The gallbladder is in the right upper quadrant, not left, however, sometimes the pain radiates. If your Hida scan results are only 5%, then that's barely functioning. I would get a second opinion, not because your surgeon is wrong or anything, but because when you're dealing with possible surgery, it's wise to get the opinion of two or more doctors... more

Hi everyone. I currently have some gallbladder issues, but I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia about 5 years ago, and what helped me was this: I would drink warm tall glass of water on an empty stomach first thing in the morning so it would fill my stomach, then, I would stand on the first step of our stairs and just fall back down on the lower fl... more

Smiley51404, you mentioned that they found gallstones. Did they ever remove your gallbladder? If not, then that's most likely what needs to happen. My cousin had pains like that for years until they removed the gallbladder. I now have that pain, but was told I don't have stones. I had a HIDA scan with normal results. They tell me that even though m... more