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Curious
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Curious

by Npursuit, Oct 19, 2001 12:00AM
Hi, I have question for anyone who might know the answer.
Last year I started getting sick a lot after I would eat..I couldn't move without feeling I would throw up. It made it very hard to work. But in the past 6 months or so the pain has grown.
  The pain is horrid, sometimes to the point where I will scream at the top of my lungs and pass out from the pain. I'd be taken to the hospital and even an i.v. filled with pepcid and a G.I. cocktail couldn't get rid of the pain.
  It starts under the ribcage up on the upper right side of my stomach. then it shoots extreme waves of pain to my back, where it then radiates down my spine, feeling like someone is wedging wooden stakes into each disk of my spine. Then it feels like someone is gripping my guts with there hands really hard. I went to doctors and because I am fairly young they just waved it off as an ulser.
  I have had constipation all my life so I don't know if thats a symptom or not. I have had bad acid reflux all my life so I don't know if that is a symptom either. The doctors did tests for ulsers and they didnt find any.
  I just want to know, is this an early stage of stomach cancer? Or is it just a really bad ulser that the doctors can't find? If someone can shed some light I would be very greatful.
Member Comments (4)

by Baseball_Mom, Oct 19, 2001 12:00AM
To: Npursuit
Have you had an ultrasound down and possibly an Endoscopy to rule out it being your gall bladder?    I'm not a doctor but that is what it sounds like to me.  I would recommend you make an appointment with a Gastro Specialist.  They shoudl be able to figure out what is wrong.  Best of luck to you.

by MARY ANN, Oct 19, 2001 12:00AM
you may also wnt to ask the specialest to run a colonoscopy which is a very good scope that find a lot of digestive problems that pther test seem to miss. but i also agree with baseball mom it does sound like it could be the gallbladder but if you do both scopes at least you know you have covered all grounds .god bless .and i hope you find your problem soon so you can have some peace .

by imkindly, Oct 19, 2001 12:00AM
To: Npursuit
If the pain wraps around from front to back, it could be a pancreatitus (pancreatitis) attack (gallstone temporarily stuck in a bile duct).


by imkindly, Oct 19, 2001 12:00AM
To: Npursuit
P.S.--- If I were you, I'd ask my doctor to check for gallstones, ask him about pancreatitus (pancreatitis), (and tell him everything that you told us here).....and in the meanwhile avoid alcohol and LARGE meals.

Good Luck.
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