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Dry heaving & abdominal pain for 2 months, Dr has no answers.

Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 20 8:47am | Replies (13)
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@steve74

Thank you for the detailed response. I have read through the posts you shared. Good information. I would love to visit a Mayo Clinic, unfortunately I don't think there are any locations near Philly. I tried to get an appointment at Penn Medicine but it would be months just to get a consultation. I will have to keep looking.

I have been keeping a journal of all my symptoms, Dr visits, meds and tests with dates and times of each symptom. I have also been logging everything I eat and at what time, plus tracking weight loss. So far, I have not noticed any obvious trigger.

My Dr. has now asked me to start taking 10mg of Amitriptyline each night. I just started it last night so we will see if it helps but even so, I'm afraid we are just masking the symptoms and not addressing the real issue.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Feb 13 10:53am

@steve74,

I appreciate your response. Your situation certainly is puzzling. Your doctor's plan to try Amitriptyline might be a good one until you can get a second opinion. Rather than thinking of it as "masking the symptoms" you might think of it as a way to find relief until the consultation comes about.

Unfortunately, most hospital systems have long wait times for a new patient consultation. It might be good to go ahead and schedule something, even if it is several months out. A second opinion from a university health system just might fit the bill.

Continue to post as you have questions or concerns.

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