To think I should go to minor injuries?

I had these symptoms once. Started off I felt generally unwell. Next it was sudden pain in my back which I thought was trapped wind. Later I could stand the pain no longer and my partner at that time called an ambulance, they asked when my last period was and replied that I'd not long had an early miscarriage . It turned out to be an ectopic pregnancy.

It is so difficult to know what to do. I completely understand what you’re going through… try not to panic and just advocate for yourself if you feel you need to be checked again, sometimes second opinions are needed. Do you have a fever or high heart rate? They would be indicative of an infection. It’s really difficult because anxiety makes everything feel so much worse.

It could be your gallbladder, especially the burning pain, nausea and shoulder pain. I’d get a 2nd opinion

I think it could be severe trapped wind, it can be agonising! I get it really badly sometimes, I also have anxiety which causes me to gulps air sometimes and that is what causes it, especially if I’m stressed. Do you think you might be doing this?

You've mentioned anxiety a few times, you're almost gaslighting yourself and it's sad to read. I always tell my daughters to replace the word "anxiety" with "pain" when talking to medical professionals.
There is a well documented medical bias against women, and mentioning any psychological or emotional issue almost guarantees you won't be taken seriously.

Anxiety can be a physical response within your body to pain, infection, inflammation, other bodily disturbances.

Your symptoms sound like the pain I had with my gallbladder which I eventually had removed.

Hey OP sounds similar to when i had gall stones/ gall bladder pain. Mine was linked to eating fatty food especially if i hadn't eaten any for a while. it is painful :-( , ring 111 if you haven't already and are still worried otherwise its GP for an ultrasound scan I think.
movement usually helps a bit also,
if it was anything really horrible they probably would have picked it up in the UTC/MIU
hope u feel better soon

I had similar one sided pain and shoulder pain with an ovarian cyst.

You do you and I do me.

Google ‘shoulder tip pain.’ Does it sound like that?
Issues in the abdomen (usually wind) can cause shoulder pain.

You should have had full urinalysis, not just a pregnancy test. Do you know if you did? They should have done a urine test to check for leukocytes (sign of infection), blood, protein, glucose, ketones etc.

My first thought was UTI. Could you go back to urgent care and say you’re not happy and still worried? Ask for bloods including FBC (full blood count), liver function, kidney function and CRP (infection marker). And full urinalysis. State that you are worried about an infection and want to rule it out.

There’s nothing wrong with going back. We’re all just guessing here 🙂

I would do the 111 online questionnaire. I also have anxiety so I completely understand your worries. If it is persistent and progressive then please do get checked!

Of course you are worried. Hopefully you'll have some luck with 111. Fingers crossed.

Op has also repeatedly said how much she struggles with anxiety do you think online diagnosis or telling her stories of peoples deaths is helpful.

Go see an osteopath. They will work out if it’s muscular etc and if it isn’t will more then likely have a better idea what it is too! Also have you tried taking a Nexium tablet? You get them from every supermarket etc for reflux. If that works then you have gord which can also make you feel like you’re having a heart attack the pain is that bad when it flares up and a nexium can stop it

Did you tell them it was an urgent appointment you needed?

Well I am genuinely sorry to hear you went through that but let's be realistic here. She has already been assessed by a medical professional? You cannot ring 999, which is there for life threatening scenarios, on a bit of back pain. The call handlers (rightly so) will probably say it's an 8 hours wait for things like that.

do you call 999 every time you have a headache in case you're having a stroke?
the OP needs assessing, but this isn't cardiac arrest or seizure territory to warren the dispatch of an emergency ambulance when the OP is up and about, walking her dog and driving etc.

It is. And that’s a devastating story, but exceedingly rare. If we start advising everyone who had pain two days ago (which actually wasn’t bad enough to trigger an A&E visit at the time) and has now resolved to go to A&E the system would actually collapse overnight. Where do you draw the line?

OP has had her BP and HR checked and told it was normal. Her urine sample was normal so not going to be kidney stones. Pregnancy test negative, as reliable as any shop bought test, again exceedingly unlikely to be ectopic given atypical presentation and negative test. May be gallstones but this is best investigated routinely unless there are signs of blockage (laid out in post above).

If everyone attended for every episode of pain “just to be safe” it will actually make it less safe because the system would be overwhelmed and it becomes harder to identify those people who are actually properly sick and provide the care they need.

Are you she has been seen by a dr. If she rings her gp at opening tomorrow and asks for an emergency appointment they will give her one she clearly didn't do this hence the appointment on the 25th

Have you been losing weight op?

Please get off your high horse. I have never suggested the OP calls an ambulance.

Not have I said anything about gallstones or kidney issues which I understand have been ruled out, based on which, her symptoms do indicate a possibility (and as I stated, it's a small one as they are more common in men) of something going on with her aorta.

The OP asked for opinions on her current health issues...I offered mine. That's all.

There's no need to be so rude and aggressive.

Are you a doctor?

You should stop being so dismissive. Just because her urine test was clear and observations were normal does not mean she doesn't have something acute going on. She can't get a GP appointment until the 25th Feb. Urgent care didn't listen to her about the pain and where it was located and assumed it was muscular and dismissed the OP that all was fine.

I agree calling 999 is excessive but it wouldn't be unreasonable to get checked in A+E as the UTC didn't do any tests that would rule out other acute conditions.

FFS I wasn't suggesting that.

Just adding yet another differential diagnosis to the list.