At the age of 13 to the age of 16 I had a lump inside my left scrotum. If I squeezed it quickly it would hurt. But if I squeezed it slowly and carefully, I could feel the liquid substance (whatever was in it) circulating out into my abdominal area. If I squeezed it while pressing on the top of the lump it would inflate and become very painful. If I squeezed it while lying down on a horizontal position it would disappear, but just as would stand up it would have all the substance inside it drain back down which would inflate the lump again. I used to squeeze the lump quite often to make it disappear because I was annoyed of it.

When I was about 16, it disappeared. After squeezing it a lot for a few days it disappeared. Then a few days later it reappeared, so I squeezed it more to let the fluid substance inside it drain upwards. Then one day it just disappeared. Ever since the lump disappeared I have had pain in my upper left colon, burning pain inside my stomach and constipation. Is this all a coincendence???

I am now 19 and half and I have never had this lump return, but I still feel the discomforts and sometimes even painful sensations that I used to feel when I had my hernia. The only exception is that the lump is not there to prove I have (or have had) a hernia. I have visited many doctors, even physicians. None of them could help me - some simply said the discomforts "might" be an inflamation. Some say that it was probably a muscle problem. Others said I have nothing at all. I have done an ultra-sound around my abdominal area and the results were that there was nothing bad present. I have told all these doctors about the lump and they almost seem like they don't even believe me. I have wasted more than $2000 on appointments and treatments and I'm tired of this whole problem. I would like to know exactly what's going on inside my abdominal area - even if that means colonoscopy or having to do surgery and cut me open. It sounds rediculous, but pretty much I need someone to know what my guts "look like" once and for all.

I regret not seeing a doctor during the time the lump was actually there. The reason why I never talked about it to anyone was because I was embarrassed and my parents were very emotionally detached from me. I had been through stressfull times in my childhood - I had many conflicts with my parents and as aresult I did not "like" them much. So I never told them.

I am completely desperate, is there anyone who can help me, please? I would appreciate it very much.