ShellyE
01-10-08, 09:04
Hi Everyone,
I hope you don't mind me writing in.
I'm new to writing in here but I've read many of your posts and they have helped me a great deal.
I've suffered from HA now for 13 years, some times have been worse than others, I've had just about every test / symptom that you can imagine but this is by far the worst that I'm going through at the moment - I feel like I'm in hell.
I've suffered alot with a whole host of stomach problems over the past 13 years....and unfortunately, my way of dealing with my HA has been to drink a bottle of red wine / smoke 10 cigs everynight and fall into bed.
I have 2 children now and a couple of weeks ago, I made the decision that I had to change my life style - the drinking etc.... had to stop and I was going to start dealing with the HA instead of masking it under alcohol. My stomach was starting to get really bad, I was in alot of pain and the stomach acid was terrible.
I went to the dr - she started me on 10mg Citalopram (on day 13 now !!) and 40mgs Omeprazole for my stomach.
Half way through last week - I started feeling like I was having trouble swallowing, like food was sticking in my throat and in my oesphagus, then after eating something, I was feeling really sick. I then started getting pain under my left shoulder blade, spreading to the middle of my back.
Now I've lost my appetite and I'm struggling to eat (for fear of it sticking - and I feel too sick to eat)....of course, upon googling symptoms (worst thing I ever did), these are also the symptoms of Cancer of the Oesophagus....
I am in some state now, I can't stop crying and shaking, I can harldy even look at my children or my hubby as all I've got going through my head is "how they're going to be left with a mother and a wife soon".....we're off to Florida on holiday in 6 weeks, I should be really happy and excited - but I'm so convinced that I'm going to gone by 6 weeks time that I can't even think about going on holiday !!
I was back at the doc yesterday, she gave me some other tablets to help my stomach and said that it's going to take a few weeks to sort itself out. She didn't seem concerned about the pain etc....and she told me to stick with the Citalopram. Though I'm not re-assured.
In all my tests that I've had, I've not had an endoscopy (spelling ??) as none of the docs that I've seen have ever thought I was sick enough to warrant one, now I'm seriously considering asking my doc to refer me for one....
My dad had a lot of stomach problems before he died and my mum died of cancer a few years ago !!
Any help / advice etc.... would be greatly apprecaited, I feel like I'm hanging on to sanity here with my fingertips......
Many many thanks for reading.
Shelly.
I hope you don't mind me writing in.
I'm new to writing in here but I've read many of your posts and they have helped me a great deal.
I've suffered from HA now for 13 years, some times have been worse than others, I've had just about every test / symptom that you can imagine but this is by far the worst that I'm going through at the moment - I feel like I'm in hell.
I've suffered alot with a whole host of stomach problems over the past 13 years....and unfortunately, my way of dealing with my HA has been to drink a bottle of red wine / smoke 10 cigs everynight and fall into bed.
I have 2 children now and a couple of weeks ago, I made the decision that I had to change my life style - the drinking etc.... had to stop and I was going to start dealing with the HA instead of masking it under alcohol. My stomach was starting to get really bad, I was in alot of pain and the stomach acid was terrible.
I went to the dr - she started me on 10mg Citalopram (on day 13 now !!) and 40mgs Omeprazole for my stomach.
Half way through last week - I started feeling like I was having trouble swallowing, like food was sticking in my throat and in my oesphagus, then after eating something, I was feeling really sick. I then started getting pain under my left shoulder blade, spreading to the middle of my back.
Now I've lost my appetite and I'm struggling to eat (for fear of it sticking - and I feel too sick to eat)....of course, upon googling symptoms (worst thing I ever did), these are also the symptoms of Cancer of the Oesophagus....
I am in some state now, I can't stop crying and shaking, I can harldy even look at my children or my hubby as all I've got going through my head is "how they're going to be left with a mother and a wife soon".....we're off to Florida on holiday in 6 weeks, I should be really happy and excited - but I'm so convinced that I'm going to gone by 6 weeks time that I can't even think about going on holiday !!
I was back at the doc yesterday, she gave me some other tablets to help my stomach and said that it's going to take a few weeks to sort itself out. She didn't seem concerned about the pain etc....and she told me to stick with the Citalopram. Though I'm not re-assured.
In all my tests that I've had, I've not had an endoscopy (spelling ??) as none of the docs that I've seen have ever thought I was sick enough to warrant one, now I'm seriously considering asking my doc to refer me for one....
My dad had a lot of stomach problems before he died and my mum died of cancer a few years ago !!
Any help / advice etc.... would be greatly apprecaited, I feel like I'm hanging on to sanity here with my fingertips......
Many many thanks for reading.
Shelly.