Burning Stomach Pain, But "the Tests Came Back Normal&q Posted: 11-02-05 20:41pm
I had an upper gi and ultrasound yesterday
to look for the reason why i've woken up 3
times in the middle of the night with a
burning stomach pain that is so bad that
it lasts for 2 hours and i'm left flopping
around until it subsides.
It's in a very specific spot in my
stomach. It burns like someone is
pouring acid or putting out a cigarette in
that one spot. If my entire stomach
hurt, I wouldn't bother.
However, it appears that my upper gi and
ultrasound are normal and so I don't know
what to do now. I've never been to this
doctor before because I was switching from
another doctor who not only had a creepy
male nurse on his staff who expressed
dismay that the doctor didn't invite him
back in to watch the physical exam (they
physical exam that he botched which led me
to go to a real gynecologist who told me
the reason why the doctor wasn't able to
get the specimen that he needed) and so
forth.
Anyway, this new doctor seemed to have
this attitude of "here's some aciphex for
acid reflux in case your tests come back
normal...." and i'm thinking "duh! Did
you not see that I was not pointing
anywhere near my chest?" so i'm just
worried that he's going to blow me off as
yet another victim of gerd.
What should I do? Wait for another
episode of this to happen or could there
be another reason why I have this pain
besides an ulcer or gallbladder that I
should be aware of?
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matthew77
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Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 1
Floppy Cecum Posted: 11-05-05 11:27am
Hello,
my stomach pain is located in the middle
upper part of my stomach. I have had
these "stomach attacks" off and on for
over 15yrs.
Since 2002, I have had every test possible
trying to figure out what the pain is, no
luck. I have been to er many times.
Pain will start in this area and increase
in intensity, lasting anywhere from 2-6
hours.
My endoscopy/colonoscopy in 2002 was
normal. Problem still continued.
Was on pain meds all this time. My
primary doc didn't want me to take them
anymore, which I agreed, however there was
no relief.
I went back for endoscopy/colonoscopy 3
wks ago, gi couldn't complete the
colonoscopy, he said it was twisted. He
only got the mid point of traverse
colon.
I was out of town and ended up in er,
really bad attack, pain same area but
included my entire stomach and burning
pain.
Hospital did a ct scan and they said all
looked good.
Just had be test and the report showed a
very redundant colon, sigmoid area and
mobile cecum, also redundant. Be showed
the cecum move to the mid-upper quandrant
(wouldn't this be the same place my pain
is in/) and then the cecum was seen in the
lower right quadrant.
Gi said there is no guarantee this is the
problem, but it is the only hope I have
had in all these years.
Am going to go to a colorectal surgeon for
him to read xrays. Do you think this is
what could be causing pain? I am at the
end of my rope on this. Husband thinks
i'm faking and that I should just suck it
up.
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tune_girl
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Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 3
Pancreas? Posted: 11-05-05 12:24pm
I read up on something interesting.
They said that the pancreas can also cause
problems, and, coincidentally, my pain
seems to subside by rolling up in a fetal
position and lying on my stomach.
However, it doesn't totally match, either.
The annoying thing is that I tried to call
and get the nurse on the phone, but the
fool called my home phone number again
(even though I explicitly gave my work
number and said that I did have a question
about my results) and simply parroted my
results.
I mean, duh. I heard what she said the
first time! You would think that working
in a doctor's office that she would
understand that having an x-ray is not the
same thing as having a cure to the
problem! Then again, i'm sure a good
quarter of the population on the bottom
rung of health care jobs ended up there
watching commercials for itt tech.
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jinglebelle
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Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1 Location: sc
Redundant Colon Posted: 12-07-05 19:28pm
Hi...I jsut came back form the "gi
specialist" today... He was in the room a
total of 7 minutes. He came highly
recommended too..Go figure.
Ive had a ton of testing in the past and
have been having pain right between my
ribs mid abdomen. Constipation is a
horrible problem. I was told to quit
taking thezelnorm..That it can cause
severe problems...And cause you to have to
get a colectomy.
I was told to start using miralax (which
ive tried previously)... And also to take
2 ducolax tablets every night.
Im always feeling nauseated, bloated,
etc.
My colon is elongated and twisted and I
have the slow motility to go along with
it.
I was told to stop taking every medication
because that makes constipation worse.
(ive got high chol. And high blood
pressure too.)
the specialist told me to drink more
water, eat fruits and vegetables... Thank
you mr specialist.... It just cost me
$175.00 for you to take 7 minutes of your
time to tell me that crap...Ive been
suffering for 20 years now..! Good luck
to all..Hope u find a remedy!
