Dang dang dang dang dang! I want you to be better and pain-free.
I didn't have any obvious onset symptoms when the doc discovered my hernias. He was doing a pre-vasectomy check-up and asked me to bear down while he put his hand about mid-way between penis, bellybutton, and hipbone (sorry, I know you don't have a penis, but you probably get the picture). He felt a bulging on both sides. I honestly didn't have any pain . . . until after he found it. I then had some soreness from his examination, and then, about every month or so after that, had some soreness in that area. It was never bad enough to stop me from having sex (Ms. Hairdog was the sole reason I wasn't having sex, and that was painful enough). I just decided to get it repaired because I read some stories about herniated intestines, etc., that made me realize I needed to get it fixed.
I'd run, not walk, to a g.i. specialist if I were you. I think your doc is being turdy and you should find another. I'm glad your appendix got taken care of, but it's time to call in the big guns. I was wondering if it might be endometriosis. My sis-in-law had that, and it was pretty painful.
I'm really feeling for you, HP. I just about cried when I read your message. Enough with this bull shiat, already.
Oh, and speaking of the weather, I came home last night and Ms. Hdog and DD3 were watching "Finding Nemo" in front of a roaring fire in the fireplace. In April.
