Hi everyone,
I found this forum with a search and thought that I would create a thread in the hope that someone may offer me something by way of a diagnosis.
I'm 45 and have generally had IBS symptoms my whole life. In November 2014 out of nowhere a sharp pain developed in my lower left quadrant, 1 inch to the left and down from my naval (belly button). This pain is like no IBS symptom I have ever experienced, it is a sharp, cutting, slicing and sometimes burning like pain. It feels like I have been cut/stabbed deep with a very sharp knife and that it has been left inside me. The worse the pain is the more it radiates around and goes up under my ribs and around the back. I have had blood/urine/stool tests and I'm told they were all clear so cannot be IBD related. Colonoscopy is clear, urology clear, CT and MRI scans clear. The pain is so intense I'm on Tramadol which doesn't help all of the time.
I have noticed that some foods and drinks make it worse, alcohol, carbonated drinks, spices all make it worse, but then sometimes don't, it can be quite inconsistent. When I had my preparation for my colonoscopy I had to take two sachets of picolax. The first one had no affect on the pain at all but after taking the second one the day after, the pain was the worst it had ever been.
The more I eat the worse the pain in that area. The less I have eaten, or the longer I have gone without food, the more the pain radiates and becomes a burning/stinging pain, just like it is right now and I'm in agony typing this.
On Saturday I went for a walk, I was very lethargic and my whole body felt heavy. I stopped for a break and for something to eat and I lay back to relax. I put my hand down to the painful area for a feel like I always mindlessly do and felt what I would describe as a 'fat sausage' swelling (sorry) to the left of my naval, right where the pain is. I pushed into this swelling right on the epicentre of the pain and I almost jumped out of my skin, I had a massive instant shock of intense pain the worst I have ever felt. I'm not even sure if this is my small bowel area at all, Ileum? Jejunum?
So here I am, no diagnosis, in constant pain, feeling lethargic (but sometimes not) and wondering where I go next. I am practically in despair, I'm too scared to eat most of the time as the effects especially the day after (like now) are excruciating.
Do you think I have IBD?
Thank you.
I found this forum with a search and thought that I would create a thread in the hope that someone may offer me something by way of a diagnosis.
I'm 45 and have generally had IBS symptoms my whole life. In November 2014 out of nowhere a sharp pain developed in my lower left quadrant, 1 inch to the left and down from my naval (belly button). This pain is like no IBS symptom I have ever experienced, it is a sharp, cutting, slicing and sometimes burning like pain. It feels like I have been cut/stabbed deep with a very sharp knife and that it has been left inside me. The worse the pain is the more it radiates around and goes up under my ribs and around the back. I have had blood/urine/stool tests and I'm told they were all clear so cannot be IBD related. Colonoscopy is clear, urology clear, CT and MRI scans clear. The pain is so intense I'm on Tramadol which doesn't help all of the time.
I have noticed that some foods and drinks make it worse, alcohol, carbonated drinks, spices all make it worse, but then sometimes don't, it can be quite inconsistent. When I had my preparation for my colonoscopy I had to take two sachets of picolax. The first one had no affect on the pain at all but after taking the second one the day after, the pain was the worst it had ever been.
The more I eat the worse the pain in that area. The less I have eaten, or the longer I have gone without food, the more the pain radiates and becomes a burning/stinging pain, just like it is right now and I'm in agony typing this.
On Saturday I went for a walk, I was very lethargic and my whole body felt heavy. I stopped for a break and for something to eat and I lay back to relax. I put my hand down to the painful area for a feel like I always mindlessly do and felt what I would describe as a 'fat sausage' swelling (sorry) to the left of my naval, right where the pain is. I pushed into this swelling right on the epicentre of the pain and I almost jumped out of my skin, I had a massive instant shock of intense pain the worst I have ever felt. I'm not even sure if this is my small bowel area at all, Ileum? Jejunum?
So here I am, no diagnosis, in constant pain, feeling lethargic (but sometimes not) and wondering where I go next. I am practically in despair, I'm too scared to eat most of the time as the effects especially the day after (like now) are excruciating.
Do you think I have IBD?
Thank you.
