Help me wise mumsnetters....
I have had stomach pain since last February, upper right hand side, not horrendous but enough to make me visit the GP. USS had and Gallstones ruled out almost a year ago, bloods taken in July and again in October slightly high monocytes on the first one then slightly high basophils on the second but GP marked them as normal. HPylori test negative. Had 3 visits to GP, last one he gave me lansoprazole and assumed stress related gastritis as the pain can move about a bit. Lansoprazole doesn't seem to have done much, pain is never enough to take painkillers and comes and goes but I have it every day. Could this just be stress?? I am quite stressed at the moment. I also have quite a sedentary job so not exercising as much as I once was, I sometimes wonder if it's bowel related and things are sluggish due to not exercising as much? I am not constipated though and hydrate well, drinking at least 2litres of water a day. Has anyone any suggestions that may not have been explored? Grumbling appendix was a worry for me but I assume a blood test would recognise that and would it 'grumble' for a while year?