HELP!! VOMITING, WEIGHT LOSS,
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| Tue, 05-10-2005 - 10:30pm |
I AM WRITING WITH THE HOPES THAT SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN EITHER MAKE ME FEEL BETTER (EMOTIONALLY) OR GIVE ME SOME MUCH NEEDED ADVICE.
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH WEIGHT LOSS (OVER 20 LBS) VOMITING, NAUSEA AND INTERMITTENT RIGHT UPPER QUAD PAIN SINCE LATE JANUARY. I AM A ICU NURSE AND TRIED TO TREAT MYSELF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BUT HAVE BEEN SEEING MY PCP AND A GI SPECIALIST FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY ABDOMINAL CT'S ARE NORMAL, MY ABDOMINAL/ GALLBLADDER ULTRASOUND IS NORMAL, MY EF IS 81%, LAB WORK AND UPPER GI IS NORMAL. HOWEVER, I AM NOT FEELING NORMAL. I AM NAUSEATED ALMOST EVERYDAY AND HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL (AS A PATIENT) MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER I HAVE STARTED VOMITING AND DON'T STOP BECOMING DEHYDRATED WITH MY ELECTROLYTES BEING OFF. I AM HAVING AN GASTRIC EMPTYING TEST DONE THIS WEEK BUT I DON'T THINK THIS WILL SHOW ANYTHING BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP EGGS DOWN. I WILL EAT THEM, HAVE MY PAIN THEN COMES THE NAUSEA AND THEN THE VOMITING. MY GI PHYSICIAN HAS SUGGESTED MAYBE SEEING A SURGEON TO HAVE MY GALLBLADDER OUT. I DON'T HAVE STONES NOR HAS ANY SLUDGE OR WALL THICKENING BEEN SEEN. THEY DID SEE SOME BILIARY REFLUX DURING ONE OF MY TESTS. I WAS TOLD I HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF GALLBLADDER PROBLEM BUT NOTHING CAN BE FOUND WRONG. AT THIS POINT IF THERE IS THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE I WILL FEEL BETTER I AM WILL TO TRY ANYTHING INCLUDING HAVING MY GALLBLADDER OUT. WHEN YOU'RE SICK BEING AROUND SICK PEOPLE IS SO HARD.
CAN ANYONE HELP???
P.S. IS GASTRIC REFLUX AND BILIARY REFLUX THE SAME?

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Just a thought but have you had a ca125 test? It's a test for possible ovarian cancer (which presents with bloating, nausea, weird abdominal symptoms and isn't detected bt a PAP -- you probably know this since you're a nurse!) and I apologize if this frightens you. But it's probably worth checking, just to be sure :)
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