Hi, I am new here. But I am convinced I have pancreatic cancer.. just waiting for ct results. Can’t find anything else on dr Google that explains my symptoms. Had a history of lower back pain in the night but it cleared during the day so I didn’t worry… indigestion, but I have a dairy allergy which causes that so I ignored that too and I was very tired often napping in the day, but I am 51 and work hard! In late April I have what was suspected to be a gallstone attack. A huge feeling of bloating in my back and an aching pain. I managed a bath then lay on the bed and twisted slightly.. the pain hit my abdomen like a bullet from a gun and curled me up right tight! I managed to ride it out and got some sleep. Saw gp and they suspected gallstones and sent me for an ultrasound. All clear? Two sets of bloods all clear? Tumour marker bloods all clear? But I am so nauseous I can’t eat and the weight is dropping away. No jaundice or funny poop (yet) had a ct scan Friday but the anxiety is making me climb the walls!!! Everything I eat hurts my belly with stabbing pain which sometimes radiates to my back and I get a funny bloating in my lower right rib which I am convinced is now a liver issue. Just feel so sick. Feel like I have lots to prepare for my impending doom, just no motivation to do anything but Google and back up all my theory. The waiting is purgatory. Anyone else had symptoms like me? Lost my dad to pancreatic cancer last august after only 3 weeks from diagnoses. How can this happen to my family again? :-(
Hi Sally
It may well be pancreatitis, don't just jump straight to the cancer diagnoses because google said so, my advice would be forget google searches as you will torment yourself, and don't even think about cancer until you know for sure that it is that, you have to worry about stay positive, and enjoy each day for what it is, at the moment each day for you is a day without cancer because no one has even confirmed you have it. Hope it goes well and stay strong
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