I've had infrequent and very hard bowel movements for over 10 years now. I have a bm every 4-6 days, and it's always very hard, and when I get the urge to go I get a very strong dull ache in my lower right side where my appendix would be (but it's gone). It feels like very very bad menstrual cramps, but only in that one spot just inside my right hip bone. I can't have a bm on my own except every 4 days or so, and sometimes I absolutely HAVE to take something, usually Senna tea, to help me go. It generally takes about a day or two even with the tea.
About 2 years ago, I started having abdominal pain when I ate certain foods. It was always on the right side below the breast bone, or under the right side or below my right shoulder blades sometimes. I would bloat VERY badly, to the point I looked 4 months pregnant. I'd belch and had gas. Eventually, it got bad enough that WATER made me bloated. I was told I have an ulcer and given Prilosec. I tested negative for h. pilori, however. The Prilosec helped a little, but I still had very bad bloating if I ate anything sweet, even fruit, and I'd be nauseous. If I had a rich meal I would have stabbing pains in my right side, BAD ones, I'd be dizzy and I'd be vomiting. I'm getting to the point yet again, even on the prilosec, where nearly everything I eat or drink makes me uncomfortably bloated. I eat whole foods, and even though I've been off plan a few times this week, I've eaten NOTHING rich, greasy or fried, or any of those other trigger foods. I had a plain turkey sandwich for lunch and THAT bloated me!
I went to the doctor. My doctor said I was bloated because of the constipation and I needed to start taking 1-2 tablespoons of mineral oil per day. Maybe long term. She said it was like blood pressure, and sometimes you just need medicine to make you go. I say she's full of it. I don't want to be taking a laxative every single day for the rest of my life. She never checked me for ulcers, just diagnosed based on pain, but did do an ultrasound of my gall bladder (when I wasn't having any issues, I might add) and it came back clear. I'm super frustrated because she literally blows me off and LAUGHS at my concerns. I can't get a referral to another doc unless it's through her. What could this be, and is my doc out of line or am I just being too sensitive?