Hi Bob - my experience has some similarities. I have this pulling, tight feeling in the left lower part of my abdomen, sometimes stretching upward. I have had gyn surgery which left me with adhesions in this area. If I stretch upward, I have the tight pull on both sides of the abdomen. It is as if tight bands are being pulled. I can have a pinching feeling when I bend or sit. I recently found, when I leaned against a table, pushing into the unbilical area, I can feel the tight pulling feeling along the left side. I have also had laporoscopic surgery for gallbladder and I was cut in this area. I know I cannot do abdominal exercises. My doctor thinks this is adhesion related and worsens if the colon is irritable.
Some days everything feels tight and other days it feels more normal. It's discouraging but I have been helped by reading the comments of many other people with adhesions. Surgery has a lot of side effects. Good luck. You have a lot of company. Gwen
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>Anyway, it seems as though this may be related to adhesions formed
>during the hernia surgery. I will probably not investigate surgery at
>this point, as the full-blown episodes have become far enough apart that
>I don't feel as crippled as I once did. But I would like to hear from
>others who have had similar symptoms, if you are out there. I have been
>searching for answers for 20 years and this feels like the closest I
>have come.
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>Thanks for listening,
>Bob
-- Gwen