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Umbilical hernia question??
Okay so I posted a couple days back about how I have been having pain in my lower left pelvic/abdominal area for the last year and half. Well when it first started it would only come right after my period would end and sometimes near ovulation. It was a sharp, stabbing, pulsating pain that would be in the left pelvic area, radiate down my groin, down the upper front thigh, around my outer hip, and sometimes my lower back. This would last about 3 to 4 days and go away completely. It happened almost every month like clockwork. However lately for the last 2 months I am feeling the pain more often, just that it gets severe after my period ends and now lasts up until I ovulate. The pain varies in degrees. I also have been having harder stools and not feeling great in my intestines. I have a BM every morning, but for the last couple months they stool is hard balls or a normal stool mixed with hard. Also the last week I will go and it is like I am not emptying completely and have that sensation like I always have to go and just crampy in the lower intestines. Anyhow, I have seen quite a few specialists over the last year and nothing is being found. I am told it is probably gynelogical, but no one really knows. I saw a general surgeon early on thinking maybe a hernia but he did an exam, looked at my MRI of the pelvis scan and said he did not think I had a hernia. Well currently I am just miserable so I went to my GI doctor and he ordered a plain CT scan( I am allergic to the contrasts). Well my GI doctor said everything came back normal. Well I went to get a copy of the report and the CD today and was reading the report and on the impression it says: “No intra-abnormality to explain etiology of patients symptoms of lower left pelvic/abdominal pain. No evidence of appendicitis or diverticulitis”. Well I started reading over the whole report and in the section where it talks about the Body wall it states that there is a small umbilical hernia! Well they did not even mention this in the impression section! Also my GI doc told me all was normal! How is that a normal finding??? I checked around the navel area and my abdomen and did not feel any unusual lumps or anything. Just wondering if I need to be worried about this? They make it seem like finding this kind of hernia is typical and no big deal.. What do you guys think? I am going this Monday to a general surgeon here in my city who deals with hernias. I just want to see if he can help maybe diagnose if I actually have a hernia that could be causing my lower left pain or at least order me the correct testing needed in order to get a diagnoses. What are your thoughts on this with the umbilical hernia?? I have no pain that area at all..
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quote Good intentions:Your doctor probably just read the summary, like many of us do, and the doctor reading the image was only looking for what he’s been trained to look for specific to how your symptoms were reported to him. Lower left pelvic/abdominal pain. The umbilical hernia was just a side observation.Good luck.
Yes that is what I pretty much figured. I consulted with a specialist who is a hernia surgeon and mentioned the umbilical hernia to him. He said he was not even concerned as he did not even see it or feel it. He said it is very small and not to worry about it. ..
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quote Jen74:Well my GI doctor said everything came back normal. Well I went to get a copy of the report and the CD today and was reading the report and on the impression it says: “No intra-abnormality to explain etiology of patients symptoms of lower left pelvic/abdominal pain. No evidence of appendicitis or diverticulitis”. Well I started reading over the whole report and in the section where it talks about the Body wall it states that there is a small umbilical hernia!
Your doctor probably just read the summary, like many of us do, and the doctor reading the image was only looking for what he’s been trained to look for specific to how your symptoms were reported to him. Lower left pelvic/abdominal pain. The umbilical hernia was just a side observation.
Good luck.
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