Abdominal / rib / back pain?!
Question:
Abdominal / rib / back pain?
I'm wondering if something is really wrong or if I'm just being a wuss. But It hurts pretty bad. I'm having pain in my lower abdomin, but I'm also having a pain from just below my ribs to my belly button more on the right side than the left. And my back is absolutely killing me. It started yesterday and lasted a few hours before it quit. Then I felt great this morning. A little while ago the symptoms started again real bad and my period hit. I've never had this happen on my period before. normally my lower belly will ache and feel a little "full". Now, I have 2 spinal injuries so if I sit certain ways or if I stand too long my back kills me. I thought that was what it was. Cause I have a standing job again. But now I don't know. Could this be a period thing? That PMS or PMDD thing combined with a back ache? Or is my friend right saying its a gallbladder thing or some kind of kidney thing? Frankly she's scaring me. I drink a lot of soda and she says that's to blame. :(
Additional Details3 weeks ago
I also don't have health insurance cause I work 38 hours instead of 40 :( stupid companies... and I already owe a bunch of medical debt from a past partial paralysis. I don't want to go to the doc over some stupid period symptoms and have him tell me its nothing and cash up front please. Does anyone know if these are normal or perhaps a little more severe menstral symptoms?
3 weeks ago
Oh and I get that IBS during my period. >.< Does that have anything to do with this maybe?
Answers:
I'd put money on it being a gallbladder thing. I few years ago I was hospitalized with gallbladder pains. I couldn't sit, I couldn't stand, I couldn't lie down, I freaked out so my husband rushed me to the emergency room. They gave me pain killers and told me I had gall stones. They wanted me to have surgery, but I found a site online that has a gallbladder cleanse you can do. It's best to do this on the weekend, it takes a couple days, and you need constant access to a bathroom. If anything it's good for your kidneys and your gallbladder because it cleans them out. If anything It would let you know if it was them or not. I'd look up a kidney/gallbladder cleanse.