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Flutter Sensation Below Rib Cage, Had Breast Cancer 5yrs Ago, Overweight. Suggestion?

I am 59 yr old female who has had this flutter sensation in upper left, just below rib cage. Has been going on for about 6 months. It was pretty constant in the beginning, during which time I had pneumonia with lots of pain in that area from all the coughing . My doctors just seem to think that it is muscle spasm left over from the pneumonia and coughing. But I was having this flutters about 2 weeks before I came down with pneumonia. I have had breast cancer about 5 years ago, bilateral with reconstruction. Was invasive but no nodes involved. Do I need to be concerned. Doctors seem to think its nothing to worry about. One doctor says it my intestines and where it loops over that may be causing the flutter. I am overweight , mostly in abdomine area and that this could be pressing on the intestines. What do you think? Never mind. I can t believe that you charge for this. I might as well go to a new doctor for full visit
Mon, 29 Jul 2013
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Hi, it appears to be the gastric irritation, kidney pain, or descending colon pain, as the cough is not there lung problem is excluded.
I to my patient with such pain prescribe, ranitidine, domperidone, and antacid gel for relief, even after this if he feels pain, i advise for U.S.scaning, and colonoscopy for diagnosis, and treat accordingly. Thank you.
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Flutter Sensation Below Rib Cage, Had Breast Cancer 5yrs Ago, Overweight. Suggestion?

Hi, it appears to be the gastric irritation, kidney pain, or descending colon pain, as the cough is not there lung problem is excluded. I to my patient with such pain prescribe, ranitidine, domperidone, and antacid gel for relief, even after this if he feels pain, i advise for U.S.scaning, and colonoscopy for diagnosis, and treat accordingly. Thank you.