My pain began on July 14th, 2008 which was
a Monday. The pain was in my right abdomen
just above my belly button. At first the
pain was more of an annoyance than
anything. I also felt nauseated and weak.
Nevertheless, I made an appointment with
my family doctor for Wednesday. The doctor
initially thought that I had a bladder
infection or UTI, although at this time he
did no tests, and advised me to take AZO
pills. By the next day, the pain was more
intense and was sharp and constant, and
migrated down to my lower right pelvic
region. I went back to the doctor Thursday
and he performed blood work, urine test,
and a pelvic exam. My abdomen and pelvic
area was very sore so he assumed that I
had pelvic inflammatory disease and gave
me a shot and prescribed me two different
antibiotics for 14 days. All the tests
that they performed showed up to be
normal. My blood work was fine, no
bacteria present in urine, and negative
for gonnorhea and chlaymidea. I went into
the ER early Saturday morning because my
legs were shaking very bad and I couldn't
control them. The ER doctor (who was a
quack job) did all the same tests again
that I had done in the doctors
office--ughh and again they came back
normal. The ER doc said I needed to give
the antibiotics more time to work and sent
me home with a prescription for a muscle
relaxer and pain killer, she said the
shaking was from the pain. The leg shaking
continued during the middle of the night
for three nights. On Monday I went back to
the doctors office and he orderd a CT
scan, to completely rule out appendicitis.
The CT scan showed some free fluid in my
pelvic region. I wasn't convinced my
family doctor was giving an accurate
diagnosis. To get a second opinion I went
to a gyno/obgyn clinic on August 12, 2008.
My doctor was supposed to send my files
there, but apparently he never did. I saw
a nurse practioner who said that because
of my symptoms, all the tests being
negative, and the fact that antibiotics
didn't make me feel better after 6 days of
treatment, she thought it was probably a
cyst that had ruptured. A ultrasound tech
did a transvaginal ultrasound and saw no
more fluid, no signs of a new cyst, and
said everything looked normal. The nurse
said a lot of hometown family doctors
automatically assume PID because they
don't know what else it is. I explained
that I am 18 years old and have been with
the same male for three years and have
never had unprotected sexual intercourse.
My last annual pap smear was September of
2007 and it was normal. The nurse
practioner prescribed me birth control
because to prevent any more possible
cysts. I am just confused and would
greatly appreciate any insight on what any
of you might think caused this pain. Was
it PID, a cyst, etc? Let me know if any of
you have had any of these similar
symptoms. My family doc says PID but the
nurse from the specialist office says it
was probably a cyst? Thank you for taking
the time to read this and for any replies.