Hi folks. So, as the title states, I was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant 2 weeks ago and they did an extensive work up but did not find anything. As a disclaimer, I am under the medical supervision of my primary care provider, I’ll be doing a telehealth visit with my trans health provider next week, and I’m waiting on gastroenterology to call me back to schedule an appointment so I’m by no means looking to use Reddit to replace medical advice. I’ve got the medical part covered.

They did a CT, an MRCP (special MRI to look at the pancreas/liver/gallbladder/bile ducts) an ultrasound, 3 rounds of blood tests (liver panel, CBC, etc), a stool culture for H. pylori (which can cause stomach ulcers) and a test for celiac disease, all of which came back negative. It was an 8/10 pain all throughout my visit except when they had me on dilaudid which brought it down to a 4/10. They diagnosed me with “gastritis” (inflammation of the stomach lining) and sent me home with Tylenol and Prilosec.

I will note that my cholesterol and triglycerides tested very high about a month prior to my hospitalization.

My primary care doctor thinks I may have IBS and has instructed me to follow a low FODMAP diet which I have been mostly following.

Now, the only two things in my overly complicated medical history that had changed recently is 1) I started taking prescription strength naproxen for my chronic back/hip pain 4/5 days prior to the hospitalization (prior to that I was taking 800mg ibuprofen 3x a day & 1000mg Tylenol 3x a day alternating every 4 hours) and 2 weeks prior to hospitalization I restarted testosterone subq injections at .25ml weekly after a few months on testosterone patches that weren’t working because my testosterone only got up to 85.

So, has anyone ever experienced abdominal pain as a side effect of T or have any advice as to what I should ask my trans health endocrinologist at my next appointment?

Right now the pain is intermittent but can sometimes reach a 7/10. I don’t know when I will be able to have my gastroenterology appt because they are backed up right now.