Pain near appendix.....

Hi

I have been off work for a week with an awful pain in my lower right side - my doctor says its mesenteric adenitis (inflamed lymph glands) (not appendicitus tho apparently) and ive lost 2 1/2 stone in weight in a year not intentionally just dont eat much nowadays, and have weird vegan non-acidic diet!

but am now thinking is there a link that perhaps i have more secondaries somewhere? maybe in the lymph glands? and my weight loss is getting a bit dramatic now as nearly 8 stone (in size 6 clothes!!!) and was 10 and 3/4 last christmas! i spoke with my onc last week about another matter and mentioned the docs diagnosis and she said that it was unlikely a link to bc secondaries (i have secondaries in lungs, spine and sternum).

anyway just interested to hear if anyone else has had pain near their appendix?

Rachel :slight_smile:

Hi Rachel, it does sound like an unusual place for secondaries, but not impossible. You have lymph nodes all over your body, including in your digestive tract. I know my last CT scan showed enlarged (possibly cancerous) nodes in my stomach.

Did your doctor tell you why he is so sure it is an inflamed lymph gland? I suspect my oncologist would probably refer me for a CT to check it out.

Do you get regular CT scans as part of your current monitoring?

Deirdre

hi

seems to have settled a lot, still very tired and lost more weight. but am ok. told doctor about cancer she says very unlikely also spoke to onc and she says unlikely too to be c! and my last scan was december which showd everythin stable. so who knows. but am generally feeling better thanks for reply :slight_smile:

R

ps get 3 yearly ct scans as continued mnotioring :slight_smile:

Rachel could you have IBS ,I have awful nagging pain left side at times. Just a thought.
Bobbiex