My menstrual cycle is in full flow. I had a long BM - stool was soft but took some effort to pass it all. I took a generic Excedrin for the menstrual pain, and ate half a banana.
I walked to work at 7:45.
I felt mostly OK, just slightly nauseous, but not bad compared to other days and only mild pains in my right flank. The office feels very warm, I turned on my fan.
At 9:45 coffee break I walked to Starbucks and got an almond milk chai tea latte and walked around the block.
By 11:15 I had much more intense squeezing pains in right flank while sitting. Made me feel light headed and nauseous. Stopped drinking my latte in case that was contributing. I got up went to the bathroom then went outside for some fresh air. Standing and cool air helps.
I'm having a moderate amount of pain in various places in my abdomen and pelvis, making my feel lightheaded and nauseous. I ate a digestive cookie. Took another generic Excedrin around 11:45. The squeezing pain in my right flank makes me feel like I might pass out. I can't be 100% sure, but I think the OTC painkillers make my RUQ pain worse.
I made an appointment at Pure Body Health to see an acupuncturist tomorrow evening.
At 12:00 I walked down to Chinatown on my lunch break. My abdomen feels like I have a belt on too tight just above my navel all the way around. Picked up some buns and was back at work around 12:40.
Feeling quite nauseous and pains in RUQ and muscles in my abdomen are very tight.
I only ate half of a Chinese pork bun and drank a lot of water.
I left work at 2:40 as I was having a hard time not crying for the pain. I tried eating another digestive cookie on the walk home. The fresh air helps, and the movement relieves the pain slightly but it is still quite intense. The pain is mostly in my RUQ and a bit of chest tightness on the right side above the pain site. Sometimes I get milder pains on my left flank and my pelvis still aches but it’s not overly painful in comparison.
I got home by 3:00 and I laid down on the couch with a heating pad. I can feel painful gas bubbles moving around. No more squeezing on right side while laying down but my entire abdomen is very sore and tight. And I feel very hungry. I got up to use the bathroom and ate half a banana at 3:30, then sat propped up on the couch with my knees up with a heating pad on my abdomen. Paid comes and goes and is sometimes intense. Nausea persists.
Husband and kids got home at 4:00. Husband went to bed for his night shift, I had a bath and cried a lot. The squeezing right flank pain is intense and unpredictable. It's unlike any other feeling I've ever experienced and very frightening and I can't help but be overwhelmed with it and wondering what's happening to me.
After the shower, I at a wrap with some ground beef and sour cream and sat down at the computer for about an hour inputting this diary/blog. Had milder but still intense squeezing pains in my RUQ while sitting at the computer.
Made myself a cup of white & berry tea with honey at 6:30. Drank a glass of water. Sat back down on the couch with kids and the heating pad. Having normal menstrual pains in my pelvis as well as a tight, hard pain across my diaphragm area. Ate one digestive cookie at 7:30. Drank more water.
Had another cry to myself after the kids went upstairs to bed and my husband left for work around 9:00.
Sitting here on the couch I have some backache and the need to urinate. While looking up “can endometriosis make you nauseous?” I found this link https://www.lagyndr.com/endometriosis/endometriosis-and-gastrointestinal-symptoms/ that yes it can. But this site also mentions interstitial cystitis. I don’t know if I have that since I wouldn’t say my bladder hurts...but I have noticed a change. In October, I noticed that I urinated when I felt generally uncomfortable or when I thought I should (when waking up or leaving the house) but I didn’t really feel the need to go. Recently, that has changed to having to go urgently. Not urgently like I’m incontinent but there’s just no lead up to the full heavy sensation of “oh I have to go soon” I have also been going more frequently but I assumed and still assume that’s because I’m drinking much more water and liquids in general.
Currently, while I have mild pangs of pain on my right flank that frightens me to tears, my more uncomfortable pain is across the top of my abdomen. And I can quite tell whether it’s more similar to a very full feeling and the food has not passed through to the intestines yet or a very hungry feeling where your stomach feels tight and small and immobile until you eat.
Finally got myself off the couch and went to bed at 10:15. All four kids are in my bed and I don’t have the heart to kick them out but I don’t think it’ll be a comfortable sleep.
Couldn't help to continue googling while in bed. Wondering if this pain is actually liver pain. definitely being right and also central makes it seem like maybe. And when I have this intense squeezy pain, it hurts intensely to be bent, like to raise a leg if I'm laying on my side in bed or to try and sit with a knee up near my armpit... Also would explain why OTC painkillers make the pain worse and not better... Got up at 11:00 to pee and check my last blood test to see if liver enzymes were checked.
Healthline tells me:
Commonly used tests to check liver abnormalities are tests checking:
- alanine transaminase (ALT)
- aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- albumin
- bilirubin
and my last blood test did test ALT, ALP, and bilirubin which were all normal. So that's good I guess...
Also while sitting at the computer a bit under my left ribs is hurting as well, which would not be my liver, so I guess I'm coming down from this panic a bit now...
I'm really feeling mentally unwell and exhausted and scared and... I just don't know what to do anymore. I think I will call my GP in the morning and see about a follow-up appointment to explore gastro issues while I wait for the Jan 31st appointment with the OB.
Went back to bed at 11:20
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