HI! I'm posting my problem in this thread because it might be an "overdid it" problem. Here's my story. In June 2001 I had a hysterectomy keeping my ovaries and cervix. All seemed well until August of last year. I started having this annoying pain on my right side near my groin almost to where my leg meets. Sometimes the pain travels around my hip and/or down my leg. First I went to my gyne. We did an pelvic ultrasound (cysts ?) - found nothing. Had my liver checked - found nothing. We also did a culture - found nothing. Six months before that I had some blood in my stools and had a colonoscopy done. It turned out to be internal hemmies. Last summer (about 2 months before this pain started), my husband and I did some serious landscaping in the back yard. I must have lifted 500 -25lb bricks all over the yard. Although I never felt that I overlifted (and felt any pain), is it possible I gave myself a hernia? I haven't felt any lumps or anything. Now here's the weird part, this ONLY hurts when I'm sitting or laying down for a period of time. If I get up and start walking around, the pain goes completely (well 95% of it) away. I have 3 ideas on what it could be - 1)hernia, 2)scar tissue from the hysterectomy, or 3) something is wrong in the colon area, and I need to have a colonoscopy again. I may add at this point that I have had NO change in weight, or bowel movements. I do get an occasional hemoroids (once every 2 - 3 months) but that's usually brought on by my diet (too much cheese which causes constipation and straining) or if I drink beer. I'm sorry this is so long, but I'm at my wit's end. I know if I go to my doctor, she's going to suggest a laparoscopy to look around, or to go have another colonoscopy (which I dread). I'm trying to avoid the medical expenses, and rather than put myself in the poor house by every doctor suggesting this test and that test, I was hoping someone has had similar symptoms which could help me pinpoint an eventual test/diagnosis. Thanks for any replies.

From your description, it doesn't sound like a hernia. Usually when you get a hernia, you'll feel the pain at that moment. Often, there is also a lump or protrusion that you can feel/see, and the pain tends to ease when you lie down. It would probably hurt to laugh, cough, etc.

Most likely, I would guess that you strained a muscle (an abdominal muscle, perhaps), and depending on the severity of the injury and how much you have irritated it during the healing process, it may take several months or more to fully heal.

Of course, it could also be something entirely different.