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I am really curious as to why it's always the lefy side my incision is lumpy on the left and not nearly as smooth looking as the right side. I did have a repeat surgery a week post-op from my c-section to removed a retained sponge. So for all you that think your lump is from a retained item it won't be. I was very very ill until it was removed. I am going to ask my doctor again abobut my incision mot feeling right

I had my second c-section almost 3 weeks ago and I started having sharp comstant pains in my left side about 3 days ago and I am really sore. I can not cough or anything without major pain.

hello girls, just checking in again. seems no clear answers yet! as if.... anyway, went for a 2nd opinion to my mom's gyno. wow! what a relief! i felt like he really listened to me. the sympathy he gave me caused me to burst into tears like a big 'ol baby. i'm truly glad i went now, i half expected him to agree with my doc, but he DID NOT AGREE!! good, because i did not agree with her either!!! she wanted to put me on lupron for left sided pain post c-section. my sis is a drug researcher for a MAJOR med resource company. she did research for me and we both came to the same conclusion. this drug is NOT for everyone, the side effects are worse sounding than the actual condition. my doc wanted to try this because she thought it was endo based on a past history of the disease. this new guy actually listened to ALL my complaints, and said he would absolutely not prescribe lupron without a confirmation of endo through laparoscopy. he said it was not a drug to prescribe so indescriminately, just to 'rule out' a condition. he is going to do a laparoscopy on this thurs. 6-9-05. he said it sounded to him like cla__sic adhesions NOT ENDO, and that is based on my complaints i.e. pain when i toot, laugh, cough, sneeze, bm, period, lay flat stretched out, or hold my bladder too long, and severe diarrhea. he said these are all typically a__sc. w/major adhesions, and there is a chance i will need a hysterectomy, or partial removal of the ovary on the affected side. since i am D O N E having kids this almost sounds like a welcome relief. he was so HONEST with me when i told i had researched adhesions and was concerned about having surgery to remove then, when surgey IS the cause. he said that was a major discussion of paradoxial proportions in med school. to operate or not, that is the question. so, we will go ahead anyway, just to find the answer, but at least i feel informed that it may not be the cure, and i might have to live the rest of my life on some form of narcotics. this will be my 2nd laparscopy in 15 years, so i pretty much know what to expect, but i still dread it. makes you wonder about some of these chics who actually want an elective c-section. my 1st 2 were v____al and tough deliveries, but there is no way in hell i would ELECT to have my body sliced open, my guts piled on my chest while my insides a 'vacuumed' out because i think it would be easier. these women really ought to have their heads examined if they know the facts and still want a section!! maybe one's considering ELECTIVE c-sec should visit this page for an eye opener. sorry all, just had to vent!! anyway, wish me luck for thursday....arghhh. my email is nmoungo@charter.net for anyone who wants to share. i welcome thoughts and ideas, and am always happy to share mine ;) peace- nikki

Nikki, how did your laprascopy go? Hope you will recover soon. I am hest_tating to perform a laprascopy since my pains are bearable and don't want to be cut open again. I have pains about half of the time. Two Obgyn diagnosed me with adhesions. Don't know what to do. Looking for help. Thanks.

For DG - I am experiencing the exact same thing as you, only on my right side. My c-section was done 3 years ago. I have recently lost 20 pounds and can feel a lump the size of a rubber bouncy ball. The doctor thinks it is a ball of scar tissue with nerves entwined in it, which is causing my pain. I'm having surgery on Thursday to have it removed, so I will let you all know if that's what it is. I think it is endometriosis, as I have the pain during my period, and I'm okay the rest of the time. So we'll see! Thanks for listening.

hi girls, out of bed now and ready to get back to 'life', hopefully as i once knew it. thanks for asking after me linda :) anyway, the laparoscopy went well, i had 2 very large adhesions coming out of the ab wall where the section cut was made. one wound around my bladder and intestines, while the other was connected to my uterus and then right above my belly b___ton on my ab wall. i also had a blood filled cyst on my left ovary. there was NO sign of ENDO ANYWHERE. adhesions can cause 'cycle' pain, because you swell on your cycle thus pulling and stretching the adhesions and the organs they've connected to. unfortunately, i think dr.s probably think the pains are endo when they are more likely adhesions. i'm so glad my 2nd opinion doc well informed enough to make a very educated guess! when my endo was first removed over 14 years ago it was sooooo bad it was all over my uterus, even the back. it had spread to other organs and was making itself quite at home. beleive the experts when they tell you pregnancy can possibly cure it for some, it obviously did me, i'm living proof. i was ate up with the c___p. not a sign of it now tho' and this is 3 kids later. i'm glad i had the surgery linda, even though it is no walk in the park, it is certainly not as bad as a c-section. the pain is somewhere close to my monthly cramping. the post op pain was much worse the 1st time around because i was a teeny person then, whose stomach had never been stretched out by pregnancy, nor felt the pain of pregnancy. older and wiser and more stretched out now i guess! its a pretty personal decision to go under the knife or not, it took me a year to get up the nerve, but im glad i did. at least now i know what the actual problem is and that i do not need lupron (thank god!). so for now it is just the waiting game to see how the next few cycles go. im much more optimistic. my doc put these 'patches' on my interior scar tissue to hopefully stop the re-emergence of the little devils. i'm lucky to live in st. louis which is a huge university-med school- research town, so there is usually the latest in treatment available here, if you find the right doc. i may not be 'cured' but at least i know what is wrong with me, and i think that is half the battle. so, if any of you are on the fence about laparoscopy, i say go for it. there is some relief in knowledge, even if there is no absolute cure for adhesions. if any of you live in missouri or close to it and want the name of my lovely lovely wonderful physician i would be happy to pa__s it on. just email me at nmoungo@charter.net. the next few cycles will provide me with better prognosis making capabilit_tes, so i will post an update here later. peace- nikki

Ditto 2 U all. I am 4 yrs post csect. Pain episodes began approx 10 mos post csec. Extremely terrible pain to mid right stomach. Last Aug had Lap and MD advised there was tons of SCAR tissue which she removed. Have been fine since BUT now 10 mos later another episode of pain. Had some spotting 1st thought it was period, but hr later the crushing pain came to stomach, back was like contractions, and trembling. This time felt feverish & like I was going to pa__s out, nausea. I take vicodin for it, but this time not much relief. Went back to MD and wants to do more U sounds. For the past 3 yrs I did ever test under the sun, and all they did find was a hernia of which they don't want to operate until I lose weight or have another baby. I was pregnant & miscarried in Dec. I don't want to wait again. I am glad to know I am not alone in my frustration and hopelessness on this. Why are there so many of us? There must be more too cause it took me this long to find this site. Also newest addition to symptoms is a discharge from belly b___ton. Has anyone experienced that????

I had my third c-section in May of 2004 and I've had pain on my left side ever since... my baby is almost 13 months old... It is a very uncomfortable pain...and is not always localized in the same place. It extends from under my left rib cage through my lower abdomen...and also seems to have a pulling pain that radiates into my inner thigh and across my left leg... It is gettting worse now that my cycles have returned. I am an avid b___stfeeder and so I've just had my first period since my son's delivery. So I don't believe it is anything related to my ovaries or endometriosis...which I've never had... I conceived all three of my babies on the first try... they are spaced 24 and 23 months apart. I had NO such issues after my first and second c-sections... The pain IS worse with my mentral cycle this month... Sometimes I can feel what feels like a thick cord in my left side... I've already been for an abodominal U/S and a colonscopy that came back unremarkable... I'm going to see my primary care doc again this next week... I saw him six months ago which is when I was referred to the colonoscopy and U/S tests... I saw my OB/Gyn at that time too as I suspected a possible hernia but she said it is not... I DO trust my OB...she's extremely clinical and good... she performed all three of my c-sections... And I live in Boston with excellent hospitals--so if it is adhesions I would opt for the surgery. I'm still nursing and plan to continue until my baby self-weans... This pain is very uncomfortabe but stops short of being painful... no burning...but yes a twisting and pulling sort of pain.. like my circulation is being cut off the way you might feel wearing pants with a very tight waistband after a big meal--even when I'm not wearing anything... I feel like I can't work out and get my figure back... and I can't sleep...it bothers me most at night... but lately I am bothered it during waking hours as well... I have three small children that I am constantly lifting... but I don't think it is that... I think it is adhesions with a nerve pinched in there... I just want it to go away!!!!

Hello all... I had my surgery yesterday. The doctor initially thought my lump was a ball of scar tissue, but when he took it out he said it looked like endometriosis. Exactly what I thought! So he is sending it to be tested and will tell me for sure in a few days. The surgery was not bad at all, I'm a little sore today but nothing like I thought it would be like. Just wanted to let everyone know, don't be afraid to speak up, also do what your instincts tell you. If your pain affects your daily life, you should have it checked out. Don't wait!

Hi All, I just did a search to see if there were others out there..suffering as I am. I had a "normal" v____al birth almost six years ago...Then a c-section almost 4 years ago...and 8 months into my son's life...I was pregnant with baby number 3. He will be 3 in Feb. LONG story short...I have ALways had pain on my left side..after baby#2.(my middle child)My dr."blew me off"..and I just stopped mentioning the pain. It wasn't until last Sept. that I couldn't take it anymore! She suggested another Dr. to see...I got in this past June 13th. He was very quick to diagnose my problem. THERE is an actual st_tch STILL in my abdomen!!! I have to wait for surgery..it will be in Sept. and hopefully the pain (and infection) will finally go away.FOUR YEARS OF SUFFERING!!!(bad odour from the incision, and fever, and exhaustion and a very compromised life...but I am a Mom...we are supposed to "suck it up"...and keep going!!) I feel validated...and I WILL get better! tjconn@shaw.ca

I had my 2nd C section 4 years ago and have had CONSTANT pain since- BURNING- pulling swelling. the Dr told me it would go away- the lump is the size of a pinky finger. It is severe when I ovulate and after I have s_x. I have cried since my daughter has been born- what can be done- have had pain injections, and no one seems to want to help- have been to 2 different Drs have had MRI nothing.chancery@direcway.com

Well months later and POST surgery, It turns out that I was correct! Even the General Surgeon believed my "ma__s" to be Scar Tissue or an Incisional Hernia. I didn’t mention Endo to him because No one seemed to believe me and The CT scan/Ultrasound showed nothing but a small ma__s. I was not actually diagnosed with anything specific. Based on this, My surgeon, who is probably the best in the area(or I wouldn't have had the surgery!), had that LOOK on his face when I would visit. You know, the one where they really don't believe you are in enough pain to warrant surgery?? Anyway, he left it up to me, we pushed forward and HE discovered, during my EXPLORATORY surgery that it was indeed Incisional Endometriosis. Hopefully it has been removed completely and I will not end up with a Hernia after all! Just a week later and I feel Better than I have in a Long time! GOOD LUCK to all and I am so blessed to have found this wonderful site filled with knowledgeable WOMEN! And thanks Mikie, I just read your response and your support means a lot to me...

For the past week or so I have been having terrible pain above my incision in my stomach. It hurts when I walk and stand. I do hav relief with rest. At night it hurts when I toss and turn. I am two years post op and I recently lost 25 pounds and I am still about 25 pounds over weight. I also have been having a back ache for a week and feel I am not going to the bathroom like normal. Does anyone have any ideas. The pain was a little less today cause my husband was home and cared for the children. It is now night and I am feeling really sore right now. It also burns from time to time. Does anyone have any ideas. I also have a very chubby belly ( lol) HELP!!

Oh yes I may of left this out but I have had two c-sections one two years ago and one five years ago.

Hi all, The pain got so bad yesterday I went to the Emergency room. They did blood work, x-rays and a catscan also I had two internal exams guess what? They found nothing?? I can't believe it I was doubled over in pain and everytime I walk or stand the burning is overwelming?? Perhaps I just pulled a muscle? Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

I am so glad i found this site!! i have been going crazy trying to figure out these pains i am having on my left side and on the internal part of my incision. i am 8 weeks post opt. i quit bleeding 2weeks ago but if i am on my feet for to long i start gushing blood again and having that sharp pain throughout my insicion. If any one has has this please let me know. bernadette@ebeeson.com