Been extremely ill, ignored at hospital.
I've been sick. Really sick. My stomach has been hurting so bad that I have gone to the ER four times in the last week. the third time they gave me viscous lidocaine (a painkiller) to swallow directly down mixed with Maalox, and it brought me untold relief for a short time, and my high heart rate and BP went way down. It was so bad that I didn't eat for four days afterward. I gave up going to my GP at St. Mary's because she never thinks anything is seriously wrong, and she and the ER docs refused to refer me to a GI specialist, so Mom took me to St. Lukes.
They immediately tell me that my situation does indeed send up red flags, and immediately referred me to a GI specialist who I saw today, he agreed to scope me and do a stomach lining biopsy next week, which was just amazing, and they treated me like I wasn't BSing and believed I was miserable.
They immediately tell me that my situation does indeed send up red flags, and immediately referred me to a GI specialist who I saw today, he agreed to scope me and do a stomach lining biopsy next week, which was just amazing, and they treated me like I wasn't BSing and believed I was miserable.