A lot of side-stitch pain and rib tenderness

Hi Jubby, I have been exleriencing a little of the same stuff as you. I've had the tightness and pain in the same area. It's hard to tell if it's rib pain or chest tissue. I've even thought lung. It doesn't increase with touch and it hasn't gotten worse. It's just there. They have done full blood panels and told me all liver and pancreas functions are fine. They also told me no enlarged liver. My pain is more on the side like under my arm going down but a little in the front. I do have slight truncal Lymphedema so that could be part of it. They also have done the percussion test on my abdomen and lungs, and listen to my lungs and say all is well. It's hard though to trust them sometimes especially since we know our bodies the best. I have an appointment with my PCP on the 29th and I'm going to ask her to at least order an ultrasound and possibly a CT scan. I'm also having other GI issues and gynecological stuff so perhaps a chest and abdominal CT would be the best route. I'm trying to convince myself that a lot of it's just stress and my body still recovering from chemo but I'm tired of worrying about it. I'm not on any hormonal treatment because my Cancer was Triple Negative so I can't comment on any of those being a culprit. Some say to follow the two week rule regarding pain but my Onc says it's just a guideline. If your pain gets increasingly worse or just doesn't go away you should definitely get it checked out. Please keep us posted! XO!

• Jubby at least your ultrasounds were clear. That's encouraging! It sounds like the Femara may well be the culprit. Let me know what else you find out. Thanks for updating

About the gallbladder surgery--5% continue to have at least one more gallstone.  I've had five or six episodes of stones or sand or gravel or sludge in the 25 years since my gallbladder surgery.  A  few months ago, I saw my onc because of rib and upper right quadrant discomfort/pain.  He sent me to PT, which fixed the rib, but the abdomen stayed a bit tender.  I ignored it. Two weeks ago, I had a searing pain just below my sternum, went to the ER with a gallstone that must have been the size of Rhode Island.  Big deal pain, liver enzymes sky high, and, on day three, back to the ER with a high fever and a feeling like an icepick in my bile duct, especially when I took a deep breath.  Lots of scans, all negative.  A week on antibiotics got me through it, but I guess I'll need a visit with my gastroenterologist (blood tests today, seeing my pcp tomorrow). 

Jubby, I strongly suggest you see either your primary or your GI doc.

Well, saw the gastroenterologist.  I'll have an ERCP (tube down throat, through stomach, and up into bile duct for a good look-see) next week.  I've had a couple of these before--no big deal, and they'll be able to see if I have stones or sludge or whatever poised to cause more trouble.

Thanks for asking! My ERCP was fine. Bile duct completely open, no strictures or scarring or whatever. I continue to be a medical mystery. Like you, my ultrasound was fine, also x-ray of lungs and abdomen, and abdominal CT as well, but something, most likely a gallstone, was building for about six months, then wreaked havoc for a few hours. It took a whole month for my liver enzymes to get back to normal. Next time I have that upper right quadrant tenderness, I guess maybe I'll go see my gastroentrologist sooner rather than later.

Today I'll call both my pcp and gi for followup.

i'm glad you're feeling better and that whatever it was seems to have run its course. Incidentally, if it were not that I have been through this very particular bunch of symptoms rather regularly over the past couple of decades, I'd have been absolutely terrified.