Originally Posted by
anom
I'm having some sort of pain/discomfort (pain seems too strong a word to use..) constantly in my lower left side. About where the bowel turns into the centre?
I also went to doctors a few times. First one said it was probably just IBS and gave me blood tests/urine tests.
They came back fine but I went back feeling...less than happy with that answer and the next doctor shrugged and referred me to a specialist (for presumably a colonoscopy..ace)
Does it ever feel like a burning sensation inside? My discomfort stays in the same place but the burning seems to spread up to my ribs or down to my groin/inner thigh. seems worse if I'm sat/scrunched up.
I think IBS medication seems to be a bit of a gamble. The first doctor gave me some mebeverine which did next to nothing. I got bored of no results after 3 weeks and bought some buscopan, unfortunately thats not touching it either. maybe you will have better results. Peppermint tea I've not personally tried but I had some entric coated peppermint tablets and they made me feel a bit off, they kept repeating on me, least I had minty fresh burps. Not sure if tea would be different!
Does it stress you out? I know I've had it so long now its basically the only thing on my mind, every single second I'm awake I'm googling about cancer and things. I'm sure whatever I've got is being made much worse by stress and I'm getting myself into a right state over it with HA.