[pennybryan]

Hello,
I'm 30 and was sterilized 6yrs ago, for the past 2yrs I've been having lower abdominal pain, sharp shooting pains that make me reel up, a dull ache that goes all the way round my lower back and stabbing burning pains in my right breast with slightly swollen breast tissue, which is made worse with my menstrual cycle. The abdominal pain is very similar to when I had an ovarian cyst 6-7yrs ago, so my GP sent me for a scan 2 days ago but revealed nothing and the lining of my womb looks normal too. The hospital said I had endometriosis but a laperoscapy when I was sterilized showed nothing. I'm now very confused as to what could b going on. I had right side lung surgery in June and am on a low dose of oxycodone and 900mg gabapentin (nerve blockers) which seem to have ecsasibated my symptoms recently. I'm so tired all the time and I struggle to eat as I always feel sick, confused and forgetful. I'm back to see my GP next week but could you please give me some advise?

[joypulv]

This should not be under Pregnancy, but it doesn't matter that much, because it's too complicated to give an advice other than comfort and to say keep asking your doctors. Lung surgery (or any invasive surgery) isn't something to gloss over in one sentence. You don't even say what it was for or if you smoked or still do. Also, some people have unusual reactions to medications, so you need to ask about that, especially as it relates to fatigue and not feeling hungry. And third, assuming you had the cyst removed, you could have formed scar tissue (some people scar more than others) that is pressing on nerves. The trouble with removing scar tissue is that more scar tissue forms with each surgery.

If you were told you have endometriosis, why are you thinking you don't? It could have started in the 6 years since the laparoscopy, or am I reading this wrong?


Anyway, my sympathies for the pain and concern.