question: I m a female, 58 years old. I ve been having lower back and front hip/abdominal pain for one month. I had some left over pain pills and used them. Now I m without and I can tell it s worse than I realized. It s moderate to severe depending on my position. Lying down, especially on my back is the worse. Getting up and sitting down is bad. Now the pain in my abdomen is mostly on my right side. I had 2 C sections, one in 1991 and one in 1994. I ve tried to keep myself from going to a Doctor because I m on Medicare and Medicaid. It s pretty rough right now.