Hi

I have been experiencing upper abdominal pain that worsens with stress for about 6 weeks now. 

I genuinely thought it was my lungs as it also worsened when breathing in initially. 

Upon calling the doctors and describing the pain I was seen by a nurse to check me over within an hour and she said she thought that I was experiencing some sort of episode due to a food intolerance or similar and to fill out a diet diary and get booked in for some tests. 

I then saw 3 different doctors, was prescribed omeprazole which helped a little and had bloods and stool samples taken. When I had the bloods taken they booked me in for a week later to discuss my results as even if they were to be negative there is obviously something going on. 

I saw this doctor who said all of my results were fine (other than low folic acid which I know is common) but they hadn't carried out the tests that he would recommend, one of those being the qfit test to check for blood in my stools.

I then had a call 2 days ago from a doctor that said everything was normal apart from the qfit, he kept saying not to lose any sleep over it but they need to see me urgently to carry out a rectal examination before referring me on the 2 week wait pathway. 

My brother has quite severe Crohn's disease and my mum has ankylosing spondylitis which I am aware have links. Myself and my brother also have severe psoriasis which has links to Crohn's.

I have always experienced lower abdominal pain, bloating after eating pretty much anything and alternating bouts of diarrhoea/constipation among other symptoms and have just lived with it as I had a lot of investigations when I was younger but always down the gynecology route. I have also found doctors very dismissive of my symptoms over the years and I'm not one to push for further investigations.

I also lost a lot of weight during the initial months of covid due to my situation and depression. I'm not sure of my weight in 2020 but I know that my doctor's records show that in 2017 I weighed 65kg and now I weigh 50.2kg. Being 5 foot 5 I am now at the very low end of healthy and if I was to lose anymore I would be dangerously thin! I know how I lost weight but it is very much a concern that I'm not putting any on, my diet has been normal and it's not unusual for me to over indulge.

So I am just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what the result was once they'd been referred and had further testing? 

The doctor said they would probably x-ray me to see where the problem is coming from initially and then colonoscopy.

I have been thinking it is Crohn's but having had a normal fecal calprotectin result it's seeming that kind of rules that out and bowel cancer is the concern. 

I am really panicking and thinking the worst, I get so upset when I look at my son as I am all he has. I know that's not a good way to think and it really doesn't help with the symptoms but I am genuinely terrified of what may be found