I had a tremendous amount of pressure in my stomach area that was making me short of breath. I was told it was my colon. Previously I had a cat scan which showed normal. I had a colonoscopy done in January 09. They gave me demerol, I remember waking and saying " it hurts" and was immediately knocked out again. I was released a couple hours later with the home instructions of take whatever I had at home for pain. Got home and slept for hours. When I woke up I was in excruciating pain, cramping on my sides and pain on top of my stomach area. It was so bad I was putting the electric heater on my stomach, and nearly burning my stomach. I called my dr. left message, he did not call back, I called and called and he never returned my call, and this was 6 days later. Finally the extreme cramping let up some, I went back to him 2 weeks later, and asked why he never called me back, and I told him it felt like he took an apple core and cored something out on top of my stomach. He said I have a small ulcer. I then asked him when is this cramping supposed to stop, and he looked puzzled and said, you may have irritable bowel.
I never had bowel problems before. Was always regular. Anyway he never told me to take any tests and just left me in this excruciating pain. I am ready to shoot myself in the stomach to stop this pain. Nothing I take will stop it.
The sides of my stomach cramp non stop, and on top my stomach where the ulcer supposedly is, I have alot of pain and pressure. I am afraid to go to any dr. now. I don;t know what to do. But I absolutely cannot survive this pain anymore, I have not been out of bed since he did this to me.
What is wrong with me. I also have previous back problems., a burning down my spine from the neck down to a little past the midddle of my back.
Help. I want to go to er, but am afraid.