Lower left abdominal pain. . .

there are several things that match what you are feeling,
as everyone has said, Doctor time.

GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!!

Better safe than sorry

Originally Posted by clixpix

Nobody is going to accurately diagnose you over the internet...you need to see a doctor!

If there is truly something wrong, the worse thing you can do is delay treatment.

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That is exactly what I was going to say! Since none of us know your history and no ethical doctor would diagnose over the internet, your best bet is to get to the doc. I really hope that you feel better . Pain can radiate from other places to weird places (ie gallbladder pain radiates to the right shoulder frequently).



Hopefully, this makes sense-- I just got off of a tough 12 hour shift and I am tired!

It seems to be a little better today. . .SO I am not too worried. .. Any worse and I will be doctor bound. . .

Originally Posted by kluchetta

Could be tubal pregnancy, ovarian cysts, or (this is a long shot here...) appendicitis - some people have it on the left instead of the right. Pain there could also be due to colon problems like diverticulitis. Probably best to get it checked out.

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My brother had appendicitis, not much pain just a dull ache on his left side, but when they decided to operate they were so shocked because it was starting to leak (very bad) and he was in not much pain at all!!!

Any pain should be checked out if it lasts more than a few days, maybe you can speak to someone over the phone before making an appointment, that way if it gets worse you dont have to wait until monday?

If it's Monday or Tuesday she'd have to go to the ER as they are holidays. YIKES. I'm such a sissy. I would have went to the doc a long time ago. I hope it's nothing serious hon.

Originally Posted by NoRachelHere

So for the past three or four days I have had relatively bad abdominal pain on my lower left. . . .

It hurts to walk (esp if my bladder is full) and it hurts to "try" to go to the bathroom. Not like pulled muscle ache, but pain. . .

Anyone have any suggestions?

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Please go to the doctor. I am not sure if this is a possible scenario for you but I will share my story.
In august I found out I was pregnant with my 4th baby (total surprise). It was totally normal and actually easier than my 3rd pregnancy (in which I spent 5 months puking 4+ times a day). On September 11th when I was 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant I got a serious sharp pain on my left side. A normal pregnancy can include aches and pains and cramps but this was SEVERE and did not stop.
I went to the er and by the time I got there I was pale and probably in shock so it did not seem so bad. It was a very terrible day, but it turned out I was having an ectopic pregnancy and my left tube had burst and I had to have emergency surgery.
The symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy (like bad pain in a side) can begin before you even know you are pregnant (but obviously that does not always happen).
Even if that is not it at all or not even close, if you have been in bad pain for days I would still say go to the doctor.

Originally Posted by NoRachelHere

It seems to be a little better today. . .SO I am not too worried. .. Any worse and I will be doctor bound. . .

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I would say if you still have pain to go to the doctor anyway. Like I posted, I had pain in my left side like you were describing (only mine was SEVERE) and after I went to the er it seemed to go away but I was in shock because I was having an ectopic pregnancy and my tube had burst (while I was at the hospital) and I was hemoraging inside.
Sometimes pain that lessons is still a major emergency.

Originally Posted by NoRachelHere

It seems to be a little better today. . .SO I am not too worried. .. Any worse and I will be doctor bound. . .

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One of the things that we are taught in nursing school ( at least the one I went to), is that with something like appendicitis, we do not give pain medications (unless the docs know what they are going to do). Giving pain medications and relieving the pain can actually mask when an appendix bursts. Usually with something like that you will have pain and then it will disapear or lessen-- your appendix has burst at this point and you don't have all that pressure anymore, but of course you are inserious danger. Go to the Doctor!

Yet again, i just got off of a 12 hour night shift and I am very tired so if I don't make sense that is why.

I had the EXACT symtoms when I was 17. It was a constant pain but hurt MUCH worse when I went to the bathroom-so bad that I had to hold my side when I went. I ended up going to my doctor who sent me to a surgeon. He thought it was my appendix so he admitted me to the hospital. I had a cat scan and x rays done. They found that I had an ovarian cyst the size of a pear! They had my gyno come in and the next day I was having surgery to have it removed.

If you do have a cyst or appendicitis-it will hurt MUCH MUCH worse if it bursts. You need to see a doctor-no matter how bad it hurts you now. Please make sure nothing is wrong. If it is a cyst, it could affect your fertility if you don't get it taken care of.

The OP has a chronic disease (lupus unless my memory is completely wrong here -which is possibly... my memory is bad sometimes). With whatever drug cocktail she's may or may not be on, any sort of out of the normal pain should be treated right away.
It's possible that it's just a flare triggered by holiday stress but it's better not to risk it. Too many medications have the side effect of destroying the liver and kidneys.

Okay, it is 12/22. Doctor's don't necessarily work on Christmas. So, you have Christmas eve to go to see a doctor. You really do not want to go to the ER on Christmas day.

thinking about you and wondering if you are feeling okay?

how are you doing today?

concerned...
it could be so many things, if nothing else call your doc and see what he says...

I hope your symptoms start to get better soon. I am not sure what it could be - but i would definitely recommend you go see your doctor just to be on the safe side

It seems to have subsided. . . I often wonder if it was not pain from ovulating or something like that. . . Seems to be more painful than one would have imagined ovulating to be, but I feel much better today. I was kind of worried perhaps about ectopic pregnancy myself. But like I said it has gone away. If it comes back or anything else strange happens I will be sure to go to the doctor! Thank you guys for caring! It means alot to know that there are people out there who are genuinely concerned!

It could have been a case of constipation too... or gas.

And you didnt tell me about this?? Why??????????

You have had cyst's before AND you know you have to be careful about your liver!!! If you get the pains again please call the Dr!!!!