After having weeks of pain, nausea, diarrhea, chest heaviness, heartburn, and pain under my rib right side, I have finally been able to start eating again (I have lost over 13 pounds). I am so confused at the moment on what to do next. I had the ultrasound, came back normal. I had the hyda scan and the results said it visualized normally but did not properly work (I am at 19%). So I go to the gi and he said since I was still having symptoms to go to a surgeon. Went to the surgeon and he said he would not do surgery on me because he thought it was a stomach ulcer and told me to have an endoscopy. Had the endoscopy and the gi doctor told me that he had found a small area in my small intestine that looked like sprue and sent it off to have it tested. It came back positive. I had not been eating wheat, etc. and the surgeon's office called me and wanted to cancel my surgery and I just cried because I had had a terrible weekend last week w/ my chest hurting and having pain off and on under my right side. The surgeon's office called my gi doctor and said that those symptoms sounded like a gall bladder issue and my test was abnormal and to go ahead and have the surgery. My question is this. I have not had my chest hurting now for 5 days and I have only had some heartburn (which is still unusual for me since it was never a problem before all this started). I still have what I would consider dull pains under my right rib cage at times (I don't bend over). Does this mean that my gall bladder is now working correctly? and if so, does this mean that it is getting better? The surgeon who did not want to do my surgery at the time said anybody can have a 19% functioning gallbladder and that was not a reason to have it out. I am so confused. I don't want to go through those attacks again. Should I go ahead w/ the surgery or wait. Do any of you have days, weeks, where you feel okay and then it acts up? Anybody got any suggestions?