A sign of my longevity?

It started exactly 2 weeks ago (14 days). I've been having some kind of pain in my abdomen. Its a pain that occurs internally especially the stomach. Initially, the pain was kinda like making me have the urge to go to the toilet. And I thought its another food poisoning or over-eating symptom. Ironically, no business was done when I went to the toilet. I mean I did not have have any diarrhea. So I thought again maybe its stomach-wind.

However, on the first night, the pain causes me not having a good night sleep. The stomach even bloated and cramped at times. The next day, I opt to try traditional Chinese medication tablet that was meant to cure stomachache, stomach-wind, indigestion and diarrhea. But, that second night the pain got severe, till making me having a sleepless night!

So, on the third day, I tried ENO (gastro-intestinal) made by GlaxoSmithKline Malaysia. I also tried 100plus. But the pain still there! 24 hours a day! I could not feel any hunger due to the pain already assimilated to my routine. Moreover, on that day, I am having a flight to another state.

Immediately after the plane landed, I went to a clinic for consultation. That doctor was not very sure the cause of that pain. Because I am having a pain in the stomach, but I did not have any diarrhea. I took my meal regularly and even after I've taken the meal the pain is still there which he assume might not be gastric. And I am having my holiday that time and he thought might not be caused by anxiety or stress. Eventually he thought of several causes such as food indigestion,  food poisoning, gastric, toxic gaseous in the stomach, anxiety and stomach cramp. So he prescribed me with pain killer, tablets that will make me pass out the toxic gases, stomach cramp pills, and gastric pills. It cost me RM30!!

Unfortunately, after taking the pills, the pain was still there. Fortunately, due to the pain killer tablets, the pain subsides - only for a few hours.

And so, the pain goes on and I planned to finish the medication prescribed by the doctor before seeking for second opinion. To my surprise, whenever I feel the pain in the abdomen, I ate Pringles and the pain goes away!

After about a week, there was no tablets left. It come to my senses that the pain that I am experiencing might be excessive irregular secretion of the stomach acid. The pain only occurs at certain time of the day. Especially in the morning and at night. Every morning, I would be awaken by the pain (automatic morning alarm). I was wondering why the pain is still there. I'm afraid that this might be an early symptom of Gastro-oesophageal disease or GORD. 

So, today I went to consult another doctor. What the doctor said this time is almost similar to the previous one. She could not identify the exact cause or the type of disease because her clinic lacks the tools to diagnose the abdomen. And any wound in the stomach would certainly cure after 2 weeks. She wanted to refer me to specialist but she said since my symptom was so common, the specialist might not take my case seriously and might prescribed me with some medication to see what is the progress.

In the end, she said that I might have to take gastric pills regularly and monitor the recovery progress. And if the pain persisted for more than 1-2 years then she will refer me to specialist for further treatment.

These are the pills....more than 100 tablets...but fortunately, some only need to be taken when needed.

Bitter sweets....

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