Back pain and abdomen pain on left side under rib cage...scared!

i feel your pain I think a lot of us on here can admit that we worriy about our health issues to the point that it takes over our daily thoughts it would be nice to turn off the switch and ignore it until solid finding have been found I have exp a lot of the pains that you have and still do although not the leg cramping I was convinced I had some pancrea disorder or even worse cancer ! But after ever test known to themedical world nothing was found that would signal my Untimely death all I ever have had in slightly elevated levels of my pancrea so I live daily with thesis in the ULQ pain in the front and in the back same spot although all the test say negative except for a hiatal hernia the on and off again pains linger in my thoughts I keep them down for the most otherwise if I continued to voice my daily concerns I would be thought of as a hypochondriac or just crazy neither of which I am all you can do is wake up ever day take a deep breath and tell yourself a mantra ever day sound a bit quacky but it helps me when my thoughts get a bit out of line almost like scolding naughty children to behave good luck it will work itself out day by day try to enjoy what you have today and not worry about what tomorrow will bring 

Been having upper left abdominal pain that radiates to the back on and off for ober a year but recently it became a constant pain with yellow loose stool for over 2 weeks now

Also ive experience nigh sweats for 2 nights but went away on the third night

Last night i suddenly feel itching all over my body its like pins and niddle pokint from under my skin and feels cold but went away in the morning

I have had whole abdominal ct scan the with oral and iv contrast whick came back normal blood test all normal except for amylase and lipase was a little elevated but doctor said its ok

Im still so very scared taking antibitics for bowel movement if it doesnt improve will do colonoscopy

Oh and i also lost 8 lbs in 3 weeks

Im so worried that it my pancrease and anxiety has taken control and i hate that feeling

Let me know what your doctor will say to you

Hope that you will get your answer soon

I suffered with a hiatus hernia for over 20 years before being semi sorted by surgery.

The NHS op took ten years to get sorted .. from original Drs appointment to the actual op. Thousands spent on various drugs and finally anti depressants to deal with the day to day direness of the 24 / 7 pain.

What you describe isn't anything like a hiatus hernia, but three years after the op I now get the pains under the ribcage and cramps

I'm now having to go through all of the NHS hoops again to find out what's going on.

Several cameras and scans later there is no solution .... hope you're having more luck.

Also- when you all do these searches online and can end up mentally making yourself sick with something.... I say this again with personal experience with pancreatitis now from 13-current & I will be 30 in June & it's not like I am sick here & there like once or twice a year, no.... I am constantly sick & still hospitalized often... I have had half my pancreas out half my stomach part of my intestines my gall bladder I have had several scopes done were they put a "stent" in my bile duct which opened up my duct for a short time until the stent would fall out like it is supposed to but your panc is then supposed to be able to flow the bile correctly but mine always closes back up & ya it is horrible, I am 30 yet feel I am in a 60 year olds body... I also am in the medical field, (sadly can't work much now due to being sick) so I have done lots of studies on this & other issues.... And so I know how bad it is for y'all to continue to read things online because of you really look closely, you will see that somewhere down the line, someway or another a lot of symptoms are listed under several diff things to be the cause... It's kind of like side effects from a medication, they have to say every single possibility, so please ladies, I highly recommend that instead of searching on line to go to the doc & if the doc says nothing is wrong & you feel certain otherwise, don't stop until you get an answer!!!! I pray for all of you

Can I ask what country your in, I too have chronic pancreatitis and it is absolutely agony some days, I've asked my consultant if there is an operation they can do for the pain and everything else that comes with this horrible illness, he just doesn't want to know, I have had lots of procedures Scans/nerve nerve block nothing has worked, I have terrible bowel problems and nausea with the pain, I take Freon every time I eat anything including snacks , any feedback much appreciated

Thanks

Emma

Hi dear I was reading your discution and thought to ask you my question. Around five years ago I had my galblader removed. I had a very sick and inflamed galblader. Due to the inflammation the Surgon had a hard time to remove it. He wrote in the chart that the galblader burst during the removal and few stones were dropped. But he thinks that he got them all. He then looked through the bile ducts tubes to see if there were any stones there, then he closed me up,

I was in hospital for three days and night with a drainage hanging in my right side. I did not have any pain until after one week that he removed the drainage. The pain was awful.

After the drainage removal I kept having right side itch and pain. For one year everyone told me they its beacuse of the surgery and it will be ok, but suddenly next year I woke up in the middle of the night with a severe pain and burning,

I ran to GI specialist and he did all the rutin tests, blood works and scans all were normal. So he could not tell me what was wrong with me. I even saw the fourth GI specialist and he could not tell me what is wrong with me.

I told them all the I am suspicious about my pancreas but none agreed due to normal MRCP and other test results.

My bowl movment changed suddenly to hard stool I became severely constipated.

Any time that I had the bowl movment I could feel it's passing through the colon and it would get extremely painful in the upper left side.

I had constant pain under both rib cages right and left that sometimes wrapped around my back. I had burning, itching and presure sometimes. I could feel the pain even by touching my skin on my stomach.

The worst part was I could not sleep on my back and left side beacuse of the pain I could only rest or sleep on my right side.

My mom had to scratch ny back but could not message it due to pain and scratching would ease the pain.

I kept losing weight beacuse I was afraied to eat and I put my self on a diet beacuse I belivied it could be pancreas.

For two years I tolorate the pain but last year the pain got little better and the constupation got little better but all the itching, burning and under rib cage pain never went away completely. No matter what it's always there bothering me. Sometimes I don't feel it and sometimes it's to annoying.

So I don't know what happened during the surgery l don't know if he left a scar, damaged the ducts, colon or any nerve there that keep casing me this pain. But I kept going back to the Surgon and teling him why did you check my ducts without my permission or asking for another specialist to do it. Beacuse the ERCP that goes through those tiny ducts has to be performed by the very experienced dr to avoid any scar or damage. He has no answer. I think damage is done and no one can do anything.,

I only need a miracle to be free ilof this pain.

Even now that I am lying on my right side I have the burning and itching pain that is under both of my rib cages and radiates to my throat and chest. I feel sore all the time it's like something never healed down there.

By the way I am 37.

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What do you think about it do you also think that it could be pancrise or something else? Do you also have the same symptoms and pain?

When I drink water I feel something starching down there and then pain begins.

Thank you