RE: What does Liver Pain feel like?

May 28, 2008

RUQ/URQ pain, in my experience can range from a dull achy feeling (sludge blockage) to unrelenting pain, radiating around to the back. My " sludge blockage " pain was always more centrally located (just below the sternum) until it got to the point that I needed to be admitted; it moved over to the right more.

Gallbladder " attacks " , on the other hand (for me) were clearly URQ. It started out as chronic dull/achy and progressed to chronic, unrelenting, excruciating pain.

Over all the years of gymnastics, track, football, diving, cycling, running, canoeing - I've never pulled or strained anything that resulted in pain in that area.

Arne

57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

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Hi everybody,

I was hoping someone could describe to me in more detail what exactly

the right upper quadrant pain that some of you have feels like. ...

May 28, 2008

RUQ/URQ pain, in my experience can range from a dull achy feeling (sludge blockage) to unrelenting pain, radiating around to the back. My "sludge blockage" pain was always more centrally located (just below the sternum) until it got to the point that I needed to be admitted; it moved over to the right more. Gallbladder "attacks", on the other hand (for me) were clearly URQ. It started out as chronic dull/achy and progressed to chronic, unrelenting, excruciating pain. Over all the years of gymnastics, track, football, diving, cycling, running, canoeing - I've never pulled or strained anything that resulted in pain in that area.>>> Interesting. Sure shows how different we all are. My sludge pain was RUQ and centrally located. The gall bladder pain was right below the sternum. Like you I had never pulled a muscle in the RUQ area til post tx. In the last month I've pulled muscles on both the left and now the right side. It's sort of scary especially concerning the right sided muscle pull because I wasn't sure if it was liver related only or a muscle pull caused by the cold I had. I guess my muscles had degenerated so much pre tx that they are looking for any excuse to cause me pain. I've over the cough now and will hopefully heal in the next few weeks. And Arne, I'm glad you didn't get the big hail. Plants can be replaced especially

this early in the season but bigger hail can cause much more serious damage - broken windows and ruined roofs which are much more expensive. Best regards, Barby - KS UC - 1965, ileostomy - 1972, BCIR (continent pouch) 1994, PSC - 1995, arthritis 2007, tx 11.29.07married 28 years , 5 sons, 2 daughters in law, 1 granddaughter, 1 grandbaby due 10/08 and 1 golden retriever

May 28, 2008

Hey Genevieve

My RUQ pain is more in my back -- I find I press my right hand into the area of

where the

bottom of my bra is -- the counterpressure makes the feeling less irritating.

For me, it feels

as though I have one thing too many tucked under my ribcage -- like a small

stone inside a

sock -- I know that sounds crazy, but it is the best way I can describe it. It

is never a very

sharp or sever pain, but the constant ache gets to me after a while.

I do get this weird pain from time to time -- I think it is when I get a big

glop of sludge

moving through my stricture -- the best way I can describe that is it feels like

an electrical

current zapping me. It is a very disconcerting feeling and makes me knees buckle

a bit when

it happens. I was crossing a parking lot and carrying Fritz the last time it

happened. I nearly

dropped him, it felt so awful.

HTH,

Colleen

May 29, 2008

Hi Genevieve

My URQ pain has always followed a similar pattern: Starts with

tingling just behind the bottom of my rib cage on the right side. Then

it radiates outward towards my sternum and intensifies. Eventually it

feels like someone is carving the Christmas turkey through my insides

and twisting the blade for good measure. Then it subsides and mostly

mirrors the way it started. All told it lasts about 30 minutes for the

worst part of it but can go on for hours with a dull ache (i.e, sorta

like someone is using me for a punching bag). Afterward, I feel wasted

and the area is tender for about a day. Usually I feel nauseous as

well so I tend to eat very little when it happens.

The first time I ever felt it I was in my early- to mid-20s. Of

course, I'd recently taken a course in CPR and guess what I thought I

was having... Foolishly, I never had it checked until after my

PSC diagnosis as the frequency has always been so inconsistent with

bouts far and few between (easily 6-12 months apart), I honestly

thought it was food related and just a case of really bad stomach

upset. Naturally, any meds I took for GI upset did nothing

My most recent bout was last month and that was the first time since I

started taking URSO over a year ago.

May 29, 2008