coxwit
14-01-08, 15:57
Hello,
Does anyone else experience symptoims in one area and hypothesise that it is a certain illness only to find out that is not where it presents and then wake up the next morning and the pain has moved to where you found out the presupposed illness does present?
By way of example two years ago I thought I was dying of pancreatic Cancer (self-diagnosed of course) because I had sharp pains under my bottom rib on my right side. They sent me for upper abdominal ultra-sound and everything came back clear except they did not get readable images of the tail of the pancreas. Now, unfortunately I knew the tail of the pancreas was on the left side. Next day the pain started on my left side same place. I am still alive by the way and those particular pains are no londer persisting.
Another far more recent example. I had been experiencing weight loss and then started right low back, right side, and abdo pain to the right of my naval. This was going on for a few weeks. I was figuring I had colon cancer for sure. Then I read in a recent thread here that colon cancer pain normally presents on the left side of the abdoman. Sure, enough starting the next day since I read that the pain has been in the same places however all on the left side now rather than the right.
The pain is real and is not made up. Does my mind want me to beleive I am dying to such an extent it defies rerassurance by moving the symptoms? Have others experienced this?
Andy
Does anyone else experience symptoims in one area and hypothesise that it is a certain illness only to find out that is not where it presents and then wake up the next morning and the pain has moved to where you found out the presupposed illness does present?
By way of example two years ago I thought I was dying of pancreatic Cancer (self-diagnosed of course) because I had sharp pains under my bottom rib on my right side. They sent me for upper abdominal ultra-sound and everything came back clear except they did not get readable images of the tail of the pancreas. Now, unfortunately I knew the tail of the pancreas was on the left side. Next day the pain started on my left side same place. I am still alive by the way and those particular pains are no londer persisting.
Another far more recent example. I had been experiencing weight loss and then started right low back, right side, and abdo pain to the right of my naval. This was going on for a few weeks. I was figuring I had colon cancer for sure. Then I read in a recent thread here that colon cancer pain normally presents on the left side of the abdoman. Sure, enough starting the next day since I read that the pain has been in the same places however all on the left side now rather than the right.
The pain is real and is not made up. Does my mind want me to beleive I am dying to such an extent it defies rerassurance by moving the symptoms? Have others experienced this?
Andy