I'm not looking for a diagnosis........but we are all very worried about a situation my husband has been dealing with and just got a call saying that he had abnormal tests. He can't call back until tomorrow and we are very worried.
For the last year and a half he has had pain in his abdomen. It started in the lower left quadrant and is not so much pain as discomfort. It would come and go and seemed it also occured around the same time that he would take Sudafed and Tylenol to get rid of sinus headache, as well as Zicam nosespray. This could be a coinidence. He is no longer taking any medicines, but the pain has gone to his upper quadrants just below his ribcage and almost feels muscular. It is a constant dull discomfort. Nothing seems to make it really better. He was prescribed a smooth muscle relaxant which helped, but anxiety and heavy foods seem to make it worse. He did have xrays and a sonogram which came back clear and has no fevers and no problems urninating or deficatining. He has occasionally had bleeding from the rectum (Sorry if TMI!) but dr. said was probably a fissure. He eats a POOR diet and, although thin, does not eat any green veggies and is a "meat-a-tarian." He also feels bloated in the abdominal area and has been having a lot of back pain as well.
We are worried because his dr. mentioned colon cancer as a possibility. He goes for a barium enema December 15. Two weeks ago he took a uninalysis with normal results. Last week, he took a urinalyis and blood tests and the doctor called back Friday (We missed the call) to tell him that one of his tests came back abnormal and he should call on Monday. So of course we are all stressed out and imagining the w rst case scenario of something horrible. We are very, very scared of cancer and are so afraid that is what he has.
My husband was laid off last August and before that was in a very high stress job. I am wondering if it could be ulcers or maybe gallbladder----OBviously, I don't expect a diagnosis over hte internet, but does anybody have any idea what they would test for in a blood test in a case like this? Thanks in advance.
For the last year and a half he has had pain in his abdomen. It started in the lower left quadrant and is not so much pain as discomfort. It would come and go and seemed it also occured around the same time that he would take Sudafed and Tylenol to get rid of sinus headache, as well as Zicam nosespray. This could be a coinidence. He is no longer taking any medicines, but the pain has gone to his upper quadrants just below his ribcage and almost feels muscular. It is a constant dull discomfort. Nothing seems to make it really better. He was prescribed a smooth muscle relaxant which helped, but anxiety and heavy foods seem to make it worse. He did have xrays and a sonogram which came back clear and has no fevers and no problems urninating or deficatining. He has occasionally had bleeding from the rectum (Sorry if TMI!) but dr. said was probably a fissure. He eats a POOR diet and, although thin, does not eat any green veggies and is a "meat-a-tarian." He also feels bloated in the abdominal area and has been having a lot of back pain as well.
We are worried because his dr. mentioned colon cancer as a possibility. He goes for a barium enema December 15. Two weeks ago he took a uninalysis with normal results. Last week, he took a urinalyis and blood tests and the doctor called back Friday (We missed the call) to tell him that one of his tests came back abnormal and he should call on Monday. So of course we are all stressed out and imagining the w rst case scenario of something horrible. We are very, very scared of cancer and are so afraid that is what he has.
My husband was laid off last August and before that was in a very high stress job. I am wondering if it could be ulcers or maybe gallbladder----OBviously, I don't expect a diagnosis over hte internet, but does anybody have any idea what they would test for in a blood test in a case like this? Thanks in advance.
