Hi all, 

I have been suffering with gastric issues since December 2019, been diagnosed with acid reflux but now my stools have become pale and loose and I have the odd nauseous feeling and have little to no appetite. I have recently found a lump in my right hand upper stomach and with the other issues went into complete panic mode and worst case senario. I visited A&E because my symptoms were getting worse and my doctor doesn't seem to be taking me serious, almost brushing me off with the current pandemic. The Doctors at hospital said he couldn't feel a mass but could feel intestines, which I found odd because I can feel an obvious lump about 3 cm long like a sausage shape which is hard and I wasn't aware you could feel intestines by lightly pressing on your abdomen? He's referred me on a 2week wait cancer referral path as has suggested in the current pandemic this is the only way I will get the tests I need, just hearing those words sent me into a spin and now I'm sat here feeling rubbish from my symptoms and also worrying myself sick of what this might be. I have health anxiety around this because my mother passed away of duodenum cancer.