Now and again I get these crippling pains in my stomach - high up just below the rib cage. Feels like my insides are being twisted and ripped apart. The pain radiates into my chest and down my shoulder, so much so that I panic and think I'm having a heart attack.
The first time it happened I'd just eaten fish and chips. I was with my grandma and didn't want to panic her, it was about 20 minutes after we'd eaten. I tried to keep a poker face but the pain was deliberating and I had to stop and just sit in agony until it went away.
A few weeks ago I'd been to Pilates, came home and had a bacon sandwich. 20 minutes later I got funny pains in my upper abdomen so assumed it was my (rather tight) sports bra. I took it off and oh my god the pain ... I laid on the coach and it started radiating into my chest, down my arms, up the side of my face and into my back. I genuinely thought this WAS a heart attack and shouted of DH - as it went in it got worse and I ended up in tears. Just as DH was about to call an ambulance it went away but it had lasted a good 15 minutes.
Today, I did body combat, came home, felt fine, had an egg sandwich, 20 minutes later it hit me like a ton of bricks, lasted 15/20 minutes then disappeared again.
What on earth could it be??? I'm thinking celiac disease? But then why doesn't It happen everytime I eat?? I notice today I took 9 months pregnant too despite normally being quite thin and flat.
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Sotuko · 27/10/2017 16:57
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