do others have a "Pain in the B*tt" ... ? - Herpes Message Board

Zaphod · 08-11-2003, 03:07 PM

I was just reading some other posts and saw a few people say they had a deep pain the butt.. on the left side, "like a horse kicked me" .. I have that!

and I didn't know that might be a symtom/side effect...

I'm looking for information about this. I've known about my infection for a long time, and haven't had an OB in more than 9 months.. but this pain has been here for the last 5 or 6.

I was thinking it was some sort of back problem that has expanded or something. Could it be related to HSV?

Z

mutz · 08-11-2003, 03:55 PM

Hi Zaphod,

I was the one who made the horse analogy. I probably should have said 'donkey' instead because I have one.

I know that my pain is herpes because I got it right when I got my first OB. It comes on strong right before an OB---I suppose it's the virus traveling down the nerves.

It goes away completely sometimes but is my most persistent symptom overall. I can get it on the other side too, but it is more common on the left. It's even tender to the touch at times.

That's all I know!
Take care,
Mutz

Zaphod · 08-11-2003, 04:13 PM

Mutz,

thanks for the response. I'm still trying to get a better handle on this, to see if you and I have the same thing going on..

Do you know "the #4 stretch"? if you're sitting in a chair, right foot on the ground, left ankle on your right knee (making a bent #4) and you lean over to bring your nose to your left knee.... you should feel a stretch in your left butt cheek.

When I do that stretch, it's right where I have this pain in my butt. Is that like yours? I've been told by massage people that my muscles are tightening and flexing more than they should be.. sometimes I can feel it all down my leg...

Let me know what you think,
Z

islandgirl · 08-11-2003, 04:50 PM

Hey, there. I too have that pain in the butt, but mine always radiates to the front abdomen like around the belly button area. Does the pain affect you at all in your abdominal area?

Isabella · 08-11-2003, 09:08 PM

I think I am having my first OB (or at least the first one I've actually noticed) and at the beginning I too had streaks of butt and leg pain on the left side. I also had a little bit of lower back stiffness. I was thinking it was a symptom of my endometriosis b/c my left ovary is covered with endo and often causes little pains. I never correlated it to my OB until now. Weird! Now I'm wondering just how long I've had "H", since I've been dismissing the pain as endo for a while now. I may have had this longer than I thought!