Belly hurts from reclining & now laying down

[faithwalker]

I'm about to lose my cool. I've had PN for about 7yrs. It has derailed my life so to thoroughly that I stopped counting. For years I used a reclining work station. It didn't take the pain away but it extended my ability to endure. However, after a few years, I could not tolerate it bc it caused upper belly pain that bent me over. I couldn't bare to stand upright if I was in it for more than thirty minutes. This extended to any non-prone reclining. I feel like I've been kicked.

NOW, 2+ yrs later I'm getting the same from extended laying down. I feel like my insides have forgotten where they go. I relieve the intensity by wrapping something around my waist--I have an elastic support belt from pregnancy 18 year ago. I had 3 very heavy pregnancies w babies that weren't interested in descending. I was legendary. Maybe the damage this did to my muscles has come back to haunt me. Or maybe the partial hysterectomy. The pressure helps.

I'm starting to feel a little scared. I torture myself every day with (PN pain) to do chores, spend a little time with my family, do some bits of writing. I endure as long as I can. Lying down has been the retreat from the intensity in preparation for doing it again tomorrow.

Now laying down is causing insane pain. My doctor retired and the new one has clearly taken against me, skeptical, unhelpful, treating me like I'm probably shopping for meds. I dread going to her with this. Things she recommends makes me think she's convinced I'm an idiot or worse, a fraud. I'm afraid to risk a new doc and put myself in a situation that is worse. I have only medicare coverage.

Any ideas what this pain might be or wear I should start.

Mercy me.