Hi. I m in my mid-twenties and female-bodied. I ve been experiencing longterm pain in my leftside lower flank (around the kidney and ovary area), on-and-off vomiting and dry heaving, debilitating all-over body soreness (sometimes accompanied with a low grade fever), some urinary incontinence, and just recently had a very abnormal menstrual cycle which lasted for more than half a month. I m an abuse survivor since childhood and into my adolescence/early adulthood, and various physicians and nurses have often pointed to residual damage as a potential cause for my chronic health problems, though most seem to think it s a mix between an as yet undiagnosed medical condition and residual damage from physical abuse. So far, I ve only been diagnosed with PTSD. I ve been living on my own for the past couple of years and despite the freedom from physical abuse now, my physical symptoms persist. Much of the pain is in areas where I ve been repeatedly injured due to abuse. What questions do you think I should ask my doctor? What tests should I request? If, unlikely as it seems, every single one of these problems is due to residual damage, is there hope of recovery?