You know when you've had a problem for months on end, you've seen about three different doctors hundreds of times, you're going back and forth, back and forth, and you still haven't had a diagnosis yet?

ARGH!

Back in June, late June, I began experiencing pelvic pains. They were quite bad, resulting in me doubling over in pain, and situated right where I usually had period pains. However, at that time, I hadn't had a period for a while (I'm on Cerazette, a contraceptive tablet, which means I don't get a period), so I knew it wasn't period pains.

I still get the pains, and it's December now. Five, six months is a pretty stupid amount of time and it is beginning to frustrate me! Before, I was worried, because it's 'down there' and I was scared to death of anything being wrong, but now it's more of a nuisance. I used to get them up to five, six times a day - just sudden stabs of sharp pain - and they lasted for a few seconds, but now they've been happening less and less, but lasting a lot longer, as if it's about fifteen, thirty minutes. It hurts a lot more when I have it now, too.

A doctor told me it might be IBS, and tried various treatments, like antispasmodics, etc. He said that if they didn't work, I would have to have an examination because there could be something wrong with my ovaries/womb. I ended up seeing another doctor later on because of availability of appointments, etc., and he just said that I'd only have an examination if all other avenues had been exhausted, i.e. an increased dosage of the antispasmodic, different dietary changes, etc.

Again, because of availability, I saw another doctor (this was a week or so ago and by this point, I was getting annoyed and just wanted to see ANY doctor) and she said that she didn't want to do a pelvic examination because I've not had sexual intercourse. She's put me on IBS peppermint oil tablets which, coming to the end of my dosage, aren't working, and the dietary changes aren't working either.

I'm just getting so annoyed with it! It's like, okay, it could be IBS, but it's not been properly diagnosed so we still don't know what we're dealing with, and all the while I'm still having these pains!