PCOS and belly pain??? - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Message Board

jess25 · 07-01-2009, 10:43 PM

Let me start by saying I have been diagnosed with PCOS for a little over a year. My periods stopped after the birth of my third chid a little over 5 years ago. After I had him I had a problem sleeping at night and what better to do when you are up late than eat lol so I ended up gainind about 30 pounds and I was a far cry from skinny to begin with. So I ended at 225 pounds. Since the birth of my son I have had alot of abdominal issues, upper abdominal bloating, it looks like the right side of my stomach is swollen bigger than the left, and lots of abdominal pain, sometimes going up into my chest. I have lost a good deal of weight (down to 198) and still losing. My question is, does anyone else have this same issue with the severe bloat and belly pain and can it be caused by hormonal issues? I have had to take progesterone to induce periods for the past 3 years and I have noticed that right after my period my belly feels better for a week or two and then everything swells back up again and I am miserable. I have had my gallbladder checked and it is fine so I am getting kinda worried. Also the weight I have lost, none seems to have left my belly, I haven't even dropped a pants size. Anyone else with these symptoms it would be great to hear from you so that maybe I could quit worrying myself sick over it.

holly clock · 07-02-2009, 02:22 AM

Hi Jess

My situation is a bit different, I have no idea what is wrong with me, PCOS was one thought I had but I can't get any doctors to pay attention to what i'm saying. I have periods that come too frequently, every 20 days or so from the start of the last one, and no pain when I get them.

What I do have similar to you is the abdominal issues. I've gained 15-20 pounds so far over the last 2 months which for me is not normal at all, i've been eating even healthier than I was before the weight gain and exercising a lot more doing strength training, yoga and cardio until the pain in my right side gets so bad I have to stop. Now granted the cardio is just power walking and stepping but i've been feeling too sick to do anything more strenuous, but it's way more exercise than I was doing before I started putting on the weight. Yet i've gained 15-20 pounds and it's not all muscle weight because my pants just keep getting tighter. I was around 142 before the weight gain and now i'm almost at 160. 145 pounds was the most i've ever weighed in my life before all this.

My symptoms started about 8 months ago with occasional nausea that turned to nightly nausea a few weeks later and then turned to constant nausea about a week after that, then also came an annoying pain right underneath my right ribcage that felt like someone had hit me there with a baseball bat, the pain sometimes reaches around to my back, then came a full swollen feeling underneath the right rib that has continually gotten worse, now it feels hard there too and I can't sleep on my stomach anymore because of the pain. Throughout all of this i've also had bouts of dizziness, night sweats, diarrhea and constipation, horrible stomach cramping, itchiness, leg swelling and leg pains...and I know i'm forgetting more.

And as far as I can tell all the weight gain has been in my belly and hip/upper thigh area. Ultrasound of my gallbladder area came back fine but they found a small possible hemangioma on my liver which they say is not causing my pain, but my symptoms seem to match those of asymptomatic people with the same problem, and I really don't know what is going on with my body.

I know it doesn't help that I don't have an answer but you are not alone. I've got a CT scan scheduled for next wednesday and a pelvic ultrasound on the 18th so if I get any news from those that I think might help you i'll post it as soon as I know.

Holly

holly clock · 07-02-2009, 02:25 AM

oops I meant to say symptomatic not asymptomatic

jess25 · 07-13-2009, 10:13 PM

Hey holly,
Wanted to know if you had any news from your test?