A hard lump about a dime size above navel area. It started about a year ago, its was unbearably painful on & off the 1st 3 months where I had to go to the er at the hospital. Unfortunately I was never properly diagnosed to determine what the exact problem was. the doctors just brush it off like Oh' its probably just hernia without taking any ex-ray or doing any type of screen work, because they wanted to save money & I did not have insurance "Go figures". So they went ahead anyway & schedule a surgery date without ever properly diagnosing me. I went online & look up everything I could on hernia & did not find no match to the symptoms that I was experiencing. So I did not feel comfortable to go along with the surgery. Then soon-after the pain subside but the lump never left . I do notice whenever I have gas it seem to get a little larger & somewhat painful until the gas subside & I have notice that my gas passing increase since I had this lump above my navel. I'm 31 now & since I was 14 I've also had bad mentral-cramping during my period, not sure if its somehow related to the navel issue over time but I'm just trying to pinpoint any & all possible causes. Please if u know anything pertaining to this, I'm all ears. thank you!