Pain in left side of trunk

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Pain in left side of trunk

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right under my ribs. Not just in the front, it's really the side.

When you guys say "left side" where exactly do you mean? I am trying to pinpoint sensations and pair them with food. I woke up with this and it's just got worse. It doesn't feel muscular. It feels internal.

I also still have the heaviness and elephant pressure in my abdomen, front AND back.
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With MC or diverticulitis, the pain is often located in the LFQ, around the sigmoid colon. Higher than that would suggest either kidney or gallbladder issues, especially if the pain is noticeable in back, also. Gallbladder pain usually comes after a meal, though, not before, and is closer to center. I was thinking that you no longer have a gallbladder, anyway, but I could be thinking of someone else.

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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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No, I don't. Your memory is as impeccable as your knowledge.
It's really not the back. It's truly on the side, sort of going round it. It's not a large area, but it's uncomfortable. I was trying to figure out what it could be, but the only thing there seems to be bowel.
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Oops! My typing certainly isn't impeccable. :oops: That should have been "LLQ", not "LFQ", obviously.

The colon seems to be the most likely option - the pain should be a little higher if a kidney infection were causing it. Some members have even been known to have pain there when they formed their first Norman, after years of D.

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I knew what you meant :lol:

I know where the kidneys are anatomically, and have had kidney infections. This is not "it".
If it presages a Norman I will be doing a VERY happy dance!!!
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