I'm 25 and absolutely terrified i have Stomach Cancer!
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Hello everyone, for the past 3/4 weeks i've had this constant dull abdominal ache that only goes away when i'm asleep. I've gone down from 13 stone 7 to 12 stone 11, and i've lost my appetite almost completely. I don't bring any food up but i have had constipation with on and off bleeding. I've been to all the GPs in my surgery (which is 3) and they just say that it's not impossible but highly rare i have Stomach Cancer. Now, my dad and my sister have Crohns disease so my GP did blood checks and calprotectin test and said everything looked fine and no inflammatory markers are up or any warning signs are showing. She's referred me to a GI specialist, but judging by the NHS waiting times i could be waiting ages to get this sorted. Tomorrow i go for an Abdominal Ultrasound, i'm so scared they'll find something cancerous or an unexplained mass. This has driven me to the breaking point, i'm crying infront of my girlfriend so much, the abdominal ache doesn't go away no matter what i eat. My stomach also feels pretty bloated at times and solid when i stand up. It's driving me up the wall. I'm currently on Cosmocol to relieve the constipation which seems to be working. Though i'm only on day 1 of 3 satchets a day.
And i'm so incredibly stressed i've convinced myself i'm going to die because they won't catch it early enough. I've been on google and saw many stories about young people being misdiagnosed then dying from cancer in a few months. It's absolutely terrifying. Hell i couldn't even handle my dad saying he had to have a stomach resection, the thought scared me too. Hell i've even got to the point where i'm planning on how to break it to my parents and what my will should have in it.
I'm waiting on CBT therapy and i currently take Citalopram for my Anxiety. I got given Lansaprazole 30mg for what my GP thinks is an ulcer but it doesn't seem to do anything. I just really want a clear Colonoscopy and Endoscopy and for this all to be over. I've been to A&E so many times and i feel so helpless and alone when they say they won't do anything.
Does anyone have any idea what else it could be? I've been looking up Symptoms of Gastritis, Gallstones, Stomach Ulcers, but i can't seem to match them up. Everything just points to Stomach Cancer or Bowel Cancer.
I'm so sorry for the rant. It's just been driving me insane the past few weeks. I'm terrified that it'll be a high stage by the time they finally diagnose it. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
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jay68400 jay71299
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Dewygulati jay71299
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Im the same..l always imagine my problems are stomach cancer..I wish the doctors understood
How terrifying the thoughts are...and I am not sure why they are against doing endoscopy
...my wife is the same..thinks I'm paranoid ..and does not acknowledge my complaints
Sometimes I think it's better to be alone
As well I try to explain..not afraid of dying..as we may get hit by a car and dye..but suffering terrifies me
jay71299 Dewygulati
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lynne69494 jay68400
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jay71299
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Had my ultrasound today, it went well. The nurse/radiographer who did the scan said everything looked fine and she couldn't see the source of my discomfort. The only thing she did see was my liver was slightly fatty. Which she also added that it was nothing to worry about.
Now that's over i'm desperate for the GI consultant to test me to find out the source of my stomach issues. It's still very much there. Though it's not incredibly painful, it's uncomfortable. I'm just not happy with it being IBS. I had a nice few hours of relief after the scan but now my anxiety has shot back up. I'm shaking and almost crying at the thought of finding out that it's stomach cancer. I just want it to go away, i can't think of anything else it could be.![sad](https://patient.azureedge.net/forums/emoticons/sad.gif)
My chances are incredibly low, i think it's only 6 people my age are diagnosed with it every year. (Correct me if i'm wrong) but christ i'm terrified.
joycemadine jay71299
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craig84609 jay71299
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anbuma jay71299
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although i am female and 57,i can compare my body and story similar to yours.since 2012 have had persistent pelvic and abdominal pain,weight gain (to 14.3 at heaviest and not due to diet or lack of exercise)and losing 2 stone in april last year not for trying. and then gaining 3 kgs on my abdomen and also cos of swelling mostlky on legs.
i have the huge avdomen but it is not bloating and i havent had constipation or diarrheoa.DR's assume IBS even though no symptoms.like you since 2007 my appetite has diminished and now i force myself to eat.
i have a hiatus hernia,diverticulitis,duodenitis,gastritis and dysphagia.
my original concern was ovarian cancer but this was excluded andc Misdiagnosis of IBS which drs wouldnt accept I did not have this and five years on still dont.
my concerns are cancer because of the solid lumpy mass which is my abdomen,recently more pressure against ribs and stomach (from below)and increased heaviness of abdomen.
the majorityof my pain is upper abdomen and pelvis.
like you i have been to A&E a couple of times to non avail.
i had gallstones even though USS .radiographer did not pick
up on them initially and had gallbladder removed which caused
further problems with bile in myn stomach.
i still fear cancer.as like you say all symptoms and signs(including dr;s
assuming things)indicate cancer.
persist with your GP and dont let them fob you off.gps these days
dont listen or accept you know your body and know when things arent right.
ive been battling for five years and the first 3 my gp did nothing.only receiving diagnoses in 2014 by a different gp who investigated.
good luck i hope you get a diagnosis soon.thinking of you
lynne69494 anbuma
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Although it was a dr, specialist and a test scope than finally brought a diagnoses, intersticial cystitus, fairly rare, theres a problem for many gps, anbuma l recall one occassion in hospital for a week due to severe pain nausea, a wreck, l looked 6month pregnant, couldnt eat, and they gave me anti bs, made me worse, but never bothered about the huge stomach, no interest,or referral, and l was on wrong ward, gyny one, scan showed no probs, officiously dismissed, no explanation, despaired going home same, when l asked was told we think its a bladder problems, but didnt refer me, when it should have been urology ward, bizarre, Finally a year later new compatent caring gp then Its getting the right specialist and test, scopes seem to be good for seeing all and diagnosing. Not saying its the case for all, but yes if you feel bad and its affecting your life, if l,d been rich l,d of course gone private, quicker, cant get those lost times back, but keep at them, l think your best bet of diagnoses is with gi and scope, good luck with it.
anbuma lynne69494
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i d go private but as you say cant afford to plus private clinics arent easily accessible,my ex gp kept telling me he didnt know what things were and wouldnt refer me to someone who does.and then wonders why i lost faith and trust in him.
lynne69494 anbuma
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