pigtailplaits
24-09-08, 21:45
Hello everyone
4 months ago I had an endoscopy and tested positive for H.Pylori and duodenitis. I took medication for this and I am still on omeprazole.
But for the last 5 mornings I have been waking up with this agonising pain right across the top of my abdomen (beneath both ribcages) The only way I can describe this pain is like I have been holding a wee in for days, I cant take a deep breath coz I feel like I am being stabbed. The pain also shoots round to my lower back - I cant lie down with it coz its too painful I can only curl up and sit in a ball. This lasts each morning for about 2 hours, then eases off and then returns the next morning. I went to my doc on tuesday and he just put it down to duodenitis - I completely disagree - all the medication I had should of cleared that up by now I have been on meds for 4 months and the pain I am having now just feels completely unrelated.
I am thinking more along the lines of gallstones or pancreaitic cancer but I am too scared to google my symptoms coz I have real bad health anxiety. My 17 year old sister ended up in intensive care with pancreaitis after she was dismissed by doctors for 9 months - the only reason they took her seriously is coz she went to AandE and threw up a load of green mucus in the waiting room. There is no way I am going to get anywhere with my doctor coz he is blaming the duodenitis and I know its not. What should I do? Do my symptoms sound familiar to anyone - its not anxiety this time, the pain is far too intense.
4 months ago I had an endoscopy and tested positive for H.Pylori and duodenitis. I took medication for this and I am still on omeprazole.
But for the last 5 mornings I have been waking up with this agonising pain right across the top of my abdomen (beneath both ribcages) The only way I can describe this pain is like I have been holding a wee in for days, I cant take a deep breath coz I feel like I am being stabbed. The pain also shoots round to my lower back - I cant lie down with it coz its too painful I can only curl up and sit in a ball. This lasts each morning for about 2 hours, then eases off and then returns the next morning. I went to my doc on tuesday and he just put it down to duodenitis - I completely disagree - all the medication I had should of cleared that up by now I have been on meds for 4 months and the pain I am having now just feels completely unrelated.
I am thinking more along the lines of gallstones or pancreaitic cancer but I am too scared to google my symptoms coz I have real bad health anxiety. My 17 year old sister ended up in intensive care with pancreaitis after she was dismissed by doctors for 9 months - the only reason they took her seriously is coz she went to AandE and threw up a load of green mucus in the waiting room. There is no way I am going to get anywhere with my doctor coz he is blaming the duodenitis and I know its not. What should I do? Do my symptoms sound familiar to anyone - its not anxiety this time, the pain is far too intense.