I went to the surgeon and he said he could not feel anything there or read anything in the cat scan report regarding the tiny area of firery pain so he could not offer any surgical cure. However he did provide an explanation of the secondary episodic swelling due to fluid retention caused by a large prostrate. Recommendation: a Colonoscopy* exam and urologist appointment.

I am still encouraged by the insights of Mark Cohen. My surgeon really didn't know the name of the "ventral or epiploic hernia, also known as an epiplocele". "notorious for diagnostic difficulty"

The doctor did speculate about an inflamed Eurakus which is a vestigal fetal organ that was part of the umbilical structure.

My next step is to get the actual pictures from the Xray, sonogram and cat scan in hand so a specialist will not have to rely on the abbreviated reports of these tests.

Current treatment only consists of a prescription for 100 pain pills.
The Rite Aid Drug store was unable to fill it and although they were ordered for this Thursday they were still unable to completely fill it. Perhaps the prescription was forwarded to DEA for investigation and a new can of worms may be developing.





* sounds like the advice I have gotten for years from donuel bashers :^)