My 77 year old father has been very ill and in and out of the hospital for the past 4 months and the doctors cannot determine the cause for his pain.

My dad started out with a constant and throbbing lower, left side abdominal pain. Then he had the abdominal pain plus nausea , which then became abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Doctors thought he had gastritis, an ulcer, diverticulitis, abdominal aneurysms, and spasms . I have become an expert of looking up diseases. All of the above do have his symptoms listed, but the doctors say he does not have any of those things (although he does have 2 tiny abdominal aneurysms but they say they are so small and can’t be the cause of the pain). Meanwhile, he has had multiple CT scans, a colonoscopy, that thing where you go in through the throat with a tube and look for ulcers, ultrasound, different medications for all of the above diseases because they thought that’s what he had…time has gone by and my dad has lost about 30 lbs. He has become so frustrated, weak, angry, discouraged and sad. My dad a smoker, he has a weak heart and had a massive heart attack about 20 years ago. He has a defibrillator. He also cannot taste his food. He can taste things at first but than gets a metallic aftertaste. Could be the smoking but probably all the meds. I think this began when he first received anti nausea meds. Because he is unable to keep things down or eat much, he recently received parenteral nutrition. Doctors are talking about sending him home or to rehab because they have given up on finding a solution. Please help! We are desperate for an answer.

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