Gallbladder? I'm At My Wits End. Posted: 06-06-06 21:50pm
I started with nausea about 2 1/2 weeks
ago, pretty severe that the thought of
food made me want to go throw up. That
slowly has dissipated only over the past
few days but now I have a constant pain
where my gall bladder is. It's waking me
up at night..Sometimes it dulls but it
never completely dissapears. I've had
two ultrasounds and numerous blood work
tests and both have come back perfect.
Which is not suprising b/c my blood work
was perfect before I was rushed in for an
emergency appendectomy. In fact i've
never had bad blood work at all. I have
a history of tachycardia, mitral valve
prolapse and migraines. I've been to the
er three times in the past 2 weeks for
this and have gotten a different answer
everytime, one time..I didn't even really
get an answer. I was told heartburn, I
know what heartburn feels like, its' not
heartburn, and then I was told
constipatition, however my bowels are
completely normal and i've gone atleast
once everyday, normal stools. Maybe a
little lighter than usual but thats it.
They said that my x-ray showed stools in
the lower right quadrant and that maybe
they weren't able to get passed scar
tissue from my appendectomy in january.
However, on the discharge papers he put
constipation. If he thought I had a
blockage he would have admitted me, not
sent me on my merry way with more pain
medicine. Then it was so bad that I went
back again last night, and begged for an
emergency hida scan, although i'm pretty
sure it's going to be normal, thats the
way things seem to go with me. And the
dr again diagnosed me with, "abdominal
pain" how can that even be a diagnosis?
Thats the symptom!!!! I feel like I know
more than these doctors do, and thats
scary! I don't like taking pain
medicine..And she said, "well its' going
to be a long 2 weeks until your hida scan
if you don't take pain medicine" I saw a
gi on monday, the nurse practitioner, and
she ordered the hida scan scheduled for
the 16th! Then, I have a follow up with
the real dr, on the 28th. My problem is
that i'm scheduled to go the hatteras, nc
on july 15th. Even if I could get
surgery tomorrow I would not be healed.
Sorry it's so long, and not very well
thought out. I'm just very angry right
now. As of right now my course of action
will be to follow through with my hida,
get my results do my follow up and in my
perfect world I would hear that its my
gallbladder and have it removed after
vacation. But i'm pretty sure i'll hear
you're fine, blah blah lbha you're too
young. And then I will have to schedule
with a surgeon myself.
I'm so confused & angry. I don't
trust any of the doctors i've seen. I
feel like my gallbladder is going to blow
up. It hurts worse than my appendix.
The only good news i've heard is when the
pa said, it's dfeintly your gallbladder
that's causing the pain. But thats it!
Any words of advice would be greatly
appreciated. I've read other numerous
posts where every test was normal &
then when they finally had it removed the
gall bladder was diseased.
Thank you,
krystle.
Ps. My appendectomy was open surgery, and
my symptoms were very akward for it. I
actually saw the same np 4 days before my
surgery b/c I was having severe stomach
problems for about a month prior.
Everything I ate would either come up or
down within minutes. I had narrowed down
what I could eat to turkey and mcdonalds
(go figure). My appendix was in the
wrong spot, hence the open surgery. The
gastro np was like haven't I seen you
before..I was like yeah, you said, "give
it a month we don't want to do anything
invasive" and then I told her about my
surgery and she was like, "i feel really
bad" I think thats the only reason she
even schedule the hida, because she
screwed up before! She wasn't even aware
that an appendix could be in the wrong
spot.
I just want to scream!
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Doxielover
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Virginia
Update.. Posted: 07-28-06 18:14pm
Well 4 weeks ago I went to see the real gi
doctor, who is supposed to be a really
good doctor for my area. He said, and I
quote..
"i really don't know whats wrong with
you."
i just stared at him. I'm still in
almost constant pain under my right rib
closer to the middle of my chest than the
right. This is ridiculous. He gave me
robinul to try for 4-6 weeks and then I go
back for a follow up, that is the week
after next. I asked him all sorts of
questions about gall bladders and it still
being bad with normal results. He said
even if allt ests are normal if it's
inflammed the ejection fraction is still
low. He thinks it's a colon problem ( I
dont!) and the robinul was supposed to
help with that...Guess what, it hasn't!
I'm thinking of suggesting the exploratory
laproscopic surgery..But I dont know if
he'll go for it. I'm so tired of all of
this. It's not the pain that's so bad,
but it's the persistance, the fact that
the pain is always there.
Which is why he doesn't think its my gb
b/c it's not really related to food.
Ugh..This whole thing sucks!
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Dalhia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 16 Location: NY
Posted: 08-06-06 07:43am
Hi doxie
i am sorry you are still going through
this. If you had the hida scan what were
the results?
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Doxielover
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Virginia
Posted: 08-06-06 21:05pm
My hida was in the upper 80% I believe.
He said that if I just had inflammation
which is possible that you generally dont
have a 80% function with that. My body
has always been very wierd, and I know
when something is wrong, and i'm never to
the book for how symptoms should be.
I go back this week, adn i'm asking for a
referral toa surgeon to see what the
surgeon says.
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Dalhia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 16 Location: NY
Posted: 08-07-06 07:25am
I think you should just take that damn
thing out it's been causing you so many
problems for a while and no one is
listening. You know your own body better
than anyone else. Lets us know what the
surgeon says. I don't know if you
remember me I am the one with the 14%
ejection fraction. Well I had it out
wednesday and healing up nicely. So far I
am able to eat what I want with no
problems. Good luck with everything.
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sweet_as_sugar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Blackburn
Re: Update.. Posted: 08-13-06 08:56am
doxielover
wrote:
well 4 weeks ago I went to
see the real gi doctor, who is supposed to
be a really good doctor for my area. He
said, and I quote..
"i really don't know whats wrong with
you."
i just stared at him. I'm still in
almost constant pain under my right rib
closer to the middle of my chest than the
right. This is ridiculous. He gave
me robinul to try for 4-6 weeks and then I
go back for a follow up, that is the week
after next. I asked him all sorts of
questions about gall bladders and it still
being bad with normal results. He said
even if allt ests are normal if it's
inflammed the ejection fraction is still
low. He thinks it's a colon problem ( I
dont!) and the robinul was supposed to
help with that...Guess what, it hasn't!
Sounds to me u have gallbladder problems
im havin my gallbladder removed every pain
u get I get and I think u short tell them
coz trust the pain doesnt get any better
and I suffer more or less every day
good luck
i'm thinking of suggesting the exploratory
laproscopic surgery..But I dont know if
he'll go for it. I'm so tired of all of
this. It's not the pain that's so bad,
but it's the persistance, the fact that
the pain is always there.
Which is why he doesn't think its my gb
b/c it's not really related to food.
Ugh..This whole thing
sucks!
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Doxielover
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Virginia
Haha I Wish Posted: 08-17-06 18:46pm
I wish they would just take the thing
out!! He still thinks it's my colon,
upped my dosage of an atispasmotic, which
i'm not taking (robinul) because it
doesn't chagne anything. I've treid 3
antispasmotics, and 3 different acid
reflux meds. It has pressure all the
time on my right side, and then I will get
the really bad pain. I know their is
something wrong. I have to go to the
surgeon next tuesday because I have a
pilonidal cyst, which is actually gone
away but they want me to see a surgeon
just incase it flares up again so I
already have an established relationship.
I'm seeing the surgeon who did my
appendix in january I really like him.
I'm going to bring my gallbladder up to
him and see what he says. It can't hurt
and if i'm paying him I want to hear his
opinion.