Waaay back in october, I began to feel a slight pain on the left side of my pelvis. My doctor blew it off and told me it was a pulled muscle and advised me to take ibuprofen. I did that, but the pain returned in a week, and spread to the other side.
Now, nearly 4 months later, there is no pain...But an extreme sensation of pressure, or fullness, in my pelvis. I'll be as detailed as possible in this description:
the pressure is located very distinctly on both sides of my pelvis, but it has a tendancy to spread to my hips, legs, lower back, and buttocks. I feel sometimes a light pressure feeling in the front of my pelvis and my abdomen, but not nearly as badly as in the sides. The pressure feels the most severe when I am either sitting upright or laying down; I feel it when I walk, but not as much.
I think that within the past couple of weeks, the pressure has worsened, but the reason behind that I don't know. I was previously on the birth control pill to control my morbid cramps, but went off it 3 months ago because I could not get more, and my periods seem to be following the pill schedule in both time and consistency (my natural periods come every 30-31 days, whereas my periods on the pill came every 28 days; also while being on the pill my periods became slightly lighter). But I am indeed getting my period every month on time for the same amount of time, which is 5 days.
This is a bit embarrassing, but I have read about many gynecological disorders, and many of them include "painful intercourse" and "bleeding after intercourse" as symptoms. I am not, nor have I ever been sexually active, but I will pridelessly admit that I masturbate :oops: . I do not use an item that is designed for this purpose, but I use a bottle that is rather thin (no more than 1 inch at the top). It is glass, topped with a cork, and most of the time when I use this, I notice the mucous is tainted a pinkish red color. Now when it says "bleeding after intercourse", I don't know if that means bleeding equivalent to menstrual bleeding or simply a light red taint to the woman's vaginal dishcarge. Also, masturbating in this fashion - not with the bottle, but by means of insertion in general, seems painful for me, and on some occasions I have found myself crying because it hurt a bit too much. And I have no choice but to wear a panty liner every day because of a snot-like yellowish vaginal discharge; don't know if that is significant or not.
I have read about gastrointestinal problems tying into gynecological problems; I have felt nausea for about 3 months, but it is unlike normal nausea. Rather than feel sick to my stomach, I merely feel a "bubble" in my throat that feels as if something is going to erupt. I can relieve this feeling by forcefully belching repeatedly, but the bubble always comes back. Some people have told me this is the result of anxiety, but I have no clue what in the world i'd be anxious about. I do not know if this is some sort of gastrointestinal problem or not.
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But as I had said, no sex...So I think we can safely rule out pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. I am 17 years old, and will be 18 this coming july...Don't know if women my age can contract very bad reproductive ailments, but I still wonder.
I'm not really that worried, but I am annoyed - right now as I sit and type, I feel like something is pushing down on the sides of my pelvis. An aching feeling is spreading through my lower back and buttocks that feels similar to gas pain. *sigh* just a mess right now.
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What do you ladies think? Any of you ever feel like this before?
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Scaredbaka - doesn't think muscles can stay pulled for 4 months (but could be wrong...)
