Random stomach pains

[princessk09]

I’m lying in bed in agony. It’s not my period or anything just a random crampy period feeling in my lower stomach. And pain in my hips

Sometimes I just wanna cry with all this pain and bloating etc 😫😫

Any advice on what it is?

Sorry I’ve been complaining a lot recently 😔

[NW248]

If the pain is constant, it could be that a cyst has burst. If that's it is should go down in the next few hours but feel tender for a few days.

You don't say if you're getting treatment for endometriosis, so it's hard to judge if it could just be the endometriosis playing up.

[princessk09 in reply to NW248]

I’m still waiting for a lap xx

[Cola71]

Hi, sorry to hear that you're in so much pain. Could it be that you're ovulating? I used to get terrible pain mid-cycle (I've now got a mirena fitted and take back to back Cerazette so don't have a cycle). I thought I was dying sometimes it was so bad. When I marked all my symptoms on a calendar, the mid-cycle pain would be the worst at ovulation.

I hope you can get some answers and help with the pain.

[princessk09 in reply to Cola71]

My mid cycle is next week but yesterday and today I have a cramp feeling like I’m about to start a period. Plus random sharp pains in my right ovary.

So idk if ovulation has come early or something xx

[Cola71 in reply to princessk09]

It could have come early, or like NW248 has said, it could be a cyst. But some people with endo have pain throughout the month sadly. Definitely write down dates and what's been happening - from experience it's always good to have everything on record for appointments. I hope you get your lap soon. Xx

[Adelind in reply to Cola71]

Hi! You are taking Charozette AND have mirena coil? O_O That is a lot of progesterone. Do you have any spotting at all? I was on Charozette for 6 month but was having 20 days of spotting every 40 days or so. Now they gave me Mycroginon 30 to take back to back but I'm having a full scale period right now in the middle of my second pack

[Cola71 in reply to Adelind]

Sorry to hear that you're still having periods despite the medication. Yes, I had the mirena fitted during my 2nd lap (I'd had 6 months of zoladex before the op) - it worked for about 18 months then my symptoms started to gradually return. I started taking back to back Cerazette as well and so far,for just over a year, it's worked. I don't have much spotting at all, but everyone seems to react differently to different medication.

[NW248]

Are you seeing a general gynae or a endo specialist on the BSGE list?

It sounds like they are doing a lap as a first step rather than an MRI. Much better to do an MRI as it is less invasive, therefore much better for you, can find bits a lap doesn't, therefore better for you, and costs a lot less to do, which is better for the NHS.

[princessk09 in reply to NW248]

I honestly don’t know if this new gynae is an endo specialist until tomorrow when I see him. I’ve tried googling him but nothing comes up except he mainly specialises in sub fertility (idk what that is)

He might suggest a MRI but I don’t know xx

[NW248]

You can look him up on the list below the map. bsge.org.uk/centre/

If he's not on there, he isn't a specialist.

Ask about an MRI, if he doesn't know that an MRI can show endo then you need to be seeing someone else.

[princessk09 in reply to NW248]

The hospital I’m going too isn’t showing up on the map.

I’m like extra nervous now as I need an endo specialist to do the lap as well

[NW248]

Just insist that you want to see an endo specialist. But your gynae might refer you for an MRI and then to a specialist which would be OK.

[princessk09 in reply to NW248]

Yeah I’ll just have wait and see xx

[cmbxm in reply to princessk09]

Careful with demanding an endo specialist at somewhere that isn’t an bsge centre, I had an “endo specialist” that was actually a complete fraud x

[princessk09 in reply to cmbxm]

Yeah it’s so hard x