
This is just a courtesy reply to let you know that your thread was merged with another of your threads.
Please when posting on similar topics add it onto your previous post rather than starting a new one.
It is nothing personal it is just to make it easier for people to follow your story and to give you advice as a whole.
Elen
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This thing in my abdomen is still there and unchanged for the most part I'd say. There is no longer any tenderness around the area like there was. Very very very mild and subtle tenderness but it was there. I've also been having stings and pangs throughout my abdomen and ribcage which makes me worried too. Now, there is NO history of cancer in my family whatsoever. No one close to me has ever had it. But I keep going back to my lymph nodes and now this thing that I can feel snaking up from my pelvis before disappearing somewhere just below my belly.
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Abdominal pressure on my right side
I've been noticing some pressure or tightness on my right side of the abdomen. Also been feeling a bit bloated after eating a lot. Naturally with my recent posts here I feel a little concerned. The tension or pressure is down my side along side where my arm be when standing straight with arms at my sides.
Anyone had this before? Also get stings sometimes after eating, on each side of my abdomen. Feels like gas but it comes so often and I seem to be so hyper aware of it now.
Maybe being slightly over weight is finally catching up to me? Hope it's nothing more serious.
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Hi
This is just a courtesy reply to let you know that your thread was merged with another of your threads.
Please when posting on similar topics add it onto your previous post rather than starting a new one.
It is nothing personal it is just to make it easier for people to follow your story and to give you advice as a whole.
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Oh great....merged and moved....again.
Anyone here with similar experiences to mine? Especially with the muscle or colon or whatever it is in my abdomen.
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If you stick to one thread we won't have to keep moving and merging. Thanks
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so I'm feelign that ridge or tube thing in my abdomen again. Whenever I do some straining or I flex my abdominal muscles I can feel it move and flex with the abdomen. Would it do that if it was my colon that I'm feeling? And it's also pretty hard
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scared88
so I'm feelign that ridge or tube thing in my abdomen again. Whenever I do some straining or I flex my abdominal muscles I can feel it move and flex with the abdomen. Would it do that if it was my colon that I'm feeling? And it's also pretty hard
You’re going to keep feeling it too, it’s part of your normal anatomy! I can feel my insides too, I don’t tend to but if I’m backed up certain external pressure has helped in the past.
Yes it’s going move when you’re changing the way you’re holding yourself things are actually pretty mobile in the body.
How do you think stool moves? Of course tension makes things change.
You’ve not described a single thing in this entire thread that’s concerning and two doctors have agreed, believe them that they can identify normal anatomical structures by touch, they’ve extensively learnt far more of the human body than that!
Poking around in there is going to make it feel odd and achy/tender. Like I said I can feel mine too, I would be more concerned if there was nothing to be felt! (Given that both muscles and organs are rather important)
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Midnight-mouse
You’re going to keep feeling it too, it’s part of your normal anatomy! I can feel my insides too, I don’t tend to but if I’m backed up certain external pressure has helped in the past.
Yes it’s going move when you’re changing the way you’re holding yourself things are actually pretty mobile in the body.
How do you think stool moves? Of course tension makes things change.
You’ve not described a single thing in this entire thread that’s concerning and two doctors have agreed, believe them that they can identify normal anatomical structures by touch, they’ve extensively learnt far more of the human body than that!
Poking around in there is going to make it feel odd and achy/tender. Like I said I can feel mine too, I would be more concerned if there was nothing to be felt! (Given that both muscles and organs are rather important)
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Thing is I don't think I'm backed up. I've had normal bm's through all this. I don't go every day, I'm more like 3 times a week. But it hasn't changed through all this.
I also have a big belly, or a rather large belly, I've only read about very thin people being able to feel their insides. This feels like it's just under my skin or between parts of my abdominal wall of muscles. It feels much harder than I'd imagine my insides to be.
I have passed some gas after rubbing on it but that just might be a coincidence.
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scared88
Thing is I don't think I'm backed up. I've had normal bm's through all this. I don't go every day, I'm more like 3 times a week. But it hasn't changed through all this.
I also have a big belly, or a rather large belly, I've only read about very thin people being able to feel their insides. This feels like it's just under my skin or between parts of my abdominal wall of muscles. It feels much harder than I'd imagine my insides to be.
I have passed some gas after rubbing on it but that just might be a coincidence.
I didn’t say I can only feel it when I’m backed up, that’s just when I have had to because I was uncomfortable. I’m not super thin, I’m only just a healthy weight and I carry a lot on my tummy, it’s no different to when I was a heavier though.
Leave your insides alone and work on accepting the thoughts you’re having, why they are happening and moving forwards with them. You’ve picked my reply apart for ways that it can’t match yours because you’ve got a part of your brain that’s on high alert telling you there’s something wrong or frightening. Even though I’ve agreed that I can feel the same on myself, and I’ve given my husband a good poke there too in the past, it’s no different although he doesn’t have a belly. Anxiety causes the ‘risk assessment team’ in our minds to work over time, they report everything as a high risk because we are in fight or flight.
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