Last Friday night I was hit suddenly with a giant wave of nausea and ended up vomiting very violenty for just over 24 hours. Ever since then I have been nauseated and this increases with whatever I eat so I am loosing weight. I saw the doctor on call at my office who thought maybe I had food poisoning or maybe the start of something gallbladder and put my on Zofran ODT and Zantac twice a day, I already take protonix daily. I have been to the ER once since my appointment due to continued nausea and unable to eat/drink and had my gall bladder checked and a liter of fluid. However, no stones detected. It has been a week now and I am still generally nauseated that increases no matter what I eat when I eat. My abdominal pain/ discomfort is usually located in the upper mid to right gastric regions but for the most part is pretty diffuse. I feel a lot of pressure in my belly like I have to have a bowel movement or pass gas. Since the initial episode of vomiting my bowel movements have slowly decreased. I thought I might be constipated to I took a fleets enema and only ended up passing a think gooey yellow white mucus with very scant pieces of orangish brown flakes of stool in it.
My pain varies from a strong burning sensation in the upper mid to right gastric regions to sharp pressure and/or crampy pains throughout. Sometimes the pain is bad enough to wake me up or keep me up all night. It seems to get worse with lying flat as well. The pain will travel to my back around the same area as in the front. Currently as I am typing this I have Pain in my right back just under the rib cage, it feels as if I have a large brick pushing in my lower left, I am slightly nauseated, and have a metallic taste in my mouth (Which has almost been a constant since this all began),
I have a strong history of UTI's due to the damage to nerves/ having to self cath, and urinary retention. I know what they feel like since I have a very strong personal history and this does not feel like a UTI.
I have a history of Nuerofibromatosis with multiple tumors on my sacral nerves that effect bowel and bladder. I also have multiple tumors within my pelvic region that would be very difficult to remove surgical. I had about three golf ball sized tumors removed off my s1-s3 and a handful of smaller ones. I still have tumors within my pelvis. I had radiation after the surgery aimed at the pelvic region in hopes that these would stop growing. My last MRI was early March and I was told that no new growth was seen at that time.
My concern is that this new onset of abdominal pain and effects showing on the bowel habits is related to the tumors within my pelvis and am concerned about new growth or mutation into cancerous tumors.
Besides the tumors from the symptoms I have described are you able to give me a little piece of mind as to what might be going on. I am following up with my own doctor but it helps to go into the office with suggestions as well. I am a nurse so I have a strong understanding of the medical mumble jumble.