# My tummy hurts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100 "2009-11-02T21:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/1 "2009-11-02T21:31:11Z")
I’m making a doctor’s appointment tomorrow (evidently I just missed them today at 4.) I just kind of realized today that I’ve had a tummyache every single afternoon for… a while. More than a week. Possibly a lot more than a week. Tums don’t touch it, and neither does dark beer (usually very effective at knocking out stomach ailments for me.) Urrrrgh. I started writing down what I eat this morning. I haven’t had anything carbonated or anything dairy all day, just in case that was it - no dice. I feel like if I could just get in _one good burp_… it is teh suxx0rs. Your mundane and pointless afternoon. ETA - oh yeah, and I mentioned it at work and now everybody thinks I’m pregnant. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/2 "2009-11-02T21:33:08Z")
We keep a case of ginger ale in the house for such medical issues. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/3 "2009-11-02T21:34:56Z")
I tried crystallized ginger. No dice. Also peppermint tea. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/4 "2009-11-02T21:35:54Z")
Um, not to be too nosy, but when was the last time you had a bowel movement? Try a heating pad on your sore tummy, and I hope the doctor gives you an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/5 "2009-11-02T21:39:52Z")
The mail has been moving in the ordinary, regular fashion. It never hurts in the morning, just usually after lunchtime (although today it started at 11, which is why I realized there’s a pattern - I’d been brushing it off as eating too much lunch, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/6 "2009-11-02T21:43:00Z")
Well, that’s good then. Let us know what the doctor says. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/7 "2009-11-02T21:45:13Z")
Ummmm not to be an annoying cow-orker, but … is there any possibility? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/8 "2009-11-02T21:57:20Z")
Vanishingly low, I’d say. (I mean, anything can happen, I know, but still.) ETA - I’m one of those “perfect use” pill people - I never miss a pill and take it at the same time every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/9 "2009-11-02T22:32:37Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Vanishingly low, I’d say. (I mean, anything can happen, I know, but still.) > > ETA - I’m one of those “perfect use” pill people - I never miss a pill and take it at the same time every day. Me, too. And I have two kids. 😃 Good luck at the doc, and hope it’s not something real serious. I’ll be thinking about you. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/10 "2009-11-03T00:16:11Z")
Onset of IBS or Crohn’s? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/11 "2009-11-03T00:23:43Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Onset of IBS or Crohn’s? Don’t you EVEN SAY that. (I was hoping for gallbladder if it’s serious, after those threads about getting your gallbladder out.) Just in case, I took a pregnancy test to shut my boss up - negative. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/12 "2009-11-03T00:38:44Z")
I have no good advice, but stopped by to wish you luck! Let us know what the doc says. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/13 "2009-11-03T00:53:29Z")
Let’s see, my extensive education at Television Medical University has trained me to recognize these symptoms: vomiting = pregnancy coughing = lung cancer headache = brain tumor and/or alien abduction Dunno what you’ve got, though. Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/14 "2009-11-03T01:01:37Z")
Ha ha ha. I’ve got some chronic nausea issues that seem to come and go. This morning it was pretty bad and I was complaining about it on facebook. So, of course the first question was, are you pregnant? Um, no, I’ve been nauseous off and on for about 4 years now. I think this baby is long overdue. So anyways, yeah, I (metaphorically) feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/15 "2009-11-03T01:02:31Z")
Okay, weird question. I used to get tummy aches from having my waistband on my pants too tight and sitting all day - Is your waistband too tight? Also, Orange Juice used to give me terrible cramps… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/16 "2009-11-03T01:59:31Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Let’s see, my extensive education at Television Medical University has trained me to recognize these symptoms: > > vomiting = pregnancy > coughing = lung cancer > headache = brain tumor and/or alien abduction > > Dunno what you’ve got, though. Keep us posted. No, no, no. Coughing is only in costume dramas and is consumption. **Poysyn** , funny you should say that - my waistbands have been getting painfully tight in the afternoon since this started (I guess I’m, um, inflating?) so I had to switch my work wardrobe to all skirts that don’t have that issue. So today I froze. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/17 "2009-11-03T02:20:17Z")
What are you eating? In my advancing age (I’m 30) I find that I can’t eat much without some damn Beano, especially anything with beans (hummus is a special culprit) and some raw veggies (i’m looking at you, broccoli). I get bloated, tummy-achy, and like I really need a good belch or, um, otherthing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/18 "2009-11-03T02:48:23Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > No, no, no. Coughing is only in costume dramas and is consumption. I would like to site the case of Patient 1013-86, “Cigarette-Smoking Man” from _The X-Files_. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/19 "2009-11-03T03:12:01Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > No, no, no. Coughing is only in costume dramas and is consumption. Whenever someone near me goes into a coughing fit, I ask them if they are auditioning for _Camille_. Very few people get it. Until you hear otherwise from you doctor, I shall recommend the remedy my mother inflicted on us for every intestinal issue. Buttermilk. Here’s hoping it’s something stooopit and insignificant. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts/516100/20 "2009-11-03T14:03:19Z")
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