Being sick everyday for 4 weeks

[inkgirl]

As the title says. Ive been sick everyday for the last 4 weeks, usually just a little. This time it was quite a bit. Not sure why I was sick as not eaten nice lunch time. I have a doctor's appointment on the 19th for something else. Do I wait till then and talk about it adding to a list of things I have to talk to them about or call 111 in the morning? I'm not pregnant. Pregnancy tests are negative so not sure why I'm being sick. Dont usually get stomach pains with the sickness and nausea but tonight I'm in a fair bit of pain right in the centre of my stomach.

I would try the different hospital. Good luck!

Not to derail the thread, but fellow achalasian here. I also thought of that with the initial post, in my case regurgitating between roughly 15 and 100 times daily, losing weight weekly unintentionally. The surgery option was personally better for me. Hope the Botox worked well for you!

It's classified as a rare condition, we often know more about its effects and how to handle it than the health care professionals, understandably. It's well worth being aware of it and possibly suggesting it. The endoscopy would hopefully have shown if it was that though. Achalasia UK is a good site for resources and support.

They didnt give me anything then. I dont take the ibuprofen or aspirin anyway as it irritates my stomach

The other hospital it difficult to get to as dont drive and buses from mine don't go near there

I am reading with my mouth wide open in disbelief at your (lack of) treatment OP.

Obviously your awful pain and constant vomiting is irrelevant as long as the blood result print out hasn't flagged anything bad to them, and out the door with you asap, NEXT!. But there's something wrong and to think that a National Health Emergency department would send you home twice in excruciating pain, unable to keep nutrition down, and all the rest is just, well beyond my comprehension.

I mean what are people supposed to do when they are like this? I hate to say it, but you'd probably get better treatment in a Third World Country.

I think I'd drop down on the floor before their eyes and pretend to faint/pass out and stay that way looking groggy until they did something for me. After two discharges with nothing but pain relief I'd act it out. Well I say that now, but honestly if in so much pain and discomfort I reckon after two failed trips I'd do anything.

I can only wish you the very best and hope you see some improvement when you fill your scripts. I am just so bewildered by your lack of treatment, that it's frightened me in case I ever have to to A+E. Seems like it's heart attack, stroke, major accidents only now. So what do we do? Especially on a weekend. Good luck.

Edit: it's Martha's law you need.

Isn't there a law that would help? Martha's law or Sarah's law? I think if your condition is deteriorating you can ask for a review/second opinion from a different clinician etc?
If you are vomiting up coffee grounds then you need to go back to a and e as vomiting coffee grounds is an emergency.
Please go back, stand your ground and take someone with you (preferably a bloke) who can advocate for you.

OP,
dont be fob of. hiatus hernia its not simple and it can be quite dangerous.

ask for more xrays or ct scans

My FIL had operation last year, there was some complications, and he had another operation yesterday.

it started simple, last Monday he had 1 bite then he started feeling sick, then he was sick several times and had chest pain.
He was admitted to hospital on Tues, had lots of test, xrays and CT scan, it turns out his hiatues hernia was so big, that half the stomach was pushed to the chest, and it was completely blocked, even the liquids were not passing through.

He's in recovery now in pain but hopefully all good now.

In the kindest possible way, please get off here and get to A&E 💖

Do the brown specks look a bit like coffee grounds? If so please please go back to A&E and tell them you have coffee grounds vomit - it can be a sign of a burst ulcer and it can be life-threateningly serious, they should take that very seriously.

She has been twice and sent home twice.

You say you have prescriptions to pick up. Ask to speak to the pharmacist. They should see how poorly you are. They have a duty of care under GPhC standards. They should call an ambulance for you to get emergency medical assistance.

Its definitely going down hill. They don't seem to care much now days

The only guy I got who could come with me is my boyfriend and they won't let him have time off work to come with me

So sorry to hear he's been through that.

Currently sat back in a&e

I did tell them and all they did was blood tests and because that was normal they sent me home

The pharmacy I had to pick it up from was the hospital, told them I can't cope with the pain and they told me to go back to a&e

Heart attacks, strokes and major accidents is literally what A&E is for!

OP has had this problem for four weeks. She has been prescribed a course of treatment which she hasn’t even started yet. She has been to A&E where they have presumably excluded serious conditions like bowel obstruction, perforation and GI bleeding. They think it is likely gastritis (as OP originallythought) and have prescribed appropriate treatment.

Why are posters so adamant she should call an ambulance, rush back to A&E, demand a scan (of what?!) etc.?

Hiatus hernia can become strangulated and some of symptoms of this are sudden upper abdominal pain, persistent vomiting and signs of shock eg low blood pressure and dizziness. Has anyone checked this? I am surprised after endoscopy you were not prescribed ppis most people with this diagnosis that is the automatic treatment they are very rarely referred for surgery unless extremely large do you know what size?

Because its got worse, teeny, tiny brain. She hasn't been vomiting up everything and been on severe pain for 4 weeks, has she?

I wouldn’t assume that they have checked for everything serious quite often. The only focus is getting rid of the patient as quickly as possible.

Good luck, I hope you get help this time. Please don't take no for an answer. Fingers crossed for you here. x

I don't think you understand. Or read the OP's posts. I doubt too that you're a doctor.

I think take the ppi probably omeprazole and see if it makes a difference. At least try it, it’s pretty good stuff from experience. The hospital have done all the tests they can for now.

Ive been suffering with dizzy spells a few weeks. Didn't think much of it as assumed it was my blood pressure dropping as it does it from time to time anyway