I came home from holiday over 3 weeks ago. I started to feel a bit rough on the last day. Felt like indigestion.
After I got home I had about 4 days of diarrhoea, then my period (I do sometimes get diarrhoea with my period). That passed, then I had a migraine with slight nausea and indigestion again.
On Tuesday I called an Ambulance for myself. I've never ever in my life called one but I seriously thought I was having a heart attack. I was sitting relaxing at home, just after lunch. All of a sudden an incredible intense pain came over my chest and abdomen, spreading a bit into my back. My breathing became so difficult and it was hard to speak. My arms and hands went all tingly and my skin cold and clammy. I'd never felt pain like it. Even childbirth.
Whilst waiting for the Ambulance the pain subsided. I was left feeling just lightheaded. The Paramedics gave me an ECG (normal, phew!), said my blood pressure was a bit high but otherwise I was fine. I promised to go to the GP the next day.
The GP did another ECG (fine again) and has taken bloods looking for heart disease, liver function and infection, as well as other things I can't remember.
I'm pretty bloody terrified there's something really wrong. I still feel generally 'unwell' today. No energy.
My only thought was Gallstones. I know I have gallstones as I saw them on an ultrasound when I was pregnant 12 years ago and had an abnormal liver function then. They never quite got to the bottom on the liver function but they induced my baby early. I just very gradually got better. They said not to bother with the gallstones unless they caused me problems.
Does anyone have experience of passing gallstones? Does it sound like this could it?
I'm sorry this is so long. I think I do have some health anxiety. My (very fit and healthy Dad) died of bowel cancer a few years ago and I naturally think it's something like that.
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Milicentbystander72 · 12/09/2019 18:44
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