livethelife
08-11-12, 16:18
I am a 47 year old female - I have suffered from health anxiety almost my whole life and it has not been fun. thankfully I have had times of feeling well in between all of the mental junk that goes on with HA.
I have been having troubling GI symptoms for about a a year now. started with stomach pain last fall - pain was relieved when I ate and would sometimes wake me up thru the night. I went to see my GP and she said that it sounded like classic symptoms of an ulcer (not sure why I would have an ulcer) but anyway she put me on an acid blocker for 6 weeks and the symtpoms resolved.
this past summer the symptoms came back - same thing. went to the doctor she wanted me to do another round of PPI (acid blocker therapy) for 8 weeks and then get tested for H pylori (stomach bug that can cause ulcers) - H pylori test came back negative - that was in October.
now I am having more stomach pain again and a nagging pain in my lower right side (ovary area). I have had this pain before too and had an ultrasound a year and a half ago - they did see a cyst on my ovary at that time but said it was nothing to be concerned about. now of course I am worried that this cyst was actually the start of cancer or has somehow turned into that. I was not asked at that time to do a follow up ultrasound or anything.
other confounding factors is that I have lots of bloating BUT I have had bloating issues for years that I have never been able to figure out the cause of so I can't really say that it is a new symptom but it is annoying and seems worse now or is that just because I am focusing on it.
I also seem to be having problems swallowing but again i'm not sure if this just my imagination because this is one of the symptoms that can come with stomach cancer and ovarian cancer etc.
I went out for a big lunch yesterday that was amazing and then my lunch just seemed to sit like a rock in my stomach - it felt like it was still there when I went to bed last night.
a week or so ago I developed constipation - not totally unusual for me but of course one of the symptoms of what I am worried about.
anyway....just wanted to get all of that off my chest. I am seeing my GP this afternoon so I will see what she says.
will probably have to wait 6 months for an ultrasound.
any comments or reassurances would be appreciated.
I have been having troubling GI symptoms for about a a year now. started with stomach pain last fall - pain was relieved when I ate and would sometimes wake me up thru the night. I went to see my GP and she said that it sounded like classic symptoms of an ulcer (not sure why I would have an ulcer) but anyway she put me on an acid blocker for 6 weeks and the symtpoms resolved.
this past summer the symptoms came back - same thing. went to the doctor she wanted me to do another round of PPI (acid blocker therapy) for 8 weeks and then get tested for H pylori (stomach bug that can cause ulcers) - H pylori test came back negative - that was in October.
now I am having more stomach pain again and a nagging pain in my lower right side (ovary area). I have had this pain before too and had an ultrasound a year and a half ago - they did see a cyst on my ovary at that time but said it was nothing to be concerned about. now of course I am worried that this cyst was actually the start of cancer or has somehow turned into that. I was not asked at that time to do a follow up ultrasound or anything.
other confounding factors is that I have lots of bloating BUT I have had bloating issues for years that I have never been able to figure out the cause of so I can't really say that it is a new symptom but it is annoying and seems worse now or is that just because I am focusing on it.
I also seem to be having problems swallowing but again i'm not sure if this just my imagination because this is one of the symptoms that can come with stomach cancer and ovarian cancer etc.
I went out for a big lunch yesterday that was amazing and then my lunch just seemed to sit like a rock in my stomach - it felt like it was still there when I went to bed last night.
a week or so ago I developed constipation - not totally unusual for me but of course one of the symptoms of what I am worried about.
anyway....just wanted to get all of that off my chest. I am seeing my GP this afternoon so I will see what she says.
will probably have to wait 6 months for an ultrasound.
any comments or reassurances would be appreciated.