Lump on right side of abdomen

[kateel]

Hi all! I am writing yet again with another question...Thankfully everyone here is always so kind and helpful!

I have been having some back/abdominal pain lately (I get frequent kidney stones, and have been just figuring I have another one brewing...). Just tonight, i noticed that I have a lump on the right side of my abdomen that is painful, it is also painful in my back, behind it (It's as if I have an arrow through my body and it hurts in just those two places) The lump itself is about 1 inch x 1/2 inch. Any thoughts?

 

[kossy]

Is it high or low on your abdomin? If it's high it could be your gullbadder, low it could be your appendix.
When you were just dx last month did they do a CAT scan or x-rays of your abdomin at all?

 

[kateel]

It's a few inches to the right of my belly button. I don't have an appendix, so I know it's not that.

I didn't have any CAT scan or X-rays done with the Gastro doc, but I did go to my urologist the other day b/c I suspected kidney stones and they did an xray at that point. (it did show I have stones, which could explain the pain, but not the lump)

I just feel like screaming!!! I feel like I'm becoming such a complainer these days...it seems like every few days there is something new going on.

 

[kossy]

The pain is probably the stone. The lump could be just a small hernia. It's possible that "baring down" while doing number 2 or just from dealing with stones could have caused an umbilical or inguinal hernia.
Don't feel like a complainer... this is all new to you. You're not going to know everything and the worst thing to do is not asking questions about your health.