After episodes of weekly vomiting and abdominal pain on and off for the last 2 years. I underwent a gastroposcy in may 2010 and was told I had the "h pylori" infection. And that was the reason for my symptoms! So after taking a triple therapy of antibiotics in June 2010. The symptoms disappeared,
Great life back to normal. Until sep 2010 that was and the symptoms were back again! So again back to the doctors and he suggested that my partner be tested for "h pylori" as there is a chance she may have it and could of re-infected me.
My partner's test was positive for h pylori,
So we both took the triple therapy of antibiotics together, and hopefully that would be an end to it once for all, it worked for a few months. Until I got the symptoms back again. So in march 2011 my doctor sent me for a barium meal scan. And there was evidence of a blockage in my small intestine!
The doctor said after reviewing the X-rays
" you have typical crohns disease" will probably need a bowel resection operation, ok I thought so not "h pylori" then causing the problems,
But to be sure the doctors wanted me to do an MRI scan. So I did an MRI scan 2 weeks later and 2 days later my consultant called me on the phone while I was work,
"you need to come in to see me straight away" he said! I knew at that point it wasn't crohns disease it had to be something mote than that!
So I took myself off calmly to the doctor and sat down shaking al
Almost, and he calmy looked at me and said
" you have a disease that affects the immune system" I thought straightaway "aids" and then the words come out if his mouth " you have non- hodgkins lymphoma of the small bowel" oh I said as I'd never heard of it! I thought it was some kind of inflammatory disease similar to crohns! So I left the doctors and went home and casually turned on my laptop to do some research on my newly diagnosed health problem.
There the shock hit me!
'LYMPHOMA' a cancer of the lymphatic system. My god I have cancer! I quickly turned the laptop off in shock and disbelief!