Hi guys,
I'm going out of my mind yet again and my health anxiety is sky high.
Last week I started getting really bad pains in my left ovary area, that was followed by an awful backache around my shoulder blades on both sides and sometimes in the middle. I didn't think much of it as I put it down to peri-meno (which has never been confirmed by doc), but then on Sunday I had really bad indigestion which I've never had before in my life, that went on for a couple of days. Then the last couple of days Ive had all sorts of random pains from stabbing pains under my ribs, plain old tummy ache, pains in right ovary .....as well as the persistent back ache, ovary pain and exhaustion.
I just did the one thing I know I shouldn't and looked on google and I have every symptom of Pancreatic cancer! I'm only 42 so I know it's very unlikely and these symptoms could be lots of other things but of course my illogical brain is telling me this is it!
My question is, has anyone else had these symptoms, they're all new for me and it's making me panic! I'm tempted to call BUPA to see if it's possible to get a scan for peace of mind as I know from past experience, once I get something in my head, I'll drive myself mad thinking about it.
I realise I sound like an absolute lunatic, I just can't seem to rationalise these days!
KAH - I could have written the exact same post! I am 51, still having periods, but my symptoms are becoming more and more intense. For the past few months I have had backache, liver ache, pain between my shoulders, nausea, severe anxiety, occasional diarrhoea. These are seemingly random, but have become more or less constant. I spent last year with gallbladder problems and kidney sludge - and was thoroughly scanned, scoped and HIDA'd. Nobody found anything they were going to worry about. And yet the symptoms carry on and get worse, and my mind gets increasingly wild. I am convinced I am about to collapse with cancer, or that I should do away with myself. I literally can't go back to my doctor as I now have a total phobia about non-validation and wasting their time. I literally cannot face another doctor saying to me there is nothing there, and seeing in their eyes that I am wasting their time when real people are really sick. I have also had CFS for over 10 years, which I have largely learned to manage by myself, although I take a beta blocker for POTs and supplements for the gallbladder etc.
So here is my theory about what the backache is. We are all oestrogen-dominant in peri, and oestrogen has a direct relationship with copper. The more oestrogen we have, the more copper we have. Copper accumulates with every pregnancy, and birth control, and through high copper foods - chocolate, coffee, avocados, etc. Copper is a bad actor - causes gallbladders and livers to underfunction, anxiety & panic, heavy bleeding, racing mind / wired feeling, chocolate cravings, etc. It accumulates in the liver, kidneys and gallbladder. As oestrogen drops, copper will also drop. I have noticed my backache and other symptoms now correlate with my cycle, such as it is, and are becoming very pronounced now. I believe the symptoms are from copper detoxing (which is actually a good thing) but unpleasant. The more I think of it, the more I believe a lot of perimenopause symptoms are due falling oestrogen AND FALLING COPPER, which gives all these panic and anxiety feelings and aches and pains. The clincher for me is that I get a very strong metal taste at the same time. Look up copper dumping.
The point is that this copper dumping can have a real impact on your body, and give all sorts of aches and pains - because these are certainly not in my head, no matter how hard the doctors try to convince me they are. But it is not picked up in the scans and blood tests, because they are not looking for it. My theory is completely unproven, but I bet there's something in it. It is so nice knowing I am not on my own though.
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