Appa Yip Yip
13-10-14, 19:37
Hi all. About a week and a half ago, I developed sudden intense bloating and excess gas, worse after eating. After I eat, even a little bit, my stomach sticks out so much it looks like I swallowed a balloon and I feel short of breath. I also get full really fast and my pants feel uncomfortably tight :( It came on suddenly after forgetting to eat all day while caring for my son, and then devouring a large fish sandwich from a local restaurant. I was also very stressed that day. Since then, I have had constant gas and bloating, even in the morning before eating, but it's MUCH worse after I eat.
I wanna say that the bloating hasn't been AS bad the last few days, but the crazy excess gas is still there - CONSTANTLY burping and farting (lol) even after a light meal. Doesn't matter what I eat. I also get gas-type pains in my stomach but even in my pelvic area, as though the gas is moving down and hurting the whole way down. And yesterday, I had diarrhea immediately after eating both breakfast and lunch.
I've been taking the maximum dose of Gas-X and Zantac for days now with no relief. I'm starting to get really worried. I've had things like this flare up at random over the past year or so (a few months ago, same thing happened for 5 days but without the bloating) and I'm starting to fear some type of sinister cause. Before this started, I just happened to read an article on HuffPost written by a 36-year-old woman who was days away from dying of bowel cancer. It was her last post and she left two young children. Now that's all I can think of. My greatest fear in the world is leaving my precious son without a mommy.
Does this sound like cancer? Could ovarian/uterine cancers cause this or is it limited to bowel/stomach cancer? What are the chances this isn't totally life-threatening? (I'm 30 years old, female.) Please help, I'm really worried.
I wanna say that the bloating hasn't been AS bad the last few days, but the crazy excess gas is still there - CONSTANTLY burping and farting (lol) even after a light meal. Doesn't matter what I eat. I also get gas-type pains in my stomach but even in my pelvic area, as though the gas is moving down and hurting the whole way down. And yesterday, I had diarrhea immediately after eating both breakfast and lunch.
I've been taking the maximum dose of Gas-X and Zantac for days now with no relief. I'm starting to get really worried. I've had things like this flare up at random over the past year or so (a few months ago, same thing happened for 5 days but without the bloating) and I'm starting to fear some type of sinister cause. Before this started, I just happened to read an article on HuffPost written by a 36-year-old woman who was days away from dying of bowel cancer. It was her last post and she left two young children. Now that's all I can think of. My greatest fear in the world is leaving my precious son without a mommy.
Does this sound like cancer? Could ovarian/uterine cancers cause this or is it limited to bowel/stomach cancer? What are the chances this isn't totally life-threatening? (I'm 30 years old, female.) Please help, I'm really worried.