Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Need some advice, not sure what to do

Hey Everyone,

Hoping to get some advice from everyone here. I've been having some really bizarre pains that started yesterday and persisted througout the night. I think they may just be terrible gas pains, although if they are than they are certainly worse than anything I've ever experience before. They seem to start above the ribcage on the right side and migrate down to my lower abdomen and then start all over. It's extremely uncomfortable and nothign I've tried seems to make it better. It improves slightly when I lie down, but that's about it.

What's troubling to me is that I can't seem to eat or drink. If I have even a tiny sip of water the pain flares up something fierce. Also, (and sorry if this is TMI) I seem to be having trouble urinating. It doesn't hurt or anything, but it's not coming out properly. I'll go for like 10 seconds, and then the abdominal pain flares up and it stops and won't start up again for like a minute, and it goes on like that such that it takes like 5 minutes to pee. Very strange...

Anyways, any advice would be good...I'm going to try and call my new doctor's because apparently they have someone available 24/7, but I don't really want to go to emergency if I can avoid it because I don't have a temperature and I'm not vomiting or anything so I doubt I'll "triage" very high and will probably be there all night.

Thanks,
Kelly

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