[MacMattico]

What should I do? What could it be? I'm probably going back to the ER tomorrow if I get the sharp pains again. I'm female if that matters.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Any bleeding? Could be a gunshot or knife wound.

[CatherineofAragon]

Mac, I’m sorry I don’t have any suggestions for you, but I’ll be praying.

[vetvetdoug]

I think you need to go see a physician that will have the CT scan done to rule out some real serious issues. A real doctor will also rule out gall bladder or pleurisy issues as they can exert pain throughout the abdomen without reason.

[sweetiepiezer]

Have them do an EKG while you are there.
MY brother was misdiagnoised for months, they said it was acid reflex, gave him antacids.
Three days after last doctors visit, he had a heart attack.

[rawhide]

The best thing to do is go to a doctor immediately. When I first had my pain, I waited until the pain subsided. I did not go see the doctor.
A few months later the pain returned and I knew I had to go see the doctor.
When the doctor saw me, he knew immediately what the problem was and he had me rushed to the hospital.
I had to have emergency surgery to remove my infected gall bladder.
My waiting caused some further problems for me.
Get yourself checked out immediately.

DO NOT WAIT!!

[PUGACHEV]

I’m guessing it’s a kidney stone. They produce the sharpest pain imaginable that begins as a dull ache or sensitivity under the ribcage, right or left, or in in your back, or both. The dull pain can persist for weeks or months and come and go as the stone passes.

[Organic Panic]

Tell them you are in the country illegally and you demand indigent care. You’ll get right on the MRI free of charge. I stupidly paid for my emergency surgery before I knew how the indigent care scam worked.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for you and that you find out what it is and get successful treatment !

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm probably going back to the ER tomorrow if I get the sharp pains again.

If you have a primary care doctor that you trust you should be in touch with him/her.If you don't...get one,soon.

[MacMattico]

Hi, Its me again resurrecting my ER thread. After the first initial visit to the ER on Dec 26th having had x-rays and basically nothing else done, I was back on Jan 6th, in worse pain. I finally got the CT scan.

The surgeon says I have a hernia directly behind my belly button (I am not obese and cannot see or feel this hernia) and I have an erosion (I guess not yet a full ulcer) in my stomach wall. He says that I shouldn't be in pain with these issues, but scheduled surgery for Wednesday the 15th. Next week). What upsets me the most is that I am in a lot of pain, and I'm afraid that the pain is something else completely.

He did also say I had a small hiatal hernia that didn't require surgery, and a small (4mm) lesion on my left kidney, but that although we would scan it again in 6 months, it was probably nothing. He said because imaging has gotten so clear in recent years, you can see things that you never could before and a 4mm lesion was probably something that was just part of my kidney.

Because I have had previous gall bladder surgery, he said scar tissue could be causing a problem, but he won't know until he “gets in there”. I'm going to sound like a baby and admit I'm scared! My first visit to the ER was exactly to the date one year sense my mother went to the ER. Second ER visit year to the day she died. Surgery is scheduled for what would have been her birthday. I want to ask everyone for a little prayer, but I feel bad asking because it may be nothing major and I'm not the worlds greatest Catholic, although I am one. Right now my right side hurts, worse with a deep breath. Before it was the left side under the ribs and then a bit lower. I trust this surgeon he's come highly recommended from people I know.