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Living With an Undiagnosed Illness
New Doctor
The search for a diagnosis continues
I made an appointment with the new Doctor my
general surgeon recommended.
Doctor
I took my library of images and test results from
every other doctor/specialist I had previously seen, and he went through the
whole lot. My MRI scan didn't show anything of concern, mild
disc problem, that apparently if most people have an MRI would have this, it's
just wear and tear on the body, shall post the report later on through my
saga.
My Description of Pain.
My pain was all left sided at this
stage. Up high near my rib cage, and at the side of the
rib cage and extremely tender to touch.
My stomach was very distended, and just below the
left hand rib cage you can see a lump that measures roughly 10 cm x 10 cm .
Inside this lump I can feel small hard pea shaped lumps which are also extremely
tender. This area oozes a watery substance (no where else on my body
does this) only where the pain and tenderness is. It's like a cold sweat.
It feels like something is trying to push itself
out of my body, like a kick in the left rib, which is excruciatingly painful, it feels
like it's hitting a nerve, similar to when you eat cold ice cream and you
have a sensitive tooth.
I also have spasms in this area where the lump is,
which can radiate through the back, again only left sided pain. It's constant
pressure and and feels bruised, like I have been run over by a bus.
It pitches me, and makes bubbling, gurgling
sounds, the pain is the worse pain I have ever experienced.
More Specialist
Even though the pain is high up the new Doctor
recommends we go back to the beginning, where did the pain originally start. It
started in my pelvic area, so he recommends we start back there and find another
Gynecologist as there could be something missed, perhaps endometriosis
higher up, or more cysts (perhaps larger ones) developed.
So on this Doctors recommendation I make another
appointment with a Gynecologist who usually practices
in Sydney but has appointments locally twice a month.
I wasn't that happy about this decision as the pain was higher
up, but the new Doctor said lets start from scratch and work our way up. I had
nothing to lose.
Time for another Gynecologist
The Story Continues .......
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New Gynecologist
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