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Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 25, 2023 | Replies (33)

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@whitesox1977

Thanks for the response and does sound like we are experiencing some very similar issues.
Interesting you mention it feeling like a "balloon", do you sometimes feel that sensation when you are lying on your left side? I am going to try and work with a GI doctor that specializes in the pancreas as well. Wishing you the best too and let me know if you learn anything more and I'll do the same on my end.

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Yeah, so at first it was really bad. For example when I would wake up it felt like there was a balloon under my rib, I guess almost like just any foreign object that doesnt belong there. I could only sleep on my back and right side, because if I slept on my left it felt like something was moving around in there - a heaviness I can barely describe so when I went to flip from my left side to my back or right side it was extremely tense and I felt like I would hurt myself if I turned too quickly. So I turned very slowly and stopped sleeping on my left side. Its gone away now I can sleep on either side and roll over no problem. What I am experiencing now is I have this foreign object/balloon sensation just barely in the morning and the second I start eating the pressure builds under my rib. It gets progressively worse through the day. I am assuming this is inflammation… If I have a heavy meal, or eat something that doesnt agree then I get a tearing/shooting sensation on my left side rib and in the back where ribcage meets muscle/spine. I have been trying to get an appointment at a Mayo facility but its impossible, I call every week and every week I am told there are no appointments. I have blood tests and another new GI visit (I scheduled 3months ago) I will post back on what they say. Every specialist is booked 3-5 months out its nuts!