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New update on my hernia

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jennyg1981
jennyg1981

Hey all,and firstly thank you to everyone who has given me some great advice,and helped me,I really do appreciate it.Good news is my referral went through and was accepted,I’m seeing a specialist on 27th this month,but at my local hospital this time,praying this time I actually get taken seriously,since seeing this female doctor a few weeks ago,the pain is a lot more often,sometimes I can’t even have a shower without pain,just today I’ve had pain on and off all day,not excruciating every time,but painful enough to know,this is not right,and something needs to be done 

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  • jane29413
    jane29413 jennyg1981

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    Hi Jenny,

    I know exactly how you feel. 

    I’d even convinced myself that it was all psychosomatic because I felt the Doctors weren’t taken me seriously until a very dear friend of mine who knows that I’m not a nut case said to me “but you said you don’t  feel right ” ................... I then went back to my GP and tried to be as “matter of fact” and as calm as I could because I think I was so anxious the Doctors just labelled me as neurotic (and let’s face it these horrible and frightening symptoms make one feel extremely anxious and worried and a bit neurotic) 

    Up until a month ago I was fine then I woke up in the middle of the night feeling dreadfully ill, shaky and with horrendous burning chest pain and I went to A&E because I was so terrified. 

    Having been started on Omeprazole my heartburn is cured but I’m left with intermittent excruciating back pain and pain and throbbing in my chest and that is driving me mad. 

    I lost a stone initially because I completely lost my appetite but I’m now really hungry and I’m finding it hard not to eat a big meal. It’s not surprising that I’m constantly hungry because I’m only eating chicken, fruit and veg in an effort to stop the symptoms. 

    Can anyone help? 

    • jennyg1981
      jennyg1981 jane29413

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      Hi Jane bless you,I hope you’re able to get the help you need,it’s so frustrating not being taken seriously,when I saw a surgeon last year,to speak about the pain I get,and continue to get,which is 10 months now,all she said was she thought it’s not my hernia causing me the pain all over my stomach,and told me to lose weight and my hernia will go,and she said I might have IBS,so my dumbass doctor,he assumed I had IBS,cos of what the surgeon said,put me on 2 different course of tablets,which both didn’t help at all,the 2nd lot was buscopan,which my sister sue takes,as she actually has IBS,took for me to get more pain,which at times was and is excruciating,to go see a female doctor,who whilst being examined by her,I screamed in pain at her,she’s the reason why I’ve got referred back to the hospital so quick,she actually cares and listened to me 
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