Hi I am sorry if this is a long post. In August 2019 I was away for a girly weekend and reacted in a way to alcohol I have never reacted before. I did drink way more than the recommended daily units which I hadn't done in years. I woke in the night with a fast pulse and sweating profusely. I initially thought am I having a heart attack? When I realised I wasn't and with being far away from home I decided not to go to A&E. It lasted around 3 hours. I thought nothing more off it felt strange for a few days some abdominal pain and having lots of bowel movements yellow in colour but I soon forgot about it.
Fast forward August 2020 I go out twice and have a rich calorific meal and drink wine both times get severe abdominal pain on the left side under my ribs and yellow loose stools but after a couple of days it passes. Being a health care professional I think left side abdominal pain in response to alcohol and rich food =pancreas. So I stop drinking.
October arrives the pain in my left side begins to come every day even without alcohol and eating healthy the pain starts radiating to my back and at times is unbearable I feel tired at 4pm most days. I see the GP who tells me it is my stomach and gives me Omeprazole and tells me to come back in 2 weeks. I take 20mg Omeprazole for 2 weeks the pain gets worse. I call the GP and tell him it isn't working and I'm really worried I think it's my pancreas he says it isn't and I should double my Omeprazole to 40mg and call him back in 6 weeks. So I start this a bit disheartened that I'm not getting anywhere. On 28th November I wake up with Palpatations roughly every 20 beats my heart is missing a bit it's very uncomfortable. I ring NHS 111 the doctor tells me if I don't have chest pain I can see my GP Monday. The palpatations last 48 hours and it really was a long uncomfortable 48hrs. I call the GP Monday first thing. I get an ECG it's normal I have lots of bloods (biochem, LFTs, FBC) all normal.
December 11th I do something dumb and drink one glass of Prosecco by December 13th I am in agony the pain is all over my left side and back and now radiating up to my shoulder blades at this point I think I have something growing in my pancreas if I sit down I feel pressure and pain, driving is uncomfortable. I can't lie down on that side. I call the GP 3 days in a row they won't speak to me or give me an appointment as I'm not an emergency I'm now classed as an ongoing problem. I tell them I haven't been to the doctors ever in my whole life but have came 5 times since October can't they see there is something wrong please can I have an ultrasound or something? Refer me to gastro? My husband joins Bupa through his work as I cry for a whole day and he's barely seen me cry in 10 years and so now I have an appointment next week with a consultant and ironically a scan has came through from the NHS. Hopefully this week I will get some answers. I hope my fears are wrong as I write this the pain under my ribs on the left side is there and the left side of my back same place I feel it must be my pancreas. Has anyone got any similar experiences to me? Any advice welcome I have had some dark days, I have young children.
