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I went to see my GP about some hip pain I was having and a very mild sensation in my lower left abdominal area, which I had already put down to my ibs but thought I'd mention it. The doctor examined me for about 5 seconds then said that because ibs is diagnosed by a process of elimination, she would do a full blood count and arrange an abdominal ultrasound, to check all the organs in the abdominal for kidney stones, gall stones , Spleen etc... Then she prescribed me Lansoprazole tablets and arranged a Helibactor test . The next day I was so worked up, then I started getting kidney pain at the thought of kidney stones, so I went to good old Doctor Google for more info, from here I went onto thinking about my Spleen and suddenly that area hurt too. I think the medication made me worse as they are for excess acid but I don't suffer with that so stopped them on Monday. I still have pain in my left upper chest and back near my shoulder blade which I've convinced myself is an enlarged Spleen . I'm a bit of a wreck at the moment because of it. Ultrasound is on 25th Nov which seems far away!!! Is it all in my head???