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abraudrick · 11-21-2005, 08:30 PM

I have severe pain in the upper right quardrant area (just below my rib cage). There will be a small bulge (shaped like a roll of sausage)that is very painful it can get larger and more painful as time goes by if it doesn't go down or i'm sedated. To me child birth is a piece of cake compared to this.I've been to 2 familt dr. and 2 seurgons and on my 3rd on for a third opinion and have has CT (2)barium swallow testing (very painful)several blood test and everything turns out to be normal. I have had my gallbladder out so that has been ruled out,so what else could it be. I take Prilosec 2x a day , Zantac once a day somedays I down't hurt ans then there are others when I wished that I would die. Can anyone give me any information to what might be wrong with me or direct me to a DR. that could help???????????????????

Fabat40 · 11-21-2005, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by abraudrick

I have severe pain in the upper quardrant area (just below my rib cage). There will be a small bulge (shaped like a roll of sausage)that is very painful it can get larger and more painful as time goes by if it doesn't go down or i'm sedated. To me child birth is a piece of cake compared to this.I've been to 2 familt dr. and 2 seurgons and on my 3rd on for a third opinion and have has CT (2)barium swallow testing (very painful)several blood test and everything turns out to be normal. I have had my gallbladder out so that has been ruled out,so what else could it be. I take Prilosec 2x a day , Zantac once a day somedays I down't hurt ans then there are others when I wished that I would die. Can anyone give me any information to what might be wrong with me or direct me to a DR. that could help???????????????????

Go see an internal specialist. That sounds very serious.

mimgregg · 11-21-2005, 11:05 PM

No crazier than anyone else that experiences pain and frustration when not being properly diagnosed/treated. I don't know if this applies to you, but it sounds so similar to what I went through for years. Last year it got so bad they checked for gallbladder probs., and other internal problems that would affect that area. I have thyroid disease and was even told this was a symptom. I finally had an EGD (I think that is what they call it), where they ran the light down my throat and into my stomach. It revealed a small hiatal hernia and gastritis. The hernia is what I would feel. I seemed to experience a lot of pain considering the size of it. I don't know if this will help, but if you have not been checked, it might not be a bad idea to mention to your doctor to check for this. Good luck to you!

MandyPandy · 11-23-2005, 02:21 PM

sounds like a hernia to me but I don't know why your doctors would not have picked up on this! I would definitley ask about it.

lcweid · 11-23-2005, 03:00 PM

your barium swallow should have shown a hernia...I had one done this week and the radiologist said she could not see a hernia....so, I know with the barium swallow if you had a hernia they would see it.....did they check for a stricture? what about getting your pancreas checked??