Terrified I have pancreatic cancer
It started with this back pain I’ve had for 4 months it started out of nowhere in my left mid to upper back region. The pain comes and goes and isn’t excruciating. I just ignored it until recently at the beginning of December I drank a whole bottle of wine and the pain was horrible I had pale stools and my boyfriend said I looked yellow I didn’t think I did but he did. I drank water and relaxed and the pain went away after I went to sleep. It was still there but not excruciating. I worried about it for my whole trip when I went hope to visit family. The pain in my back comes and go randomly hurting when I am doing nothing. Some input I was drinking alot and smoking vapes for 4-5 years off and on. I am a 21 year old female. I got sick one day and had a fever started coughing up blood and went to the hospital. I was worried of lung cancer but was given blood work and X-rays everything was fine. So I knew it was just my bronchitis acting up from last month. I was relieved and went on feeling good I thought I was ok. Then I spend the day after the hospital feeling fine and cooking cleaning. I make veggies with quinoa ate it and went to sleep. Woke up in the am with horrible stomach pain, I spent the day with stomach pain and burping excessively. Now I was terrified as I thought about PC symptoms. The pain eventually went away in my stomach but I kept burping and now I have loss of appetite, lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks from barley eating and prob stress but I’m also worried it’s from something more serious. I have just been looking up PC symptoms and stories trying to get answers but nothing is helping. I have mo appetite list of gas in both ends, the back pain still and have been more itchy than usual. I’m wondering if I’m just causing these symptoms myself or if something is really wrong. My doctors said I should worry about that and it should be the last thing on my list of problems. That I am too young and it’s rare. I am still worried my blood work was all normal except for billirubin in my pee which the doctors didn’t say anything about I read my results and googled it. It says it’s not normal and could be a liver problem or a blockage in the biliary duct. That caused more stress and worry. My blood platelets were high as well. Doctors said nothing about my blood work or were worried. I have a gastroenterologist appointment the 17th of January but it’s so far away and I’m so scared. I can’t focus on anything else but worrying I have PC. Any ideas, help or knowledge on what’s going on. Thank you for reading.
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Yes that’s true bloodwork does not always give you answers, I would go back and ask it to be done.
I also think you’re too young to have pancreatic cancer I think it’s something that can be treatable but to reassure yourself try to get them to do scan.
Sending you hugs and prayers to get positive results.
Thank you so much ❤️ I guess I’ll have to go back to the hospital a third time and hope they help me. I have an appointment with a gastroenterologist on the 17th but I know they don’t plan CT’s until after the appointment most of the time. So I would have to wait even longer after the appointment.
Good luck! Please keep us posted, try not to worry because your mind will make you go to those unnecessary thoughts!😊
Thank you, it’s hard not to worry tho. I am very scared! I feel like something is really wrong. There’s always this like feeling in my left mid back area that something is in there.
I guess you did not go to hospital? I read you have doctors appointment in January, then sent for appointments. If you can go to hospital ask them to do right way.
I will keep you in my prayers you are too young to have that so keep more positive.
I’m sure your mind is racing on every direction try not to read stuff on internet.
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Thank you! I can’t go to the hospital till January 1st cause my insurance. I went without insurance already and paid a lot so I have to wait. But I’m still just worried.
I’m sorry you are going through this, I hope you can try to find ways to relax and feel less pain.
I know our minds can magnify symptoms that can be nothing serious.
I pray that you can get through this until you can get some good news that it’s nothing at all serious ♥️🙏
Things are getting worse, I had grey stools now and it was floating. A lot of undigested food. I am very scared now. Also coughing up alot of blood and mucus.
I hope your doctors will find the cause of your symptoms so you can be treated and healed
Hello, I am following your comments and symptoms. Have you gone back to the hospital or dr since this last post??