Yet another very worrying setback...

[Kellan38]

I’ve spent the past few weeks on working hard to get my diet sorted and on adapting to a new way of life without booze, but am feeling quite despondent despite all my well intentioned efforts to get myself ‘clean’.

The reason that I say this is that despite all my my efforts, and despite cutting everything out of my diet that I'm told I shouldn’t be having, I’m still having considerable discomfort in my right had upper quadrant area of my chest, and this despite everything I’m doing to try very hard to get things right.

The pains I’m having now are a kind of acidic ‘inner burning’ in the area after eating certain things, and am again now have real fears that something could be terribly could be terribly wrong in there like some kind of cancer.

I’ve had all manner of tests that all came back negative, though I’m being scanned again for gallstones next Monday, and have booked an appointment with my GP on Tuesday to talk things through (again!) and to tell him about all these latest fears.

Does anyone else experience anything like these pains?

[ThreeSmiles]

Hi Graham

I have read your numerous previous posts about all your worries and woes and had hoped that your two week break might have meant that you might have been feeling better - but obviously not which is such a shame with all the effort uou have been making. 😕

You seem to have homed in to the one area causing you the most grief. I think this is a good approach and my experience tells me that when you see the doctor concentrate on that one thing only. Our poor doctors have too many patients and problems these days I am think they are overwhelmed - well they ARE overwhelmed - so if you only give them the one thing to consider it has to be helpful.

Do remember to tell them your family history as I am sure you will 👍.

To this end might I suggest you read the letter attached to Filistines latest post “ A letter to patients with chronic disease” - enlightened input from a doctor. It made me think that’s for sure!

I hope your scan and doctors appointment go well and you come back and give us all some more encouraging information.

Good luck and don’t give up on your new healthy approach to life 👍!

Miles

[Kellan38 in reply to ThreeSmiles]

Thank you so much for your kind post, ThreeSmiles

I know I shouldn't expect any overnight changes after a lifetime of 'being unwise' in my dietary choices, but I've been shocked as much as worried by the way in which I seem to get peace of mind on one of my of worries, only to have another one take it's place.

Some people of a kinder nature would described my worries 'health anxiety' whilst other slightly more critical souls would simply call me a hypochondriac. I myself think the truth lies somewhere between those two, but wherever I am on that lone. the symptoms and the fears are very real to me, and my dearest wish is simply to be well and free form all this horrible, nasty stuff...

Regards, as ever

Graham