L, bailey
DEAR JUDY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION! i HAVE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION FOR SOMETIME NOW. I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A H. HERNIA,ACID REFLUX,BARRETT'S ESPHOGITIS, AND RECENTLY WAS TOLD BY DR. AT CLEVELAND CLINIC THAT I HAVE A 8 IN MASS IN MY LIVER IT IS CALLED A FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA. MY POINT IS THEY TELL ME THAT THEY DONT THINK ANY OF THESE THINGS EXPLAIN THE PAIN THAT I EXPERIENCE MOST OF THE TIME! IAM AT THE POINT OF NEVER GOING TO THE DR. AGAIN. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS WATCH EVERTHING AND DO REGULAR CAT SCANS AND COLONOSCOPY AND GED LIGHT DOWN THE THROAT. I AM 44 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF LOVING FAMILY THERE AGES ARE 12, 16, 21, 23, AND OFCOURSE A LOVING DEVOTED HUSBAND THAT SEES WHATS HAPPENING TO ME! I ONCE WAS ABLE TO RUN MY OWN BUSINESS AND TAKE CARE OF MOST THINGS ON MY OWN. NOW I DO GOOD TO DO THE THINGS I HAVE TO. I HAVE LOST HOPE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A COMPLAINER AND THEY KNOW IT!!!!! THATS WHAT MAKES ME SO UPSET ABOUT THIS. MY DR. HOLLERED AT ME FOR NOT TELLING HIM THAT I WAS HAVING ALL THIS PAIN,I DID TRY TO TELL HIM, HE HAS NOT LISTENING NOW THEY JUST SEND ME TO A NEW SPECIALIST, PASS THE BUCK I CALL IT. I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THEY ARE JUST PASSING THE BUCK. I EXPERIENCE PAIN ALMOST ALL THE TIME. IT IS IN MY STOMACH, RIGHT UNDER THE CENTER OF MY CHEST. IT ALSO IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP UNDER MY RIB CAGE. RIGHT WHERE THEY TOOK OUT MY GALLBLADDER 5 YRS. AGO. THEY SAY THE MASS IN MY LIVER SHOULD NOT BE CAUSING ME PAIN THEN I WISH THEY WOULD EXPLAIN HOW WHEN I'M SLEEPING AND IF I ROLL ONTO MY SIDE LEFT OR RIGHT I WAKE UP BECAUSE IT HURTS IN THERE! I STOPPED COMPLAINING TO EVERYONE. I WAS BEGINING TO THINK THEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY. THOSE THAT ARE THE CLO9SEST TO ME SEE AND THEY KNOW WHATS GOING ON. I ONLY HAVE HOPE IN A MIRACLE NOW. THATS WHAT I DO, PRAY ALOT AND HAVE OTHERS DOING THAT FOR ME TOO. I PRAYED OUT LOUD WHILE THE DR. WERE DOING MY LIVER BIOPSY! IT CAME BACK NO CANCER! I WAS SO GREATFUL. I KNOW THAT I PROBABLY HAVE NOT BEEN ANY HELP TO YOU BUT I WILL PRAY THAT YOU FIND OUT WHATS WRONG AND THAT YOU GET A FULL RECOVERY. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY LONG MESSAGE TOO.