Question: Hello, My mom passed away suddely in XXXXXXX and it has destroyed me and my family. We are all very close and this just sent all of us reeling. After she passed, I drank heavily nightly and used Advil for the hangovers. I also had gotten my period and used advil for that too. I continued to drink alcohol and take Advil when needed for hangovers. On July 5th I started getting heartburn. I didn't really know what it was because I have NEVER had it before. It was just constant and still is. Then it seemed that it would get better when I ate. I was going out of town so I used my husband's protonix 40 mg which seemed to work and I stayed off the alcohol and advil. It was about a week and I felt pretty good and I drank about 4 beers. The next morning I immediatley felt worse. Left Back pain and just feeling sick. I wasn't hung over. So I went to my doctor and she presribed me Prilosec 20mg and things just got worse. It seemed to get better after I used 40MG of Prilosec but then she put me back on Protonix at 40mg and I just took it this morning and I feel awful today. I ate cereal this morning and had such terrible indigestion. It took a few hours for it to pass but it still feels strange right below my breast bone and between my ribs, like a full pressure feeling with a heartbeat. I also have a dull pain on my left side rib area that comes and goes. I will also mention that my bloodwork showed slightly elevated biliruben (1.5) and my LFT's and everything else was fine. My stool has been odd. Light brown and floating, yellow liquid one day, then dark brown broken up and floating and today it was brownish yellow, soft and it sunk. I have convinced myself I have either pancreatic, liver or stomach cancer. I am female and 37 years old. I am going to another doctor for a consultation to have an upper endoscopy. I cry constantly for my mom and I can't eat because of my nerves and because I'm afraid of how food will make me feel. I want to eat, I just can't. Any advise would be very helpful. Thank you, XXXXXXX