Hello, all welcome to my first post. I'm so sad it has to be a cry for help. It started maybe 18 months ago. I had just a mild stomach pain mainly just below my sternum and a lot of wind as in burping. This carried on until I went to see a doctor. Well, I say until it didn't help. I was tried on ranitidine (Before they were all recalled) and Omazerprole. Both of these never even touched it. I also had an ultra sound on my upper adomin. which other than a slightly fatty liver. ( My doctor seemed to think it was normal for my age) Nothing showed up out the ordinary. The discomfort continued and is still going on now. Mainly below my sternum but above my belly button. However, it does have a tendency to just appear anywhere it feels like in the adomin then as if by magic it can just disappear for an hour or so then back it comes. I have tried changing every single thing in my diet. But with no relief. I have tried fasting even only for 24 hours as I still like my food. It seems to get me most when I first wake up. Either that or it wakes me up. then after an hour or so seems to subside a little so it's bearable. But never really goes away. I do some jogging a couple of days a week. only a couple of miles. That seems to ease it a little for a while. Mainly because I'm concentrating on something else but like a bad smell back it comes. As for the burping, it never seems to desist. I have NO acid reflux and the burps do not taste or as far as I know dont smell strange. I considered it could be a hiatus hernia as it seems to appear in that area somewhat often.. just on or below my ribs. or Hpylori. But I was tested for that and it came back negative. I was also tested for gluten intolrence and that to was negative. I was going to go and see my doctor again then Bang. Covid 19 and my doctor became unseeable. Here they say the NHS is still open for business. Let me tell you this is not the case. I have not been able to see a doctor for 6 months in fact they even said Unless its an absolute emergency then do not bother them. I have always wondered how they defined Emergency? I do not have any loss of appetite. No blood where it shouldn't be and I had a blood test as routine as I'm on HRT and it came back normal as a FBC was done. So I know I'm not anaemic. As for my toilet habits. It can be a little hard to get out sometimes and other times I can be a bit runny. But I have always been like that as far as going to the toilet is. Anyway, I am starting to get a little scared that the spectre of Cancer could be looming. even if I don't have the telltale signs. Dr Google can be a really great tool or a proper negative experience. So every day I still have this mild stomach pain that on occasion does seem to ease when I sit but when I stand back up.. there it is. I'm am not a person who can give up but its been at least 18 months now and all the scary stuff goes through my mind. I'm a 53-year-old female and there is no history of cancers in my family. well, not of that area anyway. Also no history of any stomach problems at all/ Could anyone please help out and give me something to believe in.
Hi! This is exactly what I’m going through.
About three months ago, I started getting this dull ache below my ribs (in the upper abdomen) which is more uncomfortable than painful. I’ve been diagnosed with acid reflux and changed medicines multiple times only for none of them to work.
It gets a bit better when I do some physical exercise and I don’t feel it much when I’m distracted but other than that, it’s ALWAYS present. It’s really frustrating.
The physician I visited recently diagnosed me with gastritis and again, prescribed PPI’s which don’t help at all.
I’m really worried as to what it could be.
So while I’m not sure either, I just want to let you know that you’re not alone!
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