So, about 2 nights ago, I started having a sharp pain when I inhale that gets worse with hiccups, coughing, and laughing. If my bladder gets full, the hiccups start. Since being here, they've given me morphine and Zofran. The doctors believe the pain is coming from ureteral stents needing to be removed. I'm hoping this helps too, but in my body, I feel like this pain is directly related to the ileostomy. The pain is in my rib cage, on the same side as the ileostomy. It's just frustrating. When I got my ileostomy, it was due to endometriosis. I had a total hysterectomy, a mass removed from my bladder, and 4 inches of intestines removed. I just don't want them to miss or pacify a greater problem because that happened with the endometriosis and landed me here. I'm just a ball of nerves and tears today. Sorry to rant.

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Yeah wow, this site helped so much, I mean really who do you know with this infliction? No one, felt so alone and disgusted by myself every turn.
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I was damaged by a procedure and ended waking with this, I understand all of you.. perhaps you had to have it, I get it.. doesn't matter either way.
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