Bloating and on/off nausea - anyone know why it happens? Is it inflammation? Do any of you get really bloated with minimal endo pain?

[Kerry_M]

*Long post alert* — I’m trying to figure out why I’m so bloated and what I can do about it because it’s so uncomfortable.

I was diagnosed with endo last year, after a year long battle to find out what was wrong, as all my scans were clear, and I only found out for certain when I was eventually given a laparoscopy. I was thrilled to be pain free - felt like a different woman! - for 4 months, but my endo pain returned badly in Jan. I started acupuncture and it went away again. But as of last weekend it’s returned and this time with bloating. I am bloated so bad I look 5/6 months pregnant.

At the same time I felt really run down, like I was fighting off a virus, nauseous on and off, and so tired. I slept the whole time my kids were at school on Monday.

The ‘virus’ feeling is still there, like hot pin-prick feeling in my eyes; the bloating is still there, I’ve had to wear leggings all week, can’t fit in my jeans; the nausea is more off than on, but still shows up sometimes; but my endo pains have largely gone. So although at first I connected this to endo, now I don’t know.

If I’ve had endo and a virus, that’s shitty timing. Possible, as both kids have had bugs back end of last week and over the weekend. But surely % of both at the same time is unlikely. So why the run-down virus feeling?

And if the endo has gone, or pretty much gone, why am I still so bloated? I have had such bloating before (a few times over the last few years) and it did go, but I freaked out and twice had scans to check nothing sinister going on (there wasn’t). But I’m starting to feel edgy now. Can anyone shed any light for me? Or experienced similar?

[tinkerbell971]

I’m always bloated. Like I can’t even remember the last time that I actually wasn’t bloated. Have you tried the endo diet? That’s supposed to help some women with their bloating but to be honest it hasn’t really worked for me. I’ve also tried taking turmeric capsules because they are an anti inflammatory but they didn’t work either. I’m waiting to see my gynae again because of my bloating and because the pain has come back a lot worse than before and I only had my op 7 months ago x

[Kerry_M in reply to tinkerbell971]

Hi tinkerbell, yes I’ve stopped eating gluten, dairy and sugar this week, and no alcohol, no Diet Coke, but like you, no effect yet... Also made some ginger and tumeric to drink in hot water, and taken Berocca for an overall boost, and magnesium supp, starflower supp and vit D supp. Have you had mild nausea and tiredness with yours?

[tinkerbell971 in reply to Kerry_M]

I don’t get nausea much but if I do get it it’s at night or first thing in the morning. Im also so tired all of the time I could sleep 15 hours a night if I could x

[Char411]

I too sometimes get a flare of symptoms that aren’t accompanied by my usual endo pains. I will get mild nausea in waves, quite often in the morning, the bloating on and off and as for fatigue, well I’m just always tired. I’ve given up trying to work out this god awful disease now as there’s no rules or logic to it and it certainly doesn’t play fair xx