Bloating and nausea with stabbing pain Posted: 02-20-08 06:31am
Going to sound a bit of a baby here,but
here goes!
For at least 10 years now,ive suffered
from a horrible feeling of nausea and
quite often a bloated feeling. When i
first remember suffering from it, it would
only happen a couple of times a month.I
would take a rennie or something similar
and the feeling would go. Now over time ,
I get this feeling most days ,if not twice
a day and Its really getting me down.
Rennies still work but there is obviously
an underlying problem. Ive been to my GP a
couple of times and had blood tests but
they come back negative and that I appear
to be fit and healthy. GP says there isnt
anything further she can do.
The nausea can come on at any time of day
with a slight stabbing pain (very very
slight) on either the lower left or right
side approx 3-4" below my ribs but it
useually happens approx 0800ish and 1800.
Im never physicaly sick but pretty much
close to throwing up .I control bloating
by belching and taking rennie and whilst
this sounds rather disgusting for my wife
or collegues im with ,its the only way I
feel I can control the bloating.As I
say,its getting me down!
I eat what i consider to be a fairly
decent diet with the odd burger or pizza
now and then. I eat veg and fruit
,potatoes ,fresh meat most days but would
be lying if i said I didnt pig out on the
kids sweets or chocolate or other junk
food now and then. This has no affect on
weather the problem starts or not.I have
2-3 cups of tea or coffee a day and 3-4
glasses of water. I smoke approx 15
cigarettes a day. I rarely drink alcahol.
I work a 24 hr shift pattern and concious
to eat at regular times during the day. Im
slightly overweight (12 3/4 stone and 5 ft
7) and 36 yrs. I dont think im stressed,at
least no more than anyone else. apart from
this problem,im pretty much a happy
chappy! I tried a dairy free diet for 6-7
months but that didnt change so im back to
a normal diet again.
Now here comes the childish bit...... ever
since I was a kid , ive been terrified of
throwing up and still am. Ive been offered
the exam with the pipe down the throat bit
(sorry,forget the technical term for it,
endoscapy maybe?) by my GP but as Im such
an fool with this fear, i wont do it for
fear of choking or throwing up even though
I know it may solve any probelm I have. Id
have to be knocked out for a month before
hand to get me to do that to be honest!
This all sounds rather silly to me and
embarrasing as in 2006 I had apendictus
which apart from a couple of days in
hopsital having it removed, I had about 5
hrs making friends witht he back of the
toilet. I remember at the time thinking
that whislt its rather unpleasant,
vomiting isnt all THAT bad and I didnt die
as a result. That feeling didnt last very
long as Im still scared stiff of it!
Then I thought I was cured from my nausea
and bloating because for about 8 months or
so following my apendix being removed, the
nausea etc had gone! I put my previous
discomfort down to a grumbling apendix but
over the past 18 months or so,the problem
has come back as i say most days and I
have no idea why.
I dont really know what to do now. I often
think that becuse of my fear of vomiting
that I sort of imagine the nausea and
bloating and bring it on myself by
thinking about it so much.is this
possible?? if so,what can i do to stop
that? Id be interested to hear from anyone
else that suffers from this and what you
do to combat the problem. Are there any
decent herabal medicenes you take etc?
