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For a few months now on and off I'm having really uncomfortable persistent stomach aches (they're quite high up above the belly button/below the ribs) I've always had bowel issues with the endo but this is driving me mad. I don't feel I can eat or do anything and just react straight away, even if I don't eat it makes no difference. Sometimes I can have 5/6 bowel movements a day 3 or 4 of those can be within an hour or 2. I'm at my wits end, have tried many things and I am on Mebeverine as well as taking buscopan x x

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I also had stabbing stomach pain before the surgery. It comes quickly and I need to hold my breath when they come. It is a piercing feeling that leaves me unable to do anything. Usually it leaves me within 15 minutes. Drinking hot water helps.

They have all disappeared right after the surgery.

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And mine is high up too, right beneath my chest

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