Update on me

Well after my CT scan and blood work came back negative they didn't know what to do with me. I'm on the strongest anti-acid making med they have and I've been on it for 4 weeks. I've been on meds for an ulcer for almost 12 weeks now and am not getting better - in fact I've been feeling worse the past couple of weeks. I get the burning pain under my left rib cage that seems to get worse after I eat. I also get waves of nausea that come for 3 days and gone 2 weeks and then will strike out of nowhere. I have already had an endoscopy and I had erosions on my stitch line, not even a real ulcer!

Well I was frustrated and went back to the GI doctor yesterday. I have yet to see the actual doctor, i've been seeing a nurse practitioner. Well anyways they still aren't sure what to do with me and figured the last test should be a colonoscopy and if that comes back negative they'll give me a drug to help kill the nerves that are sending pain messages to my brain.

TODAY i went to my PCP and expained all this to her. She agrees I should be feeling better. She called the GI doctor (RIGHT THERE DURING MY APPOINTMENT) and he agreed it's probably not an acid problem because of all the drugs I was on. He said he would review my file and call me tonight or tomorrow (i guess it will be tomorrow). I may need to see a surgeon as I might have scar tissue or adhesions that can only be fixed by a surgery.

We'll see what happens when I talk to the Dr tomorrow to see where I'm going to be sent next. Thanks for reading!

Aw, Farrah! I sure hope he has something more to offer you tomorrow!!

Are you still planning to see Dr. W. when you're here this Fall?

Thanks Amy! I actually talked to a PNC nurse and she said that it did sound like an ulcer and that possibly i was a slow healer and she agreed I had done all I could. I will still see Dr. W when I'm there in October if this doesn't get figured out. I will schedule it now just in case. :)

I'd be anxious as heck to see my surgeon, I know that. His answers may not be any different, but just maybe he'd run another test or a different one, or something...and just maybe he'd find an answer. Just stay hopeful and maybe document your eating for the day and when symptoms start, how they feel, which meds you take when, etc. Keep a journal for a couple days. It may also help them to put this puzzle together. The more clues the better I think.

((Farrah))

Fantastic idea! I actually will do that. I love the journal idea.

Healing hugs and good thoughts and prayers to you Farrah and to your drs for them to find the answers..

I hope the doctor can figure out what's going on so you can get better. It sucks having something wrong and being passed from doctor to doctor, meanwhile you still feel like **** and no one but you feels the sense of urgency.  Good luck when you talk to the doc today.

I hope you'll feel better soon and get some answers!  I wonder if you could have any type of allergy that could cause any of this?  Prior to surgery I had some similar symptoms and they thought I might have a glueten allergy.  It turns out I didn't, but maybe you do?  Maybe you've already gone that route, but I thought it might be worth a try.  I hope you'll soon get to the bottom of this - I'm sure you're more than ready to be done with it!