Stomach issues?
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Hi I'm new here, and really need some advice! Back about a month ago, I started getting an upset stomach every time I ate. About an hour after I would eat, I'd feel full, like I needed to get sick, for about 4-6 hours (5-8 hours after the meal). Then on June 13, I had a severe pain, like someone had stabbed me through the back, mid chest (thought I was having a heart attack). I went to the ER, they did a full workup on my heart, and told me it was most likely a gallbladder problem. I went to my GP and they ordered an ultrasound. It came back normal, so I was put on omeprazole. As of today, nothing has changed, I am having crampy type pains in my lower right side (front and back) along with an occasional 'twinge' in the upper middle chest area. If I avoid eating, and only drink water, I feel fine, as I would normally. I don't feel hungry ever, but as long as I don't eat I feel good! As soon as I eat, I feel fine for an hour and a half or so, but then I start to feel really full, like I need to throw up for several hours. I called the Dr, and they want me to try zantac, I don't think it will help.
Additional background, my father died at 59 years old from pancreatic cancer, which most likely started in his gallbladder (we didn't perform autopsy so can't confirm), at least one of his 2 sisters had their gb removed, along with his mom.
Does anyone have any suggestions? anything I should try, or do I just push for the HIDA test?
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joan51334 mary6306
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mary6306 joan51334
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reese2016 mary6306
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Gillian_68 mary6306
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Sounds like gall bladder Mary, I’m struggling with similar issues. Twice I had an ultrasound, and nothing showed up. 🤔
k1013 mary6306
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pattino mary6306
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You should seriously consider a full investigation of your pancreas because of your dad's disease . An MRI with contrast is very detailed and will rule out many things .
Pancreatic cancer is very curable in the early stages ,but in late stages is incurable like in Steve Jobs and Patrick Swayze.
Hope you get better soon
kkcallie mary6306
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karen_35577 kkcallie
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Some advice from the other side, don't wish you can't gain weight as you can change your diet a little & exercise, I was a healthy person all my life but at 48 I couldn't eat much, lost 45 pounds in 6 months & could not gain as sick weekly. It is so scary when you are so thin, you look sick & your elbows & hips hurt if you lean on them as there's no fat for padding. You are in control in your situation but with mine I'm not. I know my situation is rare but appreciate being able to eat & gain! Lol.
. It's been almost 2 years like this for me. It's like having the stomach flu weekly, brutal. I've only managed to gain 5 pounds of the 45 lost. I need another 10 or 15 to not be under weight. It's a nightmare that never ends.
kkcallie karen_35577
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Guest mary6306
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Hi Mary, yes that is all sounding like me, even with the Pancreas. I have just learned I have been discharged from the hospital consultants as they adamantly refused to believe it is the GB. I am constantly being told that a GP cannot refer me for a HIDA scan but has to be done by the consultant, which I do not believe! If someone would like to say this is truth I'd be glad to hear because right now I feel failed and hurt by whats happening to me.