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Q: Hydascan Help??? Gall Bladder Issue
asked by: sullenmoon79 on December 4th, 2006
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I have been sick since june. They have found a severe hiatle hernia and severe reflux. I took many meds, some made me sicker for a while then they realized I was alergic to them and took me off. Got meds settled and I was fine for about a month and a half. I lost 30lbs the first month of the illness. Then one night I had a high fat dinner and 3 hours later I was writhing in pain on the floor for three hours. I have had three more attacks. I had a sonogram in the beginning and they said my gall bladder was fine. I have since changed dr's and he says it sounds like classic gall bladder. The on set is 3 hours after certain foods, extreem pain in my upper right rib cage, back and shoulder, shortness of breath and mass vomiting and nausea coupled with gas and bloating.

I went in for a hyda scan today and was fine durring the test. Toward the end I had a little discomfort but nothing compared to what I have had in the past. 2 hours after comming home I had another attack. Not as severe as the other ones but bad, pain upper right side, back, nausea etc.

My question is I see a lot of people that had pain durring the scan, have any of you had pain that waited till 2 hours after the scan like the three hours after I eat is when the attacks occure? This just sucks and I want to be better. I am 27 and tired of being in pain and sick all the time. Any input would be helpfull.

If it helps the last major attack I had eaten a salad with raw brocclie, cauliflour, bacon, bacon grease, cheddar cheese and mayo in it. Three hours later the pain started. It began to let up so I decided to eat something small so I could take pain meds without it upsetting my stomach. I ate half a peanut butter sandwhich and had another full blown attack a few hours later.
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minimere
replied on December 11th, 2006
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Hida Scan For Gallbladder
Hi there,
i just wanted to post a reply. I got sick in february 2005. I started having pain in my right upper quadrant and generally feeling "unwell". I lost 11 pounds over the next few months, and would occasionally wake up in severe pain. I was referred to a gastro and had a gamit of tests-- ultrasound, ct scan, endoscopy, colonoscopy and finally a hida scan that checked the contractility of my gallbladder. I had no stones or sludge. My gallbladder just wasn't working properly. I had my gallbladder out in sept 2005. Unfortunately my pain never went away. I was told after the fact that I have ibs, a "nervous" stomach (the doctor said I have a high stress job-i'm a firefighter-and that's making me sick. Yeah right!) etc... I got another opinion and am now beng checked for spinchter of oddi dysfunction and just underwent a camera endoscopy to rule out problems with my small bowel. No results yet. I encourage you to request a hida scan as you know how you feel. If you don't get the results you want then get a second opinion. We all need to be responsible for our health care. Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
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