This has been happening for 6 weeks now.
I have been to the hospital 4 times for tests which include MRI, CT, ultrasound, urine and blood tests. All have come back clear.
I have a pain in my abdomen. It’s in my lower left side, like a sharp stabbing pain, that radiates through to my right side. All of my stomach is tender to touch.
I also have a very painful diaphragm which means I can’t sit up. I have to lay down.
I can’t walk for long. I took my children to a friends house which was 5 mins away, and I was fucked by the end.
I can’t eat meals. If I eat more than a toddler size portion, my stomach starts to really hurt. I can only snack.
I sometimes get what can only be described as pain attacks, where I feel like someone is stabbing me repeatedly for about 5-10 mins. Then it stops.
I constantly feel nauseous, and at the beginning I was vomiting, but I’m not doing that now.
I also occasionally get these rushes. I feel like all the blood rushes to my head, and then drops to my feet making me feel hot, and then extremely light headed and dizzy.
I have co-codomol for pain relief but tbh it’s doing nothing. Originally I was discharged from hospital with tramadol which took the edge off the pain but did nothing for my diaphragm.
I am completely useless at the moment. I can’t parent properly. I can’t have fun with my kids. I can’t be a good wife. I can’t clean or anything. Dh to his credit has done absolutely everything. He’s been working from 2am-12pm, coming home, feeding the kids their lunch, doing the housework, feeding them their tea and then going to bed.
I am getting up, giving them their breakfast, and then trying to entertain them with tv or them playing in their rooms. Luckily they are 7 and 9 so don’t need much supervision.
My next step now is try to get the GP involved. I don’t know what they can do that the hospital couldn’t.
So. Any ideas? What should I ask the GP to do?
What could it be?