Weird symptom

Definitely get it checked.  It could be nothing at all...or it could be something you need to take care of.  Several years ago my mom said she kept feeling something moving around in her abdomen and the dr sort of laughed at her.  A year later they finally discovered a malignant tumor in her colon.  I learned from that to be aggressive regarding my feelings. 

I have had this exact symptom. Felt like a baby kicking. I think we are maybe hypersensitive to every feeling in our bodies caused by worry. I assume that maybe it was gas. It was over a year ago that I had this feeling, which is now gone. It seems like for the last 3.5 years I have always had a symptom somewhere. I hope that this resolves itself in your case as well...

Huh! I have the same thing too - my hypothesis: intercostal nerves along your right side are irritated - and regrowing/re-enervating and when digestion occurs and moves through the part of the intestines right under the ribcage, the nerves fire and we feel it. It was always there, but since mastectomy the nerves are wacked out. I've begun to note timing of the feeling - and it's usually about an hour or so after I eat and when I am sitting down - so squished ribcage on intestines = weird feeling. I also have made myself feel better because the pain is really superficial - pushing on my ribs doesn't increase the pain - but a light t-shirt brushing against the skin there irritates it more. Thanks for posting this.

wintersocks my rib "ache" was back again yesterday. I noticed it was after a day where I had sat down in a bad position most of the day. While I was lying in bed just before I fell asleep I tried to fill my lungs as much as possible and tried to "stretch" the ribs. It seemed to help a little.
At least it does bring about the great memories of being pregnant - and this time without gaining 40 Pounds or so...

wintersocks, no i haven't. They are kind of vague, hard to describe, and the really bad pain i had last year, that I thought was due to gallstones have not returned (i did mention this to the onc and he also thought it was do to diet changes). It does feel a Little like that pain just 1/10 and I Wonder if it has to do with the omega 3's im consuming (started on flax oil, now im taking hemp seed oil), i know im a cyp2c19 slow metabolizer but havent been able to find any information as to whether or not it could affect the metabolism of those oils.
A part of me is embarrassed to have "all these symptoms". I used to never complain about anything, but now I just tell everything that come to my mind. I will give onc a call if it continues... But the fear is there. What if. And im trying to let go of that. Accepting everything in the future is out of our control, and accepting there will always be unanswered questions.
What can be changed is what is there and that is now. And finding motivation is key. Let go of fear. I think these fears and worries should not be ignored but i must try to find a way to let go of them. The immune system Works only when not in fear.

It's really a hard process. I almost never cry anymore but I think what it all comes down to is the fear of not seing my kids grow up. I want to do everything i can. And that is taking good care of myself, taking signs and symptoms seriously and letting go of fear. Sounds very easy...

I will post if i find answers about these symptoms but otherwise I think i should try and stay away from this forum because although i think - well if i do the research now i am better prepared IF i have an recurrence - this is not being proactive. This is fear of something that hasn't happened.

Hi everyone.  I have pain in my lower left rib cage also.  I have been trying to narrow it down.  I had bilateral mastectomy 7 years ago, lymph nodes removed, chemo and was on Femara for 5 years.  I complained about this last year and they did a scan and didn't find anything.  I am hoping it is not in my rib bone and just feels like it is perhaps muscle cramps.  To me, it feels like I have a sore muscle there.  -- Doesn't really feel that "internal" to me - more like a muscle.  I look on anatomy charts and your spleen is sort of near there.  That is the only thing really near there.  My pain has gone from an occasional cramping feeling to a constant dull pain lately.  I am going to make an appointment with the oncologist.  I probably won't be able to get in to see her for a week or 2.  I'll post back here and see if they can figure anything out.  I hope others post here if they have similar pain and perhaps we can figure it out.

I, too, have that pain! It has reached a point where I am getting an ultrasound just for that area as I have even gained weight and seemed to be bloated. Over the past, I've considered bowel build-up as it transverses the upper bowels, and have even been diagnosed with Costochondritis. This area feels like liver/kidney and that something is about to burst. I have to actually lift up my right arm to release pressure under my ribs now!! I fell at work last week and as I'm flat, it was my ribs that hit the ground first. I didn't get more rib pain, but the jolt really HURT my organs inside and I was expecting the pain to escalate to an emergency but it didn't. I'm on daily Morphine, so when any pain breaks through I take it pretty serious. I told my doc about it in January and we just kind of looked at each other, but when I saw him last week and asked for blood-work, he felt the area and decided on an US instead. I'll keep y'all posted.....

soriya, this may sound dumb, but do you chew gum? I have to pretty much all the time due to a dry mouth from one of my meds and finally googled enough to guess that my gratuitous gas is from gum chewing!! Apparently you suck in air in little bits as you chew and it exits the same way....

Now, if you have gut-ripping odorous gas, are you constipated? I had stomach surgery (Pyloric Stenosis) at  10 days old and have become a guru of the gut over the years. I'm very aware at all times at what is going on in my digestion system....

Releasing gas is GOOD though, soriya, you don't want to stop it as that will bloat you and be painful. You need to find out WHY you are getting the gas. Dr. Barbe signing off...hehehehehe

winter, the gluten thing could be a valid reason as gluten is in almost everything we eat now!!! I'm glad to see it coming to the headlines, though, as perhaps it can be "backed out" of all those foods. No one needs gluten and those that have a reaction to it are in a lot of discomfort for the gratuitous use of it in our foods!!! People are getting smarter about what they put in their mouths. Now here's a shocker; some medications may have gluten as a "filler"!!!!!!

newdirection - could it be the acid that is irritating your gut? Gallstones? 

I asked my PCP for blood work to be done, he felt my liver area and I got an ultrasound thrown in the mix. Just had it done yesterday with blood work done today. I'll keep y'all posted. I'm hoping for a pissed off gallbladder and not a kidney issue. 

Thanks newdirection! I still am bitching about my rib pain though....but just found out I have a bladder infection, so maybe that's causing some of my flank pain. I told my doc it felt like I was going to "burst" so he did blood work.

winter, I actually got fired from a new job because I couldn't stand for 9 hours on cement!! It was in a furniture "warehouse" and it just killed me. I was popping morphine like TicTacs and was still in agony. Now I'm jobless.....sigh.