skippy66
10-06-10, 16:57
I've been on a drug which reduces stomach acid (called a PPI) for a month because of upper stomach pains I was getting, and 1 month down the line they are not working. I'm still getting the pains and sometimes pain which radiates up to my neck and back. Heart has been checked and diagnosed as fine.
Dr has suggested I stay on these meds for another month, then have a camera down my throat if the problem persists. Problem is, I'm terrified about this procedure not the thing itself, but what it might reveal.
Surely if I've been on tabs for a month and the upper stomach pain is still there, it must be something sinister like cancer? I'm 29/m. Surely if a simple case of gastritis or small ulcer, these tabs would have healed it by now??
Dr has suggested I stay on these meds for another month, then have a camera down my throat if the problem persists. Problem is, I'm terrified about this procedure not the thing itself, but what it might reveal.
Surely if I've been on tabs for a month and the upper stomach pain is still there, it must be something sinister like cancer? I'm 29/m. Surely if a simple case of gastritis or small ulcer, these tabs would have healed it by now??