Doctors, pharmacist or advice?

[Kelsoooo]

Advice please? My DH is being a drama llama and so I’m not sure what to do.

Yesterday morning stomach cramps started, I say stomach but I mean centre column of my body, from just where my actual stomach is, radiating down towards my pelvis, stopping at around my belly button. It doesn’t radiate out, it’s not period pain (I think, I’m not due on and I only get back ache)

I’m not unwell, no D/V. No one in the house is unwell.

I’ve taken painkillers, paracetamol and aspirin throughout yesterday, the night and today. A hot water bottle isn’t helping and it woke me repeatedly during the night

When I get the cramp, intermittently no prewarning etc, it causes me to double over (if I’m standing) and physically gasp/squeak.

So, do I go to the pharmacist in the morning, if I have another bad night, the doctor or is there some kind of pain relief I’m not thinking of?

I’ve tried buscopan today and had no change.

I appreciate you’re not doctors, but I really really hate wasting a GP/pharmacists time, but equally...ow this really hurts.

GP, they need to rule out appendicitis.

My cousin recently had pains like this, and ended up in hospital with appendicitis. The pain wasn't in the usual place, but that is what it was.

I have pain like this intermittently - mine is caused by gallstones, or rather one large gallstone. For this kind of pain I'd probably see a GP, I suspect a pharmacist would refer you to a GP anyway.