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I'm sick to death of being turned away by my doctor. I don't know what is wrong with me, but there is definately something. I get sharp pains in my sides for about a day once every few months, and in between most days are filled with a dull ache that changes locations, but is usually in the lower abdomen with specific twinges in the lower right. I told my doctor this, and that I experience bloating. The thing with my doctor is that he's a big personality and I am just the petrified patient, and his remarks are often jokey and out of place when I've been worried for so long (had these pains on and off since late 2003). He asked me if I had constipation or diahrea, both of which I said no - it's true, I don't feel I have either symptom, yet sometimes I will need to go to the toilet twice a day, then once a day for a while, then it will change to once a week. I'm not sure if this constitutes as a symptom, and I found myself lost for words with how to describe it to him. One thing I totally forgot to mention was urinary frequency. I feel the need to go once every couple of hours, yet it doesn't feel like my bladder is full, more of a pressure and ache on my bladder to relieve myself. And when I do go, there's not alot of urine. However, the pains are eleviated for a while. Another thing he asked is if I get blood or mucous in my stool. I said no. Then the very same day after defecating, I saw a white coloured lump in my stool. I assume this to be mucous? I really wouldn't know what it looked like anyway.

My doctor told me it is unlikely I have IBS, more likely just an irritable stomach as IBS comes with constipation and diahrea. Whilst I know this, I have also read online that there are three types of IBS - diahrea, constipation and pain. I thought I'd fall into the pain category, but obviously not. He went through a list (more mumbled than spoken) to himself about what it could be and instantly dismissed everything. He said ovarian cancer (a major worry of mine) isn't likely because I'm young (18) and do not have a family history of it. He then went on about noting down patterns of pain and I was ready for the patronising assumption of "it's probably just period pain", despite the fact I had already described the pain as being most days, not just during my cycle. Instead he started talking about ovulation pain which I am well aware of, so it is obvious he's casting my worried off as something simple like that. I KNOW it's not ovulation pain because it happens at any time, not mid-cycle. And the pains I feel actually eleviate during my period. I'm not sure why, perhaps the cramps become one and the same or I have something to designate them to, but I am sick and tired of doctors not listening.

Does anyone else have a hard time getting their doctors to listen? I am very frustrated and can't believe he's taking such a slack attitude when this has been plaguing my every thought for the past year and a half. I suffer from anxiety, which he knows about, and this is not helping. I just want to know what is wrong with me and that it is not something bad like ovarian cancer. The fear of not knowing what it is is causing me the most stress.