Going on for probably a year now.
Gastroenterologist has suggested colonoscopy--and really, I'm just too lazy to go thru all that trouble, plus the indignity of the diagnostic scoping itself. Plus: the inevitable "HANGRY!" of being on clear liquids (and no dairy--UGH).
Appendicitis ruled out, given no fever, no hershey squirts. Just intermittent, acute, sharp pain.
We speculated a while ago it could possibly be an ovarian cyst, since, HELLO! I have PCOS. But this pain is much different than the searing, TAKE MY BREATH AWAY PAIN that comes from a cyst bursting.
Reading a bit today about the possibility that this might actually be lactose intolerance brought on by my gastric bypass. I'm nearing four years post-op, and only in the last year or so has this pain presented itself.
This a.m., while eating my usual "first intake" which consists of pretzel thins and two Baby Bells, the pain kind of amped up a wee bit. Granted, I woke up with it. As of late, I've taken to eating cheese as a late night protein dense snack. I suspect I might have to curtail this, or cut myself down to one serving of cheese a day. Despite the fact that yogurt and aged cheeses have a much lower volume of lactose in it (due to the bacteria cultures involved), it does not 100% eliminate lactose.
So, doing a differential diagnosis on myself, my first diagnosis will be a mild case of lactose intolerance. My second diagnosis would be something unusual like an adhesion resulting from my adenomyosis. And my third diagnosis would be intermittent appendicitis (not all appendicitis results in an exploding appendix).
Going to discuss this perhaps at the next visit to the doctor, as I have to follow up about my vaccinations given our plans for a trip abroad in 2015, and I want to make sure I'm up to date on all my shots.
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