I'm 44 and had a tubal ligation last month. I'm in excellent health
tobegin with--normal weight (130#/5'6") with no underlying
healthproblems. I had one pregnancy, which I took to full-term 20 years
ago.I was thrilled to get the tubal done.

The
surgery went without incident and healing was what I expected butafter
about a week, I started to have pain in my back--left sidestarting from
the base of my rib cage to my hip. The pain burns attimes and usually
just feels like a cramping. It sometimes extendsalong the side and
wraps to the front slightly.

I had pain in the left side of my
abdomen from when I came home fromthe hospital. That got better but
it's still there pretty consistently.The pain starts on the left side
at my pubic bone and followsdiagonally up about 5-7". It's a cramping
sort of pain; not sharp.

I feel pain in the top part of my left leg---in the groin area. It's not a debilitating pain, but it's there nonetheless.

I also have a lot of gas and have had it since the surgery.

My doctor did an abdominal CT scan which did not show anything unusual.
She's running bloodwork to make sure that there isn't an elevated white blood count.

I don't have a fever, vomiting, or nausea.

Here are my questions:

.
Could this be an infected fallopian tube? If so, would that show upon
the CT-Scan? Do you always have a fever or elevated white bloodcount
with an infected fallopian tube?

. Could this be a problem
related to my bowel? Before the surgery, mydoctor said several times
that bowels sometimes get nicked in surgeryand they usually catch them
but they might not. I had to sign a waiverabout that.

. If this is a bowel-nicking problem, would it show definitively on the CT-Scan or is another test necessary to diagnose that?

.
If it's a bowel-nicking, would I necessarily have an infection? Inother
words, can a nick be slight/subtle enough to cause symptoms butnot be
debilitating?

. What else could cause this problem?

. Are my doctors running the right tests?

I know thes are a lot of questions and I appreciate any help you can give me.