The doctor I have been seeing is talking a lot about IBS, which I question since I appear to have none of the major
symptoms (no cramps, no diarrhea, no constipation). What I do have are the
symptoms I mentioned above, which have been worsening steadily of the course of the past few years, with periods of remission. I have also had episodes of severe pain in a U-shape below my bellybutton for several years, but never experienced the 'typical' migration of the pain to the RLQ until now.