New on the sight-does anyone have burning?

Hi Jenny,
Welcome to the forum
I'm curious what tests, if any, did your doctor do to diagnose you? Of course, IBS can cause all kinds of pains and they do migrate around the abdominal area however IBS should be diagnosed on exclusion only and tests should be done to rule other things out. Of course that is not always done which is why people get misdiagnosed all of the time. Did you tell your doctor exactly where the pain was? Also how is the medication working for you?

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Thank you for writing me. No testing except blood test and urinalysis. I don't go to the dr very often. I have had the burning for a long time, well before I took any medications except Tums. I was having the burning (like what I think an ulcer would feel like), constipation, bloating, and not being able to eliminate completely.
When I felt a big lump inside (you can see it when I lay down flat on my back) low near the pubic bone I got scared with the other symptoms and went in. Dr. scheduled a cat scan the next day. Turns out I have a 9 cm fibroid in my uterus. Now I am going to have a hysterectomy. I've heard that fibroids can cause some similar symptoms to IBS.
I don't want to be a hypocondriac, but should I push for a colonoscopy? The burning is concerning me only because I don't see anyone else with that as a symptom with IBS.
Thank you.

The gynocologist said that the fibroid was probably causing some of the symptoms, and the IBS some as well. I never asked her about the burning. Neither dr mentioned endometriosis. What's that?

Jenny, it also looks like uterine fibroids like you described can cause similar symptoms.  Check this out:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=4F0C9E41-CBE7-4348-B00F94F1F73A3043&dsection=2