Hello All

First time poster here and wanted to try and get something together on where I am to try and deal with my typical health anxiety.

I have been suffering with an ache/pain on my left side from the bottom of my last rib to my hip when sitting for about 6 six weeks now this radiates to the back.

I thought brought on by stress - my job can be periodically very stressful.

Historically I have suffered with gastritis and had a colonoscopy 5 years ago which came back with a diagnosis of gastritis.

At that time I also had left sided abdominal ache. They also did an ultrasound, which queried lesions on the liver, but after a detailed MRI this was ruled out and they say nothing.

Back to the present and I am feeling this ache on the left side again - there is no blood in stool that I can see and my stools are varied - a little more frequent than ususal, but that is perhaps due to my drinking much more water than ususal.

I have made the mistake of hitting Google and am very worried about worse case scenarios.

This is all made worse by the fact that I have my first child on the way in under 2 months after lots of IVF and several years in trying. I'm also only one year married to a wonderful wife. So the stakes are very high.

I'm 42 and otherwise in pretty good health.

The GP has order a full blood work-up which I had done yesterday and also a Fecal Occult Stool test (again done yesterday) and I have been referred for a Colonoscopy which I am waiting to hear back on a referral date - I have private healthcare with work, so could potentially speed this up.

I wish I could let go of the nagging worry and believe that a diagnosis of IBS or Diverticular Disease was most likely (as this is what the GP is looking for) - but I of course go straight to 100mph and am already fearful of leaving my wife and new child alone.

Would appreciate all thoughts.

Thanks and best wishes

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