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Well -- it's been a long haul but I've finally found out what was causing my

mid-upper ab pain. When I first started experiencing my constant

right-sided pain in November 2003, (had had it sporadically and to a much

lesser degree for a few years before that time) I drastically changed my

diet. I faithfully consumed whole wheat products and added ground flax to

my morning cereal. About 5 weeks after changing my diet, I started with the

mid-upper ab pain. Started off as a burning pain and graduated (over the

course of months) to excruciating pain driving me to the emergency room this

past New Years weekend.

When I had my second colonoscopy this past January, I blew out what looked

like grainy black/green bile just hours after the procedure. For the next

few weeks I was in excruciating pain in my right side. My right side felt

bruised to the touch. I think my gall bladder blew out and healed by

itself. I was lucky. But my doctors were so used to hearing me scream

about pain they did nothing. Geesh. Since that my right-side pain is GONE.

Hallelujah.

I never quite got rid of the upper-ab pain. It gave me some respite, but

suddenly a few weeks ago, I found myself doubled over again. Grrrrrrr... I

started passing blood in my stool, but experienced no weight loss or

slow-grade fever that I had lived with prior to my colonoscopy. So -- I had

to admit what I was experiencing could be IBS-like symptoms.

I still could not shake the feeling that my mid-upper ab pain was somehow

connected to my right-sided pain.

When it came down to it, the only thing I had changed when my right-sided

pain became unbearable was my diet. I have discontinued whole-wheat

products in the past few weeks and discontinued flax seed in the past week.

I'll be darned if that hasn't done the trick.

Go figure -- I thought I was doing the right thing.

JoyceB