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 June 26, 2009, 06:33:35 PM
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I was very bloated back then and did look pregnant BUT.. ( the complaint I have and was having (way before I fell pregnant too) is: For my symptoms it's not a bloating feeling as such..(although is does look like it only a very hard abdomen, a lumpy thick one, it's not rolls of fat, its like a hard basketball) very hard to describe it's like I feel my intestines, the layers above so muscle, tendons nerves etc are all 10 times thicker then they should be with alot of tiny pea shaped lumps, all of it is painful, the extra layers are so very tender and the pea shaped lumps are like the feeling you get if you hit a nerve (if you've every experienced nerve sensitivity on a tooth/teeth) that's how I feel from rib cage to just above navel. So while I did have the bloating on top which is related to the food I ate, endo and IBS it's different then the normal bloating people experience. The reason I'm still keen to pursue the Dercums Disease Theory 
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June 27, 2009, 02:53:20 AM
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Kristin from what I've been told over the years and read about.........(although I could be wrong so don't quote me on this  ) A Gyno makes the incision below the navel and searches in those female areas....while a general surgeon (others too but not sure on the type of specialist, for eg: Gasto) they make the incision above the navel, which would look at your liver, kidney, spleen, gallbladder etc You may have to have two Laparoscopies ...as each specialize in difference areas, therefore only make the one incision. If your Gyno doesn't find anything below, perhaps ask your General Doctor how you can go about Exploratory surgery with a general surgeon which hopefully will look at the areas above the navel Sorry it does gets confusing and I'm really unsure of how your Medical System works, so just some ideas for you Basically.........If a Gyno only specializes in that area then that's all they will look at during the surgery yet if they specialized in both fields..say Gyno and Gastro they would have the qualifications to perform incision up and below Don't stress, you'll get there eventually think positive  Sammy
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June 27, 2009, 10:35:02 AM
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You are right, The laparoscopy might find nothing, mine didn't, (well apart from stuff they weren't looking for), but it is an easy little op, so there is no harm having a go. (Famous last words).
My doctors seem to like to wait 3 weeks before going back in through the naval. They weren't worried either, after the one where my belly button incision got infected.
Personally i would definately try and get both the hernia and the laparoscopy done together, failing that, i'd try and get the lap done first, only because i'd presume you'd be quite sore after the hernia op.
The colonoscopy is easy peasy. You shouldn't have any problems with that.
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