Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: New Jersey
Gallbladder? Dr Says No, Pls Help! Posted: 12-22-05 22:05pm
Hi all..K here I go..Ive been sick as a
dog since easter sunday 05...Severe
vomiting, diarrhea,lightheaded, pain in
my right ribs, front and back, dull ache
(turning into pain now) right near my
belly button heading towards my right
hip...My dr, who is a person, kept passing
me off as if it was all in my head,
prescribing me anti nausea pills, xanax
etc,nothing worked! I finally had the
test with the scope down the throat, they
found a small hiatel hernia, and a little
gastritis, the gastro dr said the syptoms
I have would not be from that,,,ive been
to the er at least 9 times, admitted once
and was kept for 4 days, all blood work
kept saying was white cell count is a
little elevated, ive had ultrasounds on
the gallbladder, 2 hida scans, all came
back normal, now my latest blood work said
the platelets are a little high...It seems
no matter what I eat, I get sick, im so
tired lately I nap twice during the day
now...The pain seems to be getting worse,
now this surgeon im seeing says it may be
migranes..Migranes?? Like that would mess
with your bloodwork? Ive talked to many
ppl who claim they had the same symptoms
as I and had their gallbladder removed,
yet why wont the dr remove it? Any ideas
would help me..Im scared to death,
sometimes I feel like im dying with the
pain esp when its near my chest...I was
put on blood pressure pills a yr before
these symptoms started, when im not
feeling sick, my bp is fine, but when it
starts up oh boy the numbers jump..So now
what? Anyone with similiar symptoms pls
reply , or if anyone has an idea of what I
should do...I do feel like im going
nuts!..Thanks in advance :-)
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Blue_Streak_Creations
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 107 Location: USA
Posted: 12-23-05 00:00am
Have you seen a gastroenterologist? This
is the dr, in my case, that really got the
ball moving on getting the right tests
done & getting the gallbladder
removed.
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GeminiLady68
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: New Jersey
Posted: 12-23-05 00:24am
Thanks for your reply...Yes I have seen
the gastro dr, he has me on protonix for
gastritis but says that the symptoms I
have are not from gasteritis or the hiatel
hernia, so I saw a gallbladder specialist
who said all my symptoms point to
gallbladder problems but the tests come
back fine..So he sent me to a surgeon who
sent me for my 2nd hida scan with cck
yesterday, im watiing on the results of
that...I had this scan before in august,
came back fine, I also had the scan where
I had to drink that barium stuff (ickkkk)
and that was fine as well...Im so lost
here and im so sick of being sick :-(
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Blue_Streak_Creations
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 107 Location: USA
Posted: 12-23-05 00:42am
All my tests came back normal as well.
Hida scan, ultra sounds, 2 cat-scans,
upper endoscope, colonoscopy, barium
enema...Etc. After all the tests, the
dr's finally ruled out every other
possible cause for my pain & my years
of sickness. When they removed my
gallbladder this past april, it was
diseased. It was inflamed with adhesion's
all over it & cholesterol polyps on
the inside. The surgeon had to scrape the
thing off my liver. It was definitely the
culprit.
Just keep on the dr's. Hope things turn
out well for you.
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GeminiLady68
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: New Jersey
Posted: 12-23-05 20:44pm
Im sorry to hear that you had to go
through years of this before they took it
out..Ive only been dealing with this for 9
months and I cant take it, so I cant even
imagine what you went through...Im going
back to see the surgeon on the 3rd, and I
am going to insist that he remove it(not
that he will listen, but im sure going to
try) thank you for your reply, at least
now I know there are others out there who
are having the same experience as
me..Happy holidays :-)
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GeminiLady68
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: New Jersey
Posted: 02-15-06 23:11pm
Hey all...Ugg here we go again I think...I
had my gb removed on the 25th of
january...All was well till yesterday when
I started feeling "icky" again...I say
icky because thats the only word I can
figure to describe this
feeling...Nauseated, but havent
vomited...Light headed , and some pain in
between my shoulder blades...Same as
before..Ive changed my eating habits, not
100% but I have been eating low fat foods,
cutting out alot of things I ate
before....Im wondering what the heck this
could be..Maybe anxiety? Any ideas cuz im
really getting frustrated again...Any
advice would be greatly appreciated..
Thanks :-)
oh and btw...I had no stones show up on
any of the tests, but when he removed it
he said the report read..Filled with
velvety green mucus and piles of small
black stuff (forgot the word he used) but
the dr said these black things are what
eventually turn into stones...So to the
ppl who are sick and yet dont have
stones...Dont give up..See dr after dr
till someone listens to you...Im so glad
this man listened to me...
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tkfox
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 02-23-06 11:02am
Sorry for your pain but do not buy into
the story that my doc gave me about the
pain after the fact being ghost pains
becouse the body is trying to figure out
what happened to it becouse I had my gb
removed over 15 years ago and still in the
same and even some times worse pain than I
started with
