flatterycat
18-11-22, 10:30
I'm sorry for posting about my latest worry, but I at least need to get it down onto paper.
I am 53, female and suffered with HA for most of my life, with it becoming worse over the last 10 years.
Recently I have been getting pains around my lower rib cage. To begin with I thought it might be to do with work I was doing outside, as it almost feels like I have been doing sit-ups when you have that aching the next day. It would come and go. Then about 3 weeks ago, I noticed it again and started to worry. Since then it is there most days. It feels like it is around my bra-line (it's not my bra causing it) and feels achy across the whole front. I am also getting stabbing pains in ribs on both sides and pains in my upper stomach. I remember having the same pains back in June 2021, which eventually went and since then they have come and gone. I also seem to have a lot of burping and stabbing pains in different parts of my back.
At the beginning of this year I was having stomach pains and the doctor said it was probably acid reflux, even though I don't get any burning in my chest or throat. I had bloods taken in May which were all normal. My appetite up until now has been great, if anything I have been hungrier. But I am so scared that I have panc cancer. It's beginning to effect my thoughts all day now. If i had scans that told me there was nothing to be concerned about, I would accept the pains. I spoke to a doctor on the phone and she said it didn't sound like anything I was worried about, but to call back in 2 weeks if still have the pains.
I keep hoping it's acid or indigestion but I cannot find anything that describes my rib pains relating to that. Can anyone relate at all?
I'm really trying not to let this spiral.
x
I am 53, female and suffered with HA for most of my life, with it becoming worse over the last 10 years.
Recently I have been getting pains around my lower rib cage. To begin with I thought it might be to do with work I was doing outside, as it almost feels like I have been doing sit-ups when you have that aching the next day. It would come and go. Then about 3 weeks ago, I noticed it again and started to worry. Since then it is there most days. It feels like it is around my bra-line (it's not my bra causing it) and feels achy across the whole front. I am also getting stabbing pains in ribs on both sides and pains in my upper stomach. I remember having the same pains back in June 2021, which eventually went and since then they have come and gone. I also seem to have a lot of burping and stabbing pains in different parts of my back.
At the beginning of this year I was having stomach pains and the doctor said it was probably acid reflux, even though I don't get any burning in my chest or throat. I had bloods taken in May which were all normal. My appetite up until now has been great, if anything I have been hungrier. But I am so scared that I have panc cancer. It's beginning to effect my thoughts all day now. If i had scans that told me there was nothing to be concerned about, I would accept the pains. I spoke to a doctor on the phone and she said it didn't sound like anything I was worried about, but to call back in 2 weeks if still have the pains.
I keep hoping it's acid or indigestion but I cannot find anything that describes my rib pains relating to that. Can anyone relate at all?
I'm really trying not to let this spiral.
x