I have been suffering for over 3 months of a constant feeling of discomfort in my lower belly. This came out of nowhere and has caused me quite a bit of discomfort, pain and worry.
The best way to describe it is a sickly heavy pressure with bloating that makes me uncomfortable and brings nausea. To start with it was only really noticeable when I was sitting down but now it's constant with the only relief is lying in bed.
So far I have had the below tests:
bloods done (normal)
Ultrasound of Testes (normal)
Ultrasound of abdomen (normal)
CT scan with contrast of Abdomen/Pelvis (normal)
Endoscopy (showed some acid in esophagus but normal otherwise).
I had a normal colonoscopy 3 1/2 years ago due to stomach cramps (this is different as Buscopan dealt with that) .
This doesn't feel like IBS as it isn't a cramping/shooting pain it's just a dull sickly pressure bloating pain, I also experienced some indigestion symptoms but not sure if these were brought on by worry or not and I also don't have constipation or the runs. I wake up in the mornings with a hunger like pain in stomach too.
Not really sure what else to pursue as I have spent a small fortune so far on tests and specialist with no answer. I feel they want to put it all down to health anxiety which I have an extreme case of but I have never had these troubles before like this, it feels like something else serious is going on.
I feared I had pancreatic cancer to start with but my age (31) and clear blood tests, ultrasound and CT scan have had the doctors tell me not possible. I still fear that though, I don't think they will do another Colonoscopy since it's not been 5 years and I had no polyps or anything bad.
I can't afford to pay for anything else as I've spend around 3K already with no result. I just hate feeling this way and in this 3 months I have maybe had 5 days where I have felt back to normal and I know I am not making this pain up and it is real and comes back with no triggers.
I don't really blame my GP because looking at my history where I have had brain tumors (new daily persistent headache eventual diagnosis), Bowel Cancer (IBS), Lymphoma (hard lymph node on jaw), Spinal tumour (lower back pain for months) who wouldn't think I am nuts?
Honestly I could write a book on this, I have spent an absolute fortune on MRI's, CT scans' X-rays, Specialist consultants and so on. Every time something happens like this I am convinced I am dying and the end is near but this feels uncontrollable now as nothing is shifting this constant pain.
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