I am a 31 year old white male. I have always been very healthy. My father who was 62 was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma in July 2002 and after 3 months of watching him go from a healthly (or so we thought) vibrant man to a skeleton he passed away in November 2003. So it was a traumatic, stressful, devastating process for me and my mom who took care of him the whole time.
So, I have always been healthy, jogged a lot, worked out etc. I stopped exercising while he was sick and in the months thereafter.
Ever since he got sick every little pain I get I think I have what he had or some other fatal illness, cancer mostly. In December I had severe back pain from shoveling all the snow we had this winter. The pain wrapped around to the lower right groin area. I thought I had a hernia, went to the ER they said no. The next day I went to the Chiropractor and he did his thing and the pain was gone.
So then in February I started jogging again (in the very cold NY weather) and after 2 weeks I thought I was coughing up blood, I had a bad cough, broncitis like symptons. My Dr. gave me Levaquin for the infection and Allegra for some allergies. The infection seemed to go away but it still felt like i had a lump in my throat. I also had a pain in my back, it felt like it was in my lung. He said it was just a strain, my job requires me to lift lots of heavy stuff.
The pain in my lower right groin and lower back came back, went to the chiropractor and it didnt go away this time. At this point I think I'm dying, of stomach cancer, mesothelioma, who knows. I went back to my Dr. had a chest x-ray blood work, ekg....it all came back fine. In the meanwhile I got severe back pain, my whole back was in knots. I read Allegra can cause back pain as well.
My Dr. gave me 12.5 CR Paxil for my anxiety, and butilbital for my back pain, which he said was from stress. The week I waited for my results was the worst of my life, very nervous. The back pain seemed to go away with the Butalbital, the Paxil seemed to help the aniexty.
After 2 weeks of Paxil the anxiety is seeming to get a little better, my lower back still hurts, it still wraps around to my lower right front of my belly. My right hip also aches as well, feels like it out of socket or something. Plus my right foot feels weird, it doesn't feel numb, but stiff, it does occasionally get a warm feeling to it.
It feels like there is a gas bubble in my belly, right by my belly button. I did have some side effects, nausea, constipation from the Paxil I believe. Could this lingering gas bubble feeling be from the Paxil/Butalbital side effects?
So, with this new Hip Pain, back pain that wraps around to my front that doesn't go away from a visit to the chiro i think I have some major problem like cancer or whatever. The hip doesnt hurt when I run, nor does my belly since I started jogging again.
Any suggestions, my Dr. thinks this is all in my head, so do i but I can't let it go.