kittenface
10-02-16, 14:45
Hello again everyone,
So - I am 27, female, sporty and healthy etc - mostly good diet with lots of veg and minimal processed food (too much wine at the weekends).
Recently I have been having recurring trouble with my tummy. Probably for about a year I have been having bouts of abdominal pain with dodgy tummy symptoms. This comes and goes, and sometimes I can go for months without having any problem, and when it comes it can last for a few days or a couple of weeks.
My pain is always in the same place in my tummy (which is what scares me) - its on the left side, in the upper/middle part of my stomach. I also get bloating and gas, slight nausea and sometimes I will have loose stools and/or constipation.
I've seen my GP who gave me omezeprole for excess stomach acid six months ago - but it doesn't feel like heartburn. I saw him again today and he wants to take a stool test for excessive acid, but he also thought it sounded like I am basically blocked up and need to cut down on eating carbs, eggs and cheese.
I'm really worried that it's something much more sinister (I can't even bring myself to write what I definitely think it is) - but then could it also be yet another symptom of my anxiety? I know it can affect your digestion… it's just that my pain is so specific :(
Any help or similar experiences of this would be SO helpful to me right now, and might stave off another meltdown.
Thanks all
xXx Kittenface xXx
So - I am 27, female, sporty and healthy etc - mostly good diet with lots of veg and minimal processed food (too much wine at the weekends).
Recently I have been having recurring trouble with my tummy. Probably for about a year I have been having bouts of abdominal pain with dodgy tummy symptoms. This comes and goes, and sometimes I can go for months without having any problem, and when it comes it can last for a few days or a couple of weeks.
My pain is always in the same place in my tummy (which is what scares me) - its on the left side, in the upper/middle part of my stomach. I also get bloating and gas, slight nausea and sometimes I will have loose stools and/or constipation.
I've seen my GP who gave me omezeprole for excess stomach acid six months ago - but it doesn't feel like heartburn. I saw him again today and he wants to take a stool test for excessive acid, but he also thought it sounded like I am basically blocked up and need to cut down on eating carbs, eggs and cheese.
I'm really worried that it's something much more sinister (I can't even bring myself to write what I definitely think it is) - but then could it also be yet another symptom of my anxiety? I know it can affect your digestion… it's just that my pain is so specific :(
Any help or similar experiences of this would be SO helpful to me right now, and might stave off another meltdown.
Thanks all
xXx Kittenface xXx