Lower back and lower abdominal pain with bloating

I'm a young mum in my early 20's my baby is 14 months old 

I've been having these symptoms for around 12 months now and my gp seems to be always fobbing me off. Basically its lower back pain,bloating and pain in my lower left and right abdomen. The pain can go from dull and achy to a sharp stabbing pain where I literally can't stand with the pain. The bloating sometimes gets so bad I look 4 months pregnant (I'm of a petite build so its quite noticeable) . My periods is all over the place ranging from every 5-6 weeks to every 2 weeks. I'm also experiencing constipation which I've never suffered from before this. Sometimes during or after sex I get cramps. After countless visits to my gp and asking him to try something because this is not normal its effecting my everyday life he referred me for a transvaginal pelvic ultrasound which came back clear.So right now I feel like I'm going crazy thats it all in my head and its actually been getting me quite down and depressed where I dont even want to get out of bed somedays. He has now referred to a gynecologist but was told I could be waiting 6-12 months for an app. I'm basically just looking for some peace of mind wondering if anyone has experienced these symptoms or if there could be something that didn't show up the scan,is it something completely different wrong with me or is it all in my head ? 

  • Welcome to the forum Useranonymous although I'm sorry about the tough time you've been having with your symptoms over the last year. 

    Hopefully some of our members who have been in similar situations will offer their support and advice to you soon but in the meantime I just wanted to let you know we're thinking of you and will have our fingers crossed you get some answers and peace of mind over this soon.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hi!

    I wish I could give you an answer, but all I can say is that I have the exact same issues and have been investigating them for over a year now with no luck. I am constantly bloated and have the lower left abdo/back pain that's worse during my period. I've had blood, urine, stool tests and 3 different ultrasounds. The only thing that came back borderline positive was a test I paid for myself ( as I got tired of waiting for doctors to fob me off) for SIBO which could explain the extreme bloating. However my result was very very borderline and I'm almost done with treatment with not a lot of improvement so I suspect there could be something else going on or SIBO is just the symptom of something else. The diet part of the treatment did help a little so maybe see if changing your diet makes any difference? Maybe just removing highly inflammatory foods (dairy, gluten etc.) for a little bit. Hope this helps and good luck!