My mum (in her 70s) has been having stomach issues for the last 3 or 4 years (having never had them before). To start with, she had some dark blood in her poo about four years back, and they sent her for a colonoscopy, but found nothing. It went away. Then about two years ago, she started getting really bad bloating whenever she ate, along with daily nausea (and occasional vomiting bouts). This time they did a trans-vaginal ultrasound - again, found nothing and sent her away. She went to see a private gastroenterologist who said it was probably IBS, and put her on a GF diet. It did seem to help quite a lot for perhaps a year.
In the last few months, her symptoms have started to come back, with bouts of diarrhoea and sickness (sometimes vomiting) quite frequently. She's tried to go back on the GF diet, but it hasn't helped. She's now got permanent bloating all the time - not just after eating - and says her stomach is enormous. She's also really lost her appetite. She doesn't really have pain, but her stomach was tender when the GP palpated it, high up under the breastbone.
She went to see a different GP last week who referred her immediately for an urgent 2 week wait ultrasound and told her to cancel her holiday next week. She had the US yesterday (transvaginal again) and is now waiting for the result. I just don't know what to think. She's been having issues for so long, that it makes me think it's something chronic rather than urgent - but the doctor's reaction suggested they're really worried. Obviously I hope they don't find anything - but also if this US doesn't find anything, I hope they follow up with more tests this time. I'm worried about something like pancreatic cancer, but they don't seem ro be doing any tests on the upper abdomen at all..? She's had bloods taken too, but no results yet.
Has anyone experienced anything similar?