i have pain on left side under my ribs comes and gos

i have pain on left side just under my ribs the pain comes and gos and it just started yesterday i was wondering what is worng with me me i am 57 years old


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[shortcat]

I sure hope someone answers you and gives you good advise.  I have suffered from this same thing for about 2yrs now and have yet to find an answer.  I have just had a loop lleostomy done 4 weeks ago and was in the er last night and they told me it was unspecified adominal (abdominal) pain.  I know it hurts bad and its not in my head either.  I wish you the best of luck  and will keep an eye on your question to see if you get an answer.  I also have a question like this out there and if I get an answer I will get ahold of you and let you know.  

[kjmtn333]

I've had pain on the left side, under and near my ribs for 14 years.  All the doctors ever wanted to do was give me pain pills and send me home.  9 years ago someone finally did a CT and said I had a pancreatic pseudocyst.  The pain would come and go - but last around 2 weeks when I had it.  It was so severe, I couldn't function.  My gallbladder was removed in 2004 and the hope was, that it would stop the pancreas pain.  It didn't.  Last year, I spent 6 months in agnozing pain.  Drugged up on pills and basically checked out of my life.  Because I wouldn't stop pestering the doctors, I ended up having a endoscopy with ultrasound and biopsy.  Turns out my pseudocyst, wasn't a pseudocyst at all, but a pre-cancerous cyst.  I had 60% of my pancreas removed along with my spleen.  Not fun!!!!  I was warned there was no guarantee that was what caused the pain.  Well guess what, a year later the pain has been coming back.  I am so discouraged.  I now have ulcers from all the pain meds, and still no answers on the rib pain.  I can't even get my doctor to discuss it.  It is encouraging to read all the older posts of people with similar pain.  When is someone going to figure this out?