Stomach pain and throwing up repeatedly

Hello Coder,
I was diagnosed with ACNES 1/21 after carnett test. First trigger point helped about a week until 4th trigger point zero relief. Found Dr Thomas Gillespie, surgeon at St Joseph's Med Center Phoenix who on 9/2/21 performed a Robotic Laparoscopic procedure cutting my T8, T9 and T10 abdominal nerves. Went home that afternoon CURED. Any change in muscle tone is insignificant. Others on this site have been cured by Dr Gillespie. Amazingly there is no down time. If you need more info I'd be happy to discuss.

Chronic nausea, right upper quadrant pain. I wake up every and I mean every single night of my life for 30 months now with debilitating pain and nausea. My sinuses clog, I have developed chronic constipation and have seen every Doctor concerning these issues. I have had over 25 ct scans, head, belly, back, chest, liver, 6 MRI's, multiple ER visits, Allergists, ENT's, Cardio, Gastro's, Internists, Psychiatrists, Acupuncture, PT, Orthopedic, Neurologists, Neurosurgeons, Holistic Practice , Hypnosis and I can't take it anymore. Mine started with a fall striking my side and my ear. I suffered a Detached Retina from the fall and my nausea, started when i awakened from the Surgery. It has gotten worse along with other issues. Chronic Constipation, stomach pain and
flu like symptoms daily. My hands now swell and I hurt all over most of the time. I am interested in the Mast Cell
Test, because I do have allergies. Other than that, according to the Doctors I am healthy. I feel horrible all the time for the Doctors to tell me there is nothing wrong. I know my body and I hate being sick and in pain. The nausea is the worst. I have never smoked or drank, I do not take meds other than Tylenol and Advil. I have a missing enzyme in my Liver that does not work on meds. I react totally differently when taking most meds. We are heartbroken and I can't enjoy one day without nausea and pain waking me every night between one and 2 a.m. and I walk the floor
holding my side and nauseated. I can't vomit, due to the Nissen Wrap done 20 years ago for Acid Reflux. I am
desperate for help. Please any information and where to go for help. No one listens. I am a Retired State
Employee and Watercolorist. Can't take the nausea anymore due to this awful state of Pain. I have been
married 54 years and happy, but it is taking it's toll on my entire life. My Nausea lasts at least 16 to 18 hours,
I sleep about 4 hours and I am up the rest of the night and my organs feel dead inside. I tried to get into Mayo and the appointments are so far out. I don't have that long to wait. I would like to feel better for at least a year or two before I die. I am 74 and suffering now since 71. It is heartbreaking when your Doctor will not believe you. I sure don't ask for pills, I just want help and a diagnosis. I can live with a diagnosis and hope. I love helping people and I am a generous person, now I need help and can't get it. It is funny how you are abandoned when your friends look at you and wonder, is it Mental. No it is not, but the pain and nausea are real. I would not wish this on anyone. I just need someone to listen to me and help me. My cognitive skills and memory
have not suffered, just my stomach and daily functions. I am strong and will not give up, but I admit it is so hard. Please help if you can.

@trip17 I totally feel your pain, we are both having a similar problem. Sounds like you have had pain since football but could manage it and live life. I am 51 and have suffered from daily tension headaches and mild to moderate gut ache for the last 17 years, after many many tests I only worked on it occasionally for something new but my scripts and therapies allowed me to live mostly normally. March of 2018 my gut issue started to slowly get worse, that nortriptyline wasn't doing it anymore. Since then I have gone down hill every month, as you said I could Live with the old pains but not this, its not living.
My gut pain started in the same area it had been for years which was above navel up to under xiphoid, about 6 inches wide or so down the middle. Then in June of 2019 it added all the way down to lower pelvis. The pain is always there 24/7, just a constant gut ache. I have had all of the tests, labs, pills, gosh knows how many dr appts and five different guided injections, etc etc.

Since January my pain has been 7.5 or higher all of the time, I could handle headaches because I could lower the level at some point, and now in last few months its 8.0 or higher. Depression has set in now for awhile because other than working from home I dont want to do much at all. I have forced myself to do a few things with my high school aged kids but don't look forward to anything. Its exhausting to live and keep researching, calling, going to appts. The Tough thing about our current medical system and I was working hard on this before Covid is that most all doctors decide quickly if they can help you or not, if it doesn't fit in their box they aren't really interested. In general I haven't had doctors give me recommendations to see others. I actually was so depressed and in pain in late July I showed up at our top rated hospital's ER dept to get pain relief and maybe figure out as a team what was wrong. They did admit me but wouldnt give me anything strong to help with level 8 constant pain. I haven't had a good nights rest in a year. They took blood, had a few doctors come ask some questions and requested a consult from pain mgt. The doctor was part of the hospital group chain of pain mgt doctor I had seen outpatient at another location. I thought maybe the more senior doctor would have an idea, they tried a different block down low of the same nerve group and didnt end up doing a thing. I spent 3 days there for nothing. I will add that in the last 4-6 months I now too have numbness or tingling and or pain in my hands, feet, occasionally leg or arm. Like you said just what you needed, another problem.

After seeing a new gi doctor last month I had a colonoscopy since it had been five years, all good there. I started discussing ab wall, nerves and muscles and Mayo Clinic, she agreed and said you need to go. Its been an odd process to see if they are going to take my case or point me to one of their departments, I'm still waiting. I am asking the original pain mgt doctor who is in the same group I mentioned to look at some other options since I am just so miserable, its now getting worse each week. I live in St Louis and we have plenty of medical care but trying to find another pain mgt clinc that has some focus on ab pain is hard to find. I believe from my research I have abdominal myofascial pain syndrome that now has many trigger points. I just don't want to go to someone who is just in it for the money and procedures and not the cause. The hospital I go to isn't pushing that but not really focusing enough on branch out from your usual routine. My wife of 25 years and 34 together is a trooper but i's hard on the whole family, I don't have much patience and can be very critical now to live with. I know what I am doing but it's a response to being in pain every minute. Laying down is actually worse pain for me and standing up is the best position which is still bad pain. I don't really notice a big difference after eating and only some brief nausea. Up under my xiphoid and rib area feels like a lot of pressure pushing, pushing out pain! The lower I go such as below the navel gets sharper.

We have a similar problem, abdominal pain that can't be classified/ID and won't go away. I think our mental state is very similar, I am not living right now and can't keep living this way. I lean more towards keeping fighting for my family's sake but I am not living or enjoying life. I'm lucky I have one friend I have known for 30 years who has life long pain and he can understand. If you end up needing someone to talk to I would be available, the mental side is now as bad as the physical side.

Hello everyone. I have been scrolling down this thread, reading along excitedly and taking notes... and if this thread were a novel, it would be a cliffhanger! I am desperate to know if any progress has been made with the original poster’s condition.

My daughter is now 16 and over the last 5 years her health has been in steady decline. It started out slowly. Maybe just episodes every few weeks... then every couple of weeks ... then every week...until now there is no time ever when she is feeling good. This last year has been the worst. We have had to let her be homeschooled (which has turned out to be *no-schooled*) because she is just too ill every day, all the time. Her chronic nausea and stomach pain is so debilitating; at times she is doubled over, cannot be touched, and sobbing her little heart out. We have had the cameras, the endoscopies, the blood tests, the ultrasounds, the MRIs... all clear. We are desperate. We feel so utterly helpless. We live in London (I have just found out there is a Mayo Clinic here!) - but we would travel home to the USA at an instant if Jacksonville is the place we need to be).

You all are all so knowledgeable and it is a comfort to me that there are still unexplored avenues and untapped resources to get out of this seeming dead-end and save my daughter.

I will comb whatever threads I can find here.

I have been dealing with upper stomach pain and nausea for 4 years. Started two years after gallbladder removal. On 12/27/18 I had a Nevro H10 nerve block device implanted. Within a couple of months, the device was working well, probably 80% improvement (which I'd take now!). I was back to working out, biking, felt like I got my life back! Then after about 4-5 months, the symptoms started coming back. It's been 14 months now and Nevro still can't capture the working setting again. In the meantIme, the problem has worsened in the past 4-6 months. I wake every day with pain in the middle of my stomach, just below rib cage. It's more of an "upset stomach/nausea" pain and usually let's up a little about an hour after waking up. Sometimes it can also make me feel "fluish" and overall crappy, especially if I exert myself at all. If I start working on a project at home, I wIll start to feel lousy and have to rest. It will also sometimes be accompanied by extreme sweating. I cannot even play a simple round of golf. I've had EVERY Gastroenterology test and all is normal. Even a camera pill. I also had a series of heart tests done and everything is fine. Blood tests had shown a very low Iron levels, but we did iron IV's to get that back up. In addition to the stomach, my feet started going numb and getting pain with pins and needles, especially when I sleep. Yesterday, I was diagnosed with Neuropathy and some nerve damage in my feet. On Monday I'm having tests to determine what is causing it. I do not have diabetes. I am also having a glucose tolerance test Monday. Neurologist said "it's possible" that what's causing my feet Neuropathy "could" be causing my stomach issue. I personally don't believe that. Started seeing a Chiropractor again too. He feels the stomach pain could be gas/air bubbles that are getting trapped in my esophagus area. He's working the area to stimulate the nerves and loosen the gas pockets.I also use a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, which alarms him because it forces constant air into my stomach all night long. I'm switching to a bi-pap machine to see if it helps. My MD tried a steroid pack last week, but it didn't help. In 6 months I've had just ONE day (actually 3/4 of day) of no pain and normal energy. It's very hard and I cannot live like this anymore. Since I can't travel to the Mayo Clinic due to the Pandemic, I am having my MD refer me to a local Diagnostic clinic/hospital. The closest one to me is UT Southwestern in the Dallas area. Hopefully they can figure out what is causing this. All Liver and Pancreas tests are also fine. I've had a HIDA scan to make sure the "plumbing" where my Gallbladder was removed is not causing it (it's in that area). This problem can vary day to day and even hour to hour in intensity and can go from "ok" to bad and back again. The ONLY thing that takes the pain away is Hydrocodone. I had to take anywhere from "zero" to 1.5 pills to control it for the last 5 years. Now over the past 4 months, I have had to take 2 to 3 pills per day to control the pain and nausea (I also take nausea prescription, but it doesn't work well anymore. I am very concerned about addiction so working with my Doctor and making sure I take no more than three in a day. As far a prescriptions, I take Trintellix and Adderall (one pill each) in the morning along with a new blood pressure med I just started taking a month ago. I have not been able to sleep for years so I take Clonazepam for sleep. No food allergies or gastrointestinal problems. If anyone has a guess or if any of this sounds familiar, I'm open to ANYTHING! I also do Cryotherapy once in a while and the cold does help, but it doesn't last. I'm asking my pain Dr about a SPLANCHNIC pain shot to see if he thinks it will hep until we can figure this out or get my NEVRO device to work. THANK YOU!!!Chris

I have been dealing with upper stomach pain and nausea for 4 years. Started two years after gallbladder removal. On 12/27/18 I had a Nevro H10 nerve block device implanted. Within a couple of months, the device was working well, probably 80% improvement (which I'd take now!). I was back to working out, biking, felt like I got my life back! Then after about 4-5 months, the symptoms started coming back. It's been 14 months now and Nevro still can't capture the working setting again. In the meantIme, the problem has worsened in the past 4-6 months. I wake every day with pain in the middle of my stomach, just below rib cage. It's more of an "upset stomach/nausea" pain and usually let's up a little about an hour after waking up. Sometimes it can also make me feel "fluish" and overall crappy, especially if I exert myself at all. If I start working on a project at home, I wIll start to feel lousy and have to rest. It will also sometimes be accompanied by extreme sweating. I cannot even play a simple round of golf. I've had EVERY Gastroenterology test and all is normal. Even a camera pill. I also had a series of heart tests done and everything is fine. Blood tests had shown a very low Iron levels, but we did iron IV's to get that back up. In addition to the stomach, my feet started going numb and getting pain with pins and needles, especially when I sleep. Yesterday, I was diagnosed with Neuropathy and some nerve damage in my feet. On Monday I'm having tests to determine what is causing it. I do not have diabetes. I am also having a glucose tolerance test Monday. Neurologist said "it's possible" that what's causing my feet Neuropathy "could" be causing my stomach issue. I personally don't believe that. Started seeing a Chiropractor again too. He feels the stomach pain could be gas/air bubbles that are getting trapped in my esophagus area. He's working the area to stimulate the nerves and loosen the gas pockets.I also use a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, which alarms him because it forces constant air into my stomach all night long. I'm switching to a bi-pap machine to see if it helps. My MD tried a steroid pack last week, but it didn't help. In 6 months I've had just ONE day (actually 3/4 of day) of no pain and normal energy. It's very hard and I cannot live like this anymore. Since I can't travel to the Mayo Clinic due to the Pandemic, I am having my MD refer me to a local Diagnostic clinic/hospital. The closest one to me is UT Southwestern in the Dallas area. Hopefully they can figure out what is causing this. All Liver and Pancreas tests are also fine. I've had a HIDA scan to make sure the "plumbing" where my Gallbladder was removed is not causing it (it's in that area). This problem can vary day to day and even hour to hour in intensity and can go from "ok" to bad and back again. The ONLY thing that takes the pain away is Hydrocodone. I had to take anywhere from "zero" to 1.5 pills to control it for the last 5 years. Now over the past 4 months, I have had to take 2 to 3 pills per day to control the pain and nausea (I also take nausea prescription, but it doesn't work well anymore. I am very concerned about addiction so working with my Doctor and making sure I take no more than three in a day. As far a prescriptions, I take Trintellix and Adderall (one pill each) in the morning along with a new blood pressure med I just started taking a month ago. I have not been able to sleep for years so I take Clonazepam for sleep. No food allergies or gastrointestinal problems. If anyone has a guess or if any of this sounds familiar, I'm open to ANYTHING! I also do Cryotherapy once in a while and the cold does help, but it doesn't last. I'm asking my pain Dr about a SPLANCHNIC pain shot to see if he thinks it will hep until we can figure this out or get my NEVRO device to work. THANK YOU!!!Chris

I too have stomach pain but not as severe as yours. I have autoimmune that has been diagnosed as RA however the variety of meds I’ve tried have either had unwanted side effects or helped minimally. I have neuropathy I have chronic kidney disease low iron. My joint swelling is minimal, but stomach is still a problem. I changed my diet went Keto then vegan , lost 50+ pounds but also lost muscle which at my old age has been a negative. So I have modified my diet. I find if I fast and let my stomach rest I start feeling good, but I am reluctant to go for extended fast due too my age and comorbidities I deal with. The last biologic I was on helped my autoimmune issues fairly well including stomach pain, for a year then my stomach developed the severe pain again. So I am not sure if next step. I am not very active due to all these health issues.
I hope you find a resolution and restore your health.

I have been dealing with upper stomach pain and nausea for 4 years. Started two years after gallbladder removal. On 12/27/18 I had a Nevro H10 nerve block device implanted. Within a couple of months, the device was working well, probably 80% improvement (which I'd take now!). I was back to working out, biking, felt like I got my life back! Then after about 4-5 months, the symptoms started coming back. It's been 14 months now and Nevro still can't capture the working setting again. In the meantIme, the problem has worsened in the past 4-6 months. I wake every day with pain in the middle of my stomach, just below rib cage. It's more of an "upset stomach/nausea" pain and usually let's up a little about an hour after waking up. Sometimes it can also make me feel "fluish" and overall crappy, especially if I exert myself at all. If I start working on a project at home, I wIll start to feel lousy and have to rest. It will also sometimes be accompanied by extreme sweating. I cannot even play a simple round of golf. I've had EVERY Gastroenterology test and all is normal. Even a camera pill. I also had a series of heart tests done and everything is fine. Blood tests had shown a very low Iron levels, but we did iron IV's to get that back up. In addition to the stomach, my feet started going numb and getting pain with pins and needles, especially when I sleep. Yesterday, I was diagnosed with Neuropathy and some nerve damage in my feet. On Monday I'm having tests to determine what is causing it. I do not have diabetes. I am also having a glucose tolerance test Monday. Neurologist said "it's possible" that what's causing my feet Neuropathy "could" be causing my stomach issue. I personally don't believe that. Started seeing a Chiropractor again too. He feels the stomach pain could be gas/air bubbles that are getting trapped in my esophagus area. He's working the area to stimulate the nerves and loosen the gas pockets.I also use a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, which alarms him because it forces constant air into my stomach all night long. I'm switching to a bi-pap machine to see if it helps. My MD tried a steroid pack last week, but it didn't help. In 6 months I've had just ONE day (actually 3/4 of day) of no pain and normal energy. It's very hard and I cannot live like this anymore. Since I can't travel to the Mayo Clinic due to the Pandemic, I am having my MD refer me to a local Diagnostic clinic/hospital. The closest one to me is UT Southwestern in the Dallas area. Hopefully they can figure out what is causing this. All Liver and Pancreas tests are also fine. I've had a HIDA scan to make sure the "plumbing" where my Gallbladder was removed is not causing it (it's in that area). This problem can vary day to day and even hour to hour in intensity and can go from "ok" to bad and back again. The ONLY thing that takes the pain away is Hydrocodone. I had to take anywhere from "zero" to 1.5 pills to control it for the last 5 years. Now over the past 4 months, I have had to take 2 to 3 pills per day to control the pain and nausea (I also take nausea prescription, but it doesn't work well anymore. I am very concerned about addiction so working with my Doctor and making sure I take no more than three in a day. As far a prescriptions, I take Trintellix and Adderall (one pill each) in the morning along with a new blood pressure med I just started taking a month ago. I have not been able to sleep for years so I take Clonazepam for sleep. No food allergies or gastrointestinal problems. If anyone has a guess or if any of this sounds familiar, I'm open to ANYTHING! I also do Cryotherapy once in a while and the cold does help, but it doesn't last. I'm asking my pain Dr about a SPLANCHNIC pain shot to see if he thinks it will hep until we can figure this out or get my NEVRO device to work. THANK YOU!!!Chris

I have a sensitive stomach, along with food intolerances, and so there are things to try, with diet (avoid processed foods, sugar, dairy, whole wheat and night shades). Otherwise, there are good practices on webmd that can also make a difference. I am on Pantoprozole, but I also take an acid reducer at bedtime. I drink hot tea (chamomile) before bed as well. For sleep, I ended up with a sleep study and also cognitive behavior training (!!) and that really helped. No sleeping pills, but I do 5mg of 1:1 marijuana.
https://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/triggers#:~:text=Heartburn%20triggers%3A%20Heartburn%20and%20diet,-A%20number%20of&text=black%20pepper%2C%20garlic%2C%20raw%20onions,drinks%2C%20including%20tea%20and%20soda

I have been researching
A nootropic BPC157 that can be a capsule, a nasal inhaler and an injectable.
People who have been treating their various gut issues have been saying it is working to eliminate their various issues. Their pain is
Helped greatly. I can’t speak to their complete healing as I am just commenting on their testimonies, and am just another person looking to heal my stomach pain.