Abdominal Pain

Posted By Sarah on May 27, 1998 at 02:14:31:







My stomach has been bothering me off and on since January.  
The symptoms vary (heartburn, diarrhea, nausea) but for the
last month and a half I've had a persistant pain in my upper
abdomen (above my navel, below my breastbone) I went to a
doctor before coming home from school and he tested my blood
count, my liver, and for H. pylori.  All of these tests came
back normal and he told me to wait it out because it might just
be stress.  This pain gets worse when I eat regardless of how
mild the food is and my appetite has gone way down.  I've lost
10 pounds in the last month which I guess wouldn't be that much
if it was intentional.  I'm planning on waiting it out to see
if it was just the stress of school but it's already been a
week.  How long should I wait?