Hi,
I have posted on here a couple of times. I have terrible health anxiety which just seems to get worse. I had my gallbladder removed on Dec 23rd 2019 because of gallstones. All went well but about a month before the op I started to get pain on the left side of my abdomen. I have been to the doctors and A&E numerous times with the pain. They said it was shingles but then it wasn't, then muscle strain. I had chest X-ray,(all clear). They have done so many blood tests, urine tests, stool tests but everything has come back normal. I went to the doctors again 6 weeks ago and she said they would do tests again and then refer me for a ct scan as there was nowhere else to go. But 1 week later I was back in A&E with pain in my left side and back. They did loads of blood tests again and all normal. But I explained to the consultant who was excellent about the numerous visits to the doctor and they I was being referred after further tests for a ct scan. He said I didn't need to wait for further tests and fast tracked me for the scan. He was very thorough and listened very carefully to me. I had the ct scan last Sunday. The lady/ nurse in the room told me to tell my doctor I had had the scan and did I gave to phone for results or would they call me. The pain used to be intermittent but is now more constant. It isn't a really bad pain and I can't really say it has got any worse since last November. But I am terrified. I have completely convinced myself I have pancreatic cancer of some form. My grandma had it and my father had terminal kidney cancer. Even though all the tests have come back normal I am googling and reading about the symptoms so much. It is affecting my waking hours. I cannot reason that it could be anything else.
I am at a loss and almost ashamed of feeling like this when there are so many brave people coping with so much.
please can someone here respond and make some sort of sense?
please
update!
the doctor just phoned to say ct scan was clear. So happy. They said if I still have pain it needs investigating further but in light of how busy they currently are I said I would wait until after the current crisis.
